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    <title>topic ERROR: One or more variables are missing or freq or weight is zero on every observation. in SAS Programming</title>
    <link>https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/ERROR-One-or-more-variables-are-missing-or-freq-or-weight-is/m-p/724075#M224777</link>
    <description>&lt;P&gt;I am getting an error on my code and I cannot figure out what is wrong with it. The error is keeping the code under Item 5 is not showing up in my results either. Any help would would be amazing.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;PRE&gt;/* Item 1 */&lt;BR /&gt;PROC IMPORT &lt;BR /&gt;DATAFILE='/home/u45048482/sasuser.v94/LM2/FantasyBaseball2.csv'&lt;BR /&gt;DBMS=csv REPLACE OUT=FANTASY;&lt;BR /&gt;GETNAMES=YES;&lt;BR /&gt;RUN;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt; /* Item 2 */&lt;BR /&gt;PROC FORMAT;&lt;BR /&gt;VALUE Personinitial 1 = "DJ"&lt;BR /&gt;              2 = "AR"&lt;BR /&gt;              3  = "BK"&lt;BR /&gt;              4  = "JW"&lt;BR /&gt;              5 = "TS"&lt;BR /&gt;              6 = "RL"&lt;BR /&gt;              7  = "DR"&lt;BR /&gt;              8  = "MF";&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;DATA FANTASY;&lt;BR /&gt;SET FANTASY;&lt;BR /&gt;SqrtTime = SQRT(TIME);   &lt;BR /&gt;label Time = 'Time to make Selection (in seconds)'&lt;BR /&gt;	 Person = 'Person making selection';&lt;BR /&gt;	 SqrtTime = 'Square root of time (in seconds) to make selection';&lt;BR /&gt;format person Personinitial.;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt; /* Item 3 */&lt;BR /&gt;PROC SGPLOT data=FANTASY;&lt;BR /&gt;vbox time / group=person;&lt;BR /&gt;title "Comparison Boxplot: Times per Person";&lt;BR /&gt;title2 'Ian Conley';&lt;BR /&gt;RUN;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;PROC MEANS data=fantasy n min max mean std median skewness kurtosis;&lt;BR /&gt;TITLE "Summary Statistics: Times per Person";&lt;BR /&gt;TITLE2 "Ian Conley";&lt;BR /&gt;var time;&lt;BR /&gt;Class person;&lt;BR /&gt;RUN;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;/* Item 4 */&lt;BR /&gt;ods graphics on;&lt;BR /&gt;PROC GLM data=fantasy plots=diagnostics;&lt;BR /&gt;class person;&lt;BR /&gt;model time = person;&lt;BR /&gt;means person / BON cldiff lines; &lt;BR /&gt;title 'ANOVA Model: Times = Person';&lt;BR /&gt;title2'Ian Conley';&lt;BR /&gt;RUN; &lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;/* Item 5 */&lt;BR /&gt;PROC MEANS data=fantasy n min max mean std median skewness kurtosis maxdec=3;&lt;BR /&gt;TITLE "Summary Statistics: SqrtTime per Person";&lt;BR /&gt;TITLE2 "Ian Conley";&lt;BR /&gt;var sqrtTime;&lt;BR /&gt;Class person;&lt;BR /&gt;RUN;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;ods graphics on;&lt;BR /&gt;PROC GLM data=fantasy plots=diagnostics;&lt;BR /&gt;class person;&lt;BR /&gt;model SqrtTime = person;&lt;BR /&gt;means person / BON cldiff lines; &lt;BR /&gt;title 'ANOVA Model: SqrtTime = Person';&lt;BR /&gt;title2'Ian Conley';&lt;BR /&gt;RUN; QUIT;&lt;/PRE&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2021 22:42:57 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>conleyi</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2021-03-05T22:42:57Z</dc:date>
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      <title>ERROR: One or more variables are missing or freq or weight is zero on every observation.</title>
      <link>https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/ERROR-One-or-more-variables-are-missing-or-freq-or-weight-is/m-p/724075#M224777</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I am getting an error on my code and I cannot figure out what is wrong with it. The error is keeping the code under Item 5 is not showing up in my results either. Any help would would be amazing.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;PRE&gt;/* Item 1 */&lt;BR /&gt;PROC IMPORT &lt;BR /&gt;DATAFILE='/home/u45048482/sasuser.v94/LM2/FantasyBaseball2.csv'&lt;BR /&gt;DBMS=csv REPLACE OUT=FANTASY;&lt;BR /&gt;GETNAMES=YES;&lt;BR /&gt;RUN;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt; /* Item 2 */&lt;BR /&gt;PROC FORMAT;&lt;BR /&gt;VALUE Personinitial 1 = "DJ"&lt;BR /&gt;              2 = "AR"&lt;BR /&gt;              3  = "BK"&lt;BR /&gt;              4  = "JW"&lt;BR /&gt;              5 = "TS"&lt;BR /&gt;              6 = "RL"&lt;BR /&gt;              7  = "DR"&lt;BR /&gt;              8  = "MF";&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;DATA FANTASY;&lt;BR /&gt;SET FANTASY;&lt;BR /&gt;SqrtTime = SQRT(TIME);   &lt;BR /&gt;label Time = 'Time to make Selection (in seconds)'&lt;BR /&gt;	 Person = 'Person making selection';&lt;BR /&gt;	 SqrtTime = 'Square root of time (in seconds) to make selection';&lt;BR /&gt;format person Personinitial.;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt; /* Item 3 */&lt;BR /&gt;PROC SGPLOT data=FANTASY;&lt;BR /&gt;vbox time / group=person;&lt;BR /&gt;title "Comparison Boxplot: Times per Person";&lt;BR /&gt;title2 'Ian Conley';&lt;BR /&gt;RUN;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;PROC MEANS data=fantasy n min max mean std median skewness kurtosis;&lt;BR /&gt;TITLE "Summary Statistics: Times per Person";&lt;BR /&gt;TITLE2 "Ian Conley";&lt;BR /&gt;var time;&lt;BR /&gt;Class person;&lt;BR /&gt;RUN;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;/* Item 4 */&lt;BR /&gt;ods graphics on;&lt;BR /&gt;PROC GLM data=fantasy plots=diagnostics;&lt;BR /&gt;class person;&lt;BR /&gt;model time = person;&lt;BR /&gt;means person / BON cldiff lines; &lt;BR /&gt;title 'ANOVA Model: Times = Person';&lt;BR /&gt;title2'Ian Conley';&lt;BR /&gt;RUN; &lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;/* Item 5 */&lt;BR /&gt;PROC MEANS data=fantasy n min max mean std median skewness kurtosis maxdec=3;&lt;BR /&gt;TITLE "Summary Statistics: SqrtTime per Person";&lt;BR /&gt;TITLE2 "Ian Conley";&lt;BR /&gt;var sqrtTime;&lt;BR /&gt;Class person;&lt;BR /&gt;RUN;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;ods graphics on;&lt;BR /&gt;PROC GLM data=fantasy plots=diagnostics;&lt;BR /&gt;class person;&lt;BR /&gt;model SqrtTime = person;&lt;BR /&gt;means person / BON cldiff lines; &lt;BR /&gt;title 'ANOVA Model: SqrtTime = Person';&lt;BR /&gt;title2'Ian Conley';&lt;BR /&gt;RUN; QUIT;&lt;/PRE&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2021 22:42:57 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/ERROR-One-or-more-variables-are-missing-or-freq-or-weight-is/m-p/724075#M224777</guid>
