topic Re: The width of column_name is not between 1 and 256. Adjust the column width or line size in SAS Programming

The width of column_name is not between 1 and 256. Adjust the column width or line size

radha009 — Wed, 31 Jul 2019 13:12:04 GMT

Here is the code i have this issue on lot of my programs. How do i resolve this i added ls =256.

ods excel options(sheet_name='test' absolute_column_width="20,8");
options nodate pageno=1 ps=60 ls=256;
proc report data=cloud.fruits;
run;
ods excel close;
ods listing close;

ERROR: The width of cloumn name is not between 1 and 256. Adjust the column width or line size.
NOTE: This affects LISTING output.

Re: The width of column_name is not between 1 and 256. Adjust the column width or line size

ballardw — Wed, 31 Jul 2019 16:03:50 GMT

Which output do you actually want, Listing or ODS Excel?

That message is most likely related to the Listing destination. If you want ODS Excel then close the listing before opening the ODS Excel destination.

Re: The width of column_name is not between 1 and 256. Adjust the column width or line size

DrAbhijeetSafai — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 05:16:53 GMT

Many thanks @ballardw ! This was very useful.

Thanking you,

Yours sincerely,

- Dr. Abhijeet Safai