topic Re: SAS File Import from SAS in SAS Programming

SAS File Import from SAS

Johnsewell22 — Wed, 30 Aug 2017 02:03:32 GMT

I am trying to import a file into SAS. This is an excel file and I believe my problem is in my filename path, but I do not know how to correct this. Can anyone help me? I am going to copy and paste my code and error message.

PROC IMPORT OUT= WORK.B6
DATAFILE= "C:\Users\yakit\OneDrive\Documents\STAT 672 DATA SETS\Data Set B6.xlsx"
DBMS=xlsx REPLACE;
GETNAMES=YES;
DATAROW=2;
RUN;

Here is my error message:

1 OPTIONS NONOTES NOSTIMER NOSOURCE NOSYNTAXCHECK;

62 PROC IMPORT OUT= WORK.yourfile

63 DATAFILE= "C:\Users\yakit\OneDrive\Documents\STAT 672 DATA SETS\Data Set B6.xlsx"

64 DBMS=xlsx REPLACE;

65 GETNAMES=YES;

66 DATAROW=2;

67 RUN;

ERROR: Physical file does not exist, /opt/sasinside/SASConfig/Lev1/SASApp/C:\Users\yakit\OneDrive\Documents\STAT 672 DATA

SETS\/Data Set B6.xlsx.

NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors.

NOTE: PROCEDURE IMPORT used (Total process time):

real time 0.00 seconds

cpu time 0.00 seconds

69 OPTIONS NONOTES NOSTIMER NOSOURCE NOSYNTAXCHECK;

Re: SAS File Import from SAS

marcel — Wed, 30 Aug 2017 03:22:50 GMT

Hi,
Have you tried importing the file by using the File, import data menu in SAS?

Re: SAS File Import from SAS

marcel — Wed, 30 Aug 2017 04:06:56 GMT

better yet, save your table as a "csv" (comma delimited) file in excel and import it to sas. It works fine.

Re: SAS File Import from SAS

Reeza — Wed, 30 Aug 2017 05:21:21 GMT

Your issue is the path. You're trying to access your local data but it appears SAS is running on a server.

You can likely use the GUI tools to import or you need to move your file to the server. Or you need to explain your set up in more detail and we can offer alternatives.