https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/How-to-convert-sas7bcat-file-to-sas7bdat/m-p/885264#M349797 <P>In general you cannot.&nbsp; Whether you can do anything or not depends on what types of member are in the catalog.&nbsp; So the first thing to do is see what is in the catalog.</P> <P><A href="https://documentation.sas.com/doc/en/pgmsascdc/9.4_3.5/proc/p098gxyhcmikjdn134dvlhryd4ju.htm" target="_blank">https://documentation.sas.com/doc/en/pgmsascdc/9.4_3.5/proc/p098gxyhcmikjdn134dvlhryd4ju.htm</A></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>If the catalog just contains format definitions then you can convert those to a dataset using PROC FORMAT.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 18 Jul 2023 13:05:33 GMT Tom 2023-07-18T13:05:33Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/How-to-convert-sas7bcat-file-to-sas7bdat/m-p/885260#M349793 <P>how can i convert .sas7bcat format file to .sas7bdat?</P> Tue, 18 Jul 2023 12:50:37 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/How-to-convert-sas7bcat-file-to-sas7bdat/m-p/885260#M349793 qwerty12 2023-07-18T12:50:37Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/How-to-convert-sas7bcat-file-to-sas7bdat/m-p/885261#M349794 <P>SAS7BCAT are catalogs, not data sets. So you can't convert SAS7BCAT to SAS7BDAT.</P> Tue, 18 Jul 2023 12:52:24 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/How-to-convert-sas7bcat-file-to-sas7bdat/m-p/885261#M349794 PaigeMiller 2023-07-18T12:52:24Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/How-to-convert-sas7bcat-file-to-sas7bdat/m-p/885264#M349797 <P>In general you cannot.&nbsp; Whether you can do anything or not depends on what types of member are in the catalog.&nbsp; So the first thing to do is see what is in the catalog.</P> <P><A href="https://documentation.sas.com/doc/en/pgmsascdc/9.4_3.5/proc/p098gxyhcmikjdn134dvlhryd4ju.htm" target="_blank">https://documentation.sas.com/doc/en/pgmsascdc/9.4_3.5/proc/p098gxyhcmikjdn134dvlhryd4ju.htm</A></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>If the catalog just contains format definitions then you can convert those to a dataset using PROC FORMAT.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 18 Jul 2023 13:05:33 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/How-to-convert-sas7bcat-file-to-sas7bdat/m-p/885264#M349797 Tom 2023-07-18T13:05:33Z