SAS Formats

zimcom — Tue, 03 Nov 2020 18:54:30 GMT

HelIo conmmunity,

I received an data export from clincal trial database and there are 50 datasets and 1 formats SAS Catalog, I assume the formats catalog contains all the formats used in the datasets. But before I use the formats, what I should do.

If I start the code in below:

libname test 'C:\Users\test';

data ae; set test.ae;
run;

the log will have a few error like below:

...........................................................

ERROR: The format CAETOXGR was not found or could not be loaded.
ERROR: The format $CAEREL was not found or could not be loaded.
ERROR: The format $CAECN was not found or could not be loaded.

Re: SAS Formats

SASKiwi — Tue, 03 Nov 2020 19:14:05 GMT

Assuming your SAS format catalog is in the same folder / library try this after your LIBNAME statement:

options fmtsearch = (WORK, TEST, LIBRARY);

SAS will search for formats in the libraries in the order listed.

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SAS Formats

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