      <dc:creator>conleyi</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2021-03-05T22:42:57Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: ERROR: One or more variables are missing or freq or weight is zero on every observation.</title>
      <link>https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/ERROR-One-or-more-variables-are-missing-or-freq-or-weight-is/m-p/724079#M224781</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;This is the Log file for the code as well&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;1 OPTIONS NONOTES NOSTIMER NOSOURCE NOSYNTAXCHECK;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;NOTE: ODS statements in the SAS Studio environment may disable some output features.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;73&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;74 /* Ian Conley STA 02 */&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;75 /* Homework 2 */&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;76&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;77 /* Item 1 */&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;78 PROC IMPORT&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;79 DATAFILE='/home/u45048482/sasuser.v94/LM2/FantasyBaseball2.csv'&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;80 DBMS=csv REPLACE OUT=FANTASY;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;81 GETNAMES=YES;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;82 RUN;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;NOTE: Unable to open parameter catalog: SASUSER.PARMS.PARMS.SLIST in update mode. Temporary parameter values will be saved to&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;WORK.PARMS.PARMS.SLIST.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;83 /**********************************************************************&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;84 * PRODUCT: SAS&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;85 * VERSION: 9.4&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;86 * CREATOR: External File Interface&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;87 * DATE: 05MAR21&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;88 * DESC: Generated SAS Datastep Code&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;89 * TEMPLATE SOURCE: (None Specified.)&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;90 ***********************************************************************/&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;91 data WORK.FANTASY ;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;92 %let _EFIERR_ = 0; /* set the ERROR detection macro variable */&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;93 infile '/home/u45048482/sasuser.v94/LM2/FantasyBaseball2.csv' delimiter = ',' MISSOVER DSD lrecl=32767 firstobs=2 ;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;94 informat Round best32. ;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;95 informat Time best32. ;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;96 informat Person best32. ;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;97 format Round best12. ;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;98 format Time best12. ;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;99 format Person best12. ;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;100 input&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;101 Round&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;102 Time&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;103 Person&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;104 ;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;105 if _ERROR_ then call symputx('_EFIERR_',1); /* set ERROR detection macro variable */&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;106 run;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;NOTE: The infile '/home/u45048482/sasuser.v94/LM2/FantasyBaseball2.csv' is:&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Filename=/home/u45048482/sasuser.v94/LM2/FantasyBaseball2.csv,&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Owner Name=u45048482,Group Name=oda,&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Access Permission=-rw-r--r--,&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Last Modified=03Mar2021:10:42:15,&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;File Size (bytes)=1706&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;NOTE: 192 records were read from the infile '/home/u45048482/sasuser.v94/LM2/FantasyBaseball2.csv'.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;The minimum record length was 5.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;The maximum record length was 8.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;NOTE: The data set WORK.FANTASY has 192 observations and 3 variables.