https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Error-message-in-SAS-quot-Some-character-data-was-lost-during/m-p/843573#M333495 Hello. Can you give me an example for this? Thu, 10 Nov 2022 12:33:28 GMT user40 2022-11-10T12:33:28Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Error-message-in-SAS-quot-Some-character-data-was-lost-during/m-p/843561#M333488 <P>I got this error message on sas:&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>"ERROR: some character data was lost during transcoding in the dataset amis.hddata"</P> <P>what is wrong in my dataset and how can I fix this?</P> Thu, 10 Nov 2022 14:17:47 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Error-message-in-SAS-quot-Some-character-data-was-lost-during/m-p/843561#M333488 user40 2022-11-10T14:17:47Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Error-message-in-SAS-quot-Some-character-data-was-lost-during/m-p/843568#M333490 <P>Use proc contents to check which encoding was used to create the dataset, the compare it to the encoding of your sas session. Changing the encoding of your sas-session will solve the issue.</P> Thu, 10 Nov 2022 11:46:42 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Error-message-in-SAS-quot-Some-character-data-was-lost-during/m-p/843568#M333490 andreas_lds 2022-11-10T11:46:42Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Error-message-in-SAS-quot-Some-character-data-was-lost-during/m-p/843572#M333494 How do I do that? Thu, 10 Nov 2022 12:12:55 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Error-message-in-SAS-quot-Some-character-data-was-lost-during/m-p/843572#M333494 user40 2022-11-10T12:12:55Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Error-message-in-SAS-quot-Some-character-data-was-lost-during/m-p/843573#M333495 Hello. Can you give me an example for this? Thu, 10 Nov 2022 12:33:28 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Error-message-in-SAS-quot-Some-character-data-was-lost-during/m-p/843573#M333495 user40 2022-11-10T12:33:28Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Error-message-in-SAS-quot-Some-character-data-was-lost-during/m-p/843575#M333497 <P>Depends on how you are using sas and the encoding you need.</P> <P>If you are using sas on a server contact the admins.</P> Thu, 10 Nov 2022 12:49:32 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Error-message-in-SAS-quot-Some-character-data-was-lost-during/m-p/843575#M333497 andreas_lds 2022-11-10T12:49:32Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Error-message-in-SAS-quot-Some-character-data-was-lost-during/m-p/843588#M333503 <P>You'll find lots of details and possible solutions in this blog article:</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><A href="https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/2017/05/19/demystifying-and-resolving-common-transcoding-problems/" target="_self">Demystifying and resolving common transcoding problems in SAS</A></P> Thu, 10 Nov 2022 14:18:56 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Error-message-in-SAS-quot-Some-character-data-was-lost-during/m-p/843588#M333503 ChrisHemedinger 2022-11-10T14:18:56Z