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;NOTE: DATA statement used (Total process time):&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;real time 0.00 seconds&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;user cpu time 0.00 seconds&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;system cpu time 0.00 seconds&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;memory 9250.79k&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;OS Memory 44064.00k&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Timestamp 03/05/2021 10:23:45 PM&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Step Count 63 Switch Count 2&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Page Faults 0&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Page Reclaims 462&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Page Swaps 0&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Voluntary Context Switches 10&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Involuntary Context Switches 0&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Block Input Operations 0&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Block Output Operations 264&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;192 rows created in WORK.FANTASY from /home/u45048482/sasuser.v94/LM2/FantasyBaseball2.csv.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;NOTE: WORK.FANTASY data set was successfully created.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;NOTE: The data set WORK.FANTASY has 192 observations and 3 variables.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;NOTE: PROCEDURE IMPORT used (Total process time):&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;real time 0.05 seconds&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;user cpu time 0.04 seconds&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;system cpu time 0.02 seconds&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;memory 9250.79k&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;OS Memory 44324.00k&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Timestamp 03/05/2021 10:23:45 PM&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Step Count 63 Switch Count 10&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Page Faults 0&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Page Reclaims 4081&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Page Swaps 0&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Voluntary Context Switches 77&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Involuntary Context Switches 0&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Block Input Operations 0&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Block Output Operations 320&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;107&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;108 /* Item 2 */&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;109 PROC FORMAT;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;110 VALUE Personinitial 1 = "DJ"&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;111 2 = "AR"&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;112 3 = "BK"&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;113 4 = "JW"&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;114 5 = "TS"&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;115 6 = "RL"&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;116 7 = "DR"&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;117 8 = "MF";&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;NOTE: Format PERSONINITIAL is already on the library WORK.FORMATS.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;NOTE: Format PERSONINITIAL has been output.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;118&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;119&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;NOTE: PROCEDURE FORMAT used (Total process time):&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;real time 0.00 seconds&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;user cpu time 0.00 seconds&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;system cpu time 0.00 seconds&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;memory 256.25k&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;OS Memory 38568.00k&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Timestamp 03/05/2021 10:23:45 PM&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Step Count 64 Switch Count 0&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Page Faults 0&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Page Reclaims 25&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Page Swaps 0&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Voluntary Context Switches 0&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Involuntary Context Switches 0&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Block Input Operations 0&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Block Output Operations 32&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;120 DATA FANTASY;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;121 SET FANTASY;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;122 SqrtTime = SQRT(TIME);&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;123 label Time = 'Time to make Selection (in seconds)'&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;124 Person = 'Person making selection';&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;125 SqrtTime = 'Square root of time (in seconds) to make selection';&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;126 format person Personinitial.;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;127&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;128&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;129 /* Item 3 */&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;NOTE: Character values have been converted to numeric values at the places given by: (Line):(Column).&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;125:14&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;NOTE: Invalid numeric data, 'Square root of time (in seconds) to make selection' , at line 125 column 14.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;Round=1 Time=42 Person=DJ SqrtTime=. _ERROR_=1 _N_=1&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;NOTE: Invalid numeric data, 'Square root of time (in seconds) to make selection' , at line 125 column 14.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;Round=2 Time=84 Person=DJ SqrtTime=. _ERROR_=1 _N_=2&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;NOTE: Invalid numeric data, 'Square root of time (in seconds) to make selection' , at line 125 column 14.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;Round=3 Time=21 Person=DJ SqrtTime=. _ERROR_=1 _N_=3&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;NOTE: Invalid numeric data, 'Square root of time (in seconds) to make selection' , at line 125 column 14.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;Round=4 Time=99 Person=DJ SqrtTime=. _ERROR_=1 _N_=4&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;NOTE: Invalid numeric data, 'Square root of time (in seconds) to make selection' , at line 125 column 14.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;Round=5 Time=25 Person=DJ SqrtTime=. _ERROR_=1 _N_=5&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;NOTE: Invalid numeric data, 'Square root of time (in seconds) to make selection' , at line 125 column 14.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;Round=6 Time=89 Person=DJ SqrtTime=. _ERROR_=1 _N_=6&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;NOTE: Invalid numeric data, 'Square root of time (in seconds) to make selection' , at line 125 column 14.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;Round=7 Time=53 Person=DJ SqrtTime=. _ERROR_=1 _N_=7&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;NOTE: Invalid numeric data, 'Square root of time (in seconds) to make selection' , at line 125 column 14.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;Round=8 Time=174 Person=DJ SqrtTime=. _ERROR_=1 _N_=8&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;NOTE: Invalid numeric data, 'Square root of time (in seconds) to make selection' , at line 125 column 14.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;Round=9 Time=105 Person=DJ SqrtTime=. _ERROR_=1 _N_=9&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;NOTE: Invalid numeric data, 'Square root of time (in seconds) to make selection' , at line 125 column 14.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;Round=10 Time=99 Person=DJ SqrtTime=. _ERROR_=1 _N_=10&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;NOTE: Invalid numeric data, 'Square root of time (in seconds) to make selection' , at line 125 column 14.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;Round=11 Time=30 Person=DJ SqrtTime=. _ERROR_=1 _N_=11&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;NOTE: Invalid numeric data, 'Square root of time (in seconds) to make selection' , at line 125 column 14.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;Round=12 Time=91 Person=DJ SqrtTime=. _ERROR_=1 _N_=12&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;NOTE: Invalid numeric data, 'Square root of time (in seconds) to make selection' , at line 125 column 14.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;Round=13 Time=11 Person=DJ SqrtTime=. _ERROR_=1 _N_=13&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;NOTE: Invalid numeric data, 'Square root of time (in seconds) to make selection' , at line 125 column 14.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;Round=14 Time=93 Person=DJ SqrtTime=. _ERROR_=1 _N_=14&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;NOTE: Invalid numeric data, 'Square root of time (in seconds) to make selection' , at line 125 column 14.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;Round=15 Time=20 Person=DJ SqrtTime=. _ERROR_=1 _N_=15&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;NOTE: Invalid numeric data, 'Square root of time (in seconds) to make selection' , at line 125 column 14.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;Round=16 Time=108 Person=DJ SqrtTime=. _ERROR_=1 _N_=16&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;NOTE: Invalid numeric data, 'Square root of time (in seconds) to make selection' , at line 125 column 14.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;Round=17 Time=95 Person=DJ SqrtTime=. _ERROR_=1 _N_=17&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;NOTE: Invalid numeric data, 'Square root of time (in seconds) to make selection' , at line 125 column 14.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;Round=18 Time=43 Person=DJ SqrtTime=. _ERROR_=1 _N_=18&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;NOTE: Invalid numeric data, 'Square root of time (in seconds) to make selection' , at line 125 column 14.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;Round=19 Time=123 Person=DJ SqrtTime=. _ERROR_=1 _N_=19&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;NOTE: Invalid numeric data, 'Square root of time (in seconds) to make selection' , at line 125 column 14.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasWarning"&gt;WARNING: Limit set by ERRORS= option reached. Further errors of this type will not be printed.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;Round=20 Time=75 Person=DJ SqrtTime=. _ERROR_=1 _N_=20&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;NOTE: There were 192 observations read from the data set WORK.FANTASY.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;NOTE: The data set WORK.FANTASY has 192 observations and 4 variables.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;NOTE: DATA statement used (Total process time):&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;real time 0.00 seconds&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;user cpu time 0.00 seconds&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;system cpu time 0.00 seconds&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;memory 961.21k&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;OS Memory 39088.00k&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Timestamp 03/05/2021 10:23:45 PM&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Step Count 65 Switch Count 2&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Page Faults 0&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Page Reclaims 155&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Page Swaps 0&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Voluntary Context Switches 9&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Involuntary Context Switches 0&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Block Input Operations 0&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Block Output Operations 272&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;130 PROC SGPLOT data=FANTASY;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;131 vbox time / group=person;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;132 title "Comparison Boxplot: Times per Person";&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;133 title2 'Ian Conley';&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;134 RUN;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;NOTE: PROCEDURE SGPLOT used (Total process time):&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;real time 0.29 seconds&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;user cpu time 0.12 seconds&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;system cpu time 0.03 seconds&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;memory 20554.00k&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;OS Memory 53420.00k&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Timestamp 03/05/2021 10:23:46 PM&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Step Count 66 Switch Count 3&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Page Faults 0&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Page Reclaims 6705&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Page Swaps 0&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Voluntary Context Switches 550&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Involuntary Context Switches 0&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Block Input Operations 0&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Block Output Operations 1216&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;NOTE: There were 192 observations read from the data set WORK.FANTASY.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;135&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;136 PROC MEANS data=fantasy n min max mean std median skewness kurtosis;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;137 TITLE "Summary Statistics: Times per Person";&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;138 TITLE2 "Ian Conley";&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;139 var time;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;140 Class person;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;141 RUN;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;NOTE: There were 192 observations read from the data set WORK.FANTASY.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;NOTE: PROCEDURE MEANS used (Total process time):&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;real time 0.06 seconds&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;user cpu time 0.05 seconds&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;system cpu time 0.01 seconds&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;memory 10062.98k&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;OS Memory 63168.00k&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Timestamp 03/05/2021 10:23:46 PM&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Step Count 67 Switch Count 3&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Page Faults 0&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Page Reclaims 2499&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Page Swaps 0&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Voluntary Context Switches 41&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Involuntary Context Switches 0&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Block Input Operations 0&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Block Output Operations 8&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;142&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;143 /* Item 4 */&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;144 ods graphics on;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;145 PROC GLM data=fantasy plots=diagnostics;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;146 class person;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;147 model time = person;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;148 means person / BON cldiff lines;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;149 title 'ANOVA Model: Times = Person';&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;150 title2'Ian Conley';&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;151 RUN;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;152&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;153 /* Item 5 */&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;NOTE: PROCEDURE GLM used (Total process time):&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;real time 1.47 seconds&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;user cpu time 0.70 seconds&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;system cpu time 0.06 seconds&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;memory 10486.04k&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;OS Memory 64736.00k&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Timestamp 03/05/2021 10:23:47 PM&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Step Count 68 Switch Count 25&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Page Faults 0&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Page Reclaims 14268&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Page Swaps 0&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Voluntary Context Switches 2444&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Involuntary Context Switches 2&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Block Input Operations 0&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Block Output Operations 5424&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;154 PROC MEANS data=fantasy n min max mean std median skewness kurtosis maxdec=3;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;155 TITLE "Summary Statistics: SqrtTime per Person";&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;156 TITLE2 "Ian Conley";&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;157 var sqrtTime;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;158 Class person;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;159 RUN;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;NOTE: There were 192 observations read from the data set WORK.FANTASY.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;NOTE: PROCEDURE MEANS used (Total process time):&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;real time 0.04 seconds&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;user cpu time 0.04 seconds&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;system cpu time 0.00 seconds&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;memory 9065.53k&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;OS Memory 68632.00k&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Timestamp 03/05/2021 10:23:47 PM&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Step Count 69 Switch Count 3&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Page Faults 0&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Page Reclaims 1982&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Page Swaps 0&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Voluntary Context Switches 44&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Involuntary Context Switches 0&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Block Input Operations 0&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Block Output Operations 0&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;160&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;161&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;162 ods graphics on;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;163 PROC GLM data=fantasy plots=diagnostics;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;164 class person;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;165 model SqrtTime = person;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;166 means person / BON cldiff lines;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;167 title 'ANOVA Model: SqrtTime = Person';&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;168 title2'Ian Conley';&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;169 RUN;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasError"&gt;ERROR: One or more variables are missing or freq or weight is zero on every observation.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;169 ! QUIT;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;NOTE: PROCEDURE GLM used (Total process time):&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;real time 0.00 seconds&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;user cpu time 0.00 seconds&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;system cpu time 0.00 seconds&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;memory 837.84k&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;OS Memory 60592.00k&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Timestamp 03/05/2021 10:23:47 PM&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Step Count 70 Switch Count 4&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Page Faults 0&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Page Reclaims 116&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Page Swaps 0&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Voluntary Context Switches 33&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Involuntary Context Switches 0&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Block Input Operations 0&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;Block Output Operations 264&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasNote"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;170&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;171 OPTIONS NONOTES NOSTIMER NOSOURCE NOSYNTAXCHECK;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="sasSource"&gt;183&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;PRE class="sasLog"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/PRE&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2021 22:45:31 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/ERROR-One-or-more-variables-are-missing-or-freq-or-weight-is/m-p/724079#M224781</guid>
      <dc:creator>conleyi</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2021-03-05T22:45:31Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: ERROR: One or more variables are missing or freq or weight is zero on every observation.</title>
      <link>https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/ERROR-One-or-more-variables-are-missing-or-freq-or-weight-is/m-p/724092#M224790</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Hello&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://communities.sas.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/372564"&gt;@conleyi&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and welcome to the SAS Support Communities!&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;A proven debugging strategy is to start with the &lt;EM&gt;first&lt;/EM&gt; error message (or warning or suspicious note) in the log because that is often the root cause of subsequent errors. In your case the series of notes "&lt;FONT face="courier new,courier"&gt;Invalid numeric data&lt;/FONT&gt; ..." after the DATA step under "Item 2" is suspicious. Indeed, the text string&amp;nbsp;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;FONT face="courier new,courier"&gt;'Square root of time (in seconds) to make selection'&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;mentioned in the log&amp;nbsp;&lt;EM&gt;is&lt;/EM&gt; an invalid value for a numeric variable. &lt;EM&gt;Which&lt;/EM&gt; numeric variable? See line number 125 in the log: An attempt is made to assign that character value to numeric variable &lt;FONT face="courier new,courier"&gt;SqrtTime&lt;/FONT&gt;. But isn't that "assignment" just a part of the LABEL statement? No, it isn't: The LABEL statement ends prematurely due to &lt;U&gt;an unwanted semicolon&lt;/U&gt; after &lt;FONT face="courier new,courier"&gt;'Person making selection'&lt;/FONT&gt;! Could this be the root cause of the error later on in the PROC GLM step under "Item 5"? &lt;EM&gt;Yes&lt;/EM&gt;, all values of &lt;FONT face="courier new,courier"&gt;SqrtTime&lt;/FONT&gt; were overwritten with missing values (as documented in the log:&amp;nbsp;&lt;FONT face="courier new,courier"&gt;SqrtTime=.&lt;/FONT&gt;) so the dependent variable in the MODEL statement is now missing "&lt;FONT face="courier new,courier"&gt;on every observation&lt;/FONT&gt;" as the log criticizes.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;So, deleting the semicolon in the middle of the LABEL statement should help a lot.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2021 23:34:56 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/ERROR-One-or-more-variables-are-missing-or-freq-or-weight-is/m-p/724092#M224790</guid>
      <dc:creator>FreelanceReinh</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2021-03-05T23:34:56Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: ERROR: One or more variables are missing or freq or weight is zero on every observation.</title>
      <link>https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/ERROR-One-or-more-variables-are-missing-or-freq-or-weight-is/m-p/724093#M224791</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;First suggestion until you are more comfortable with SAS coding:&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;No not use this type of coding:&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;PRE&gt;120 DATA FANTASY;
121 SET FANTASY;&lt;/PRE&gt;
&lt;P&gt;When you do that the source data set is completely replaced. So some logic errors can destroy way too much data.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Second, paste LOG and code in text boxes opened on the forum with the &amp;lt;/&amp;gt;. The message windows reformat text moving some of the diagnostic characters that SAS provides for some messages in the log.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;If these are all supposed to be labels:&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;PRE&gt;123 label Time = 'Time to make Selection (in seconds)'
124 Person = 'Person making selection'&lt;FONT size="6" color="#FF0000"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;
125 SqrtTime = 'Square root of time (in seconds) to make selection';&lt;/PRE&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Then use only ONE semicolon at the end of all the labels:&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;PRE&gt; label 
   Time = 'Time to make Selection (in seconds)'
   Person = 'Person making selection'
   SqrtTime = 'Square root of time (in seconds) to make selection'
 ;&lt;/PRE&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Or use label with each variable&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;PRE&gt; label Time = 'Time to make Selection (in seconds)' ;
 label Person = 'Person making selection' ;
 label SqrtTime = 'Square root of time (in seconds) to make selection' ;
&lt;/PRE&gt;
&lt;P&gt;You were getting a lot of errors because as posted you are assigning a text value to a numeric variable (SQRTTIME).&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Which means that a missing value was set for SQRTTIMEbecause SAS will not let you place text, that can't be converted into a number easily, into a numeric variable. So when you use that SQRTTIME variable in the model it is missing.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2021 23:37:05 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/ERROR-One-or-more-variables-are-missing-or-freq-or-weight-is/m-p/724093#M224791</guid>
      <dc:creator>ballardw</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2021-03-05T23:37:05Z</dc:date>
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