https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Mainframe-to-SAS-FTP-formatting-sometimes-works-and-sometimes/m-p/400644#M97138 <P>Do you just have issues with that one field that is in column 273?</P> <P>If so then read the column using the $CHAR1. informat and do a proc freq on the observed values , probably with $HEX2. format attached and see what values are actually in your source data.&nbsp; It is hard to tell in your posting but it looks like the value it is complaining about is&nbsp; '02'x.&nbsp; So perhaps it is a binary integer instead of a packed decimal?</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 03 Oct 2017 16:33:22 GMT Tom 2017-10-03T16:33:22Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Mainframe-to-SAS-FTP-formatting-sometimes-works-and-sometimes/m-p/400611#M97127 Thu, 26 Oct 2017 01:20:20 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Mainframe-to-SAS-FTP-formatting-sometimes-works-and-sometimes/m-p/400611#M97127 martystoked 2017-10-26T01:20:20Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Mainframe-to-SAS-FTP-formatting-sometimes-works-and-sometimes/m-p/400644#M97138 <P>Do you just have issues with that one field that is in column 273?</P> <P>If so then read the column using the $CHAR1. informat and do a proc freq on the observed values , probably with $HEX2. format attached and see what values are actually in your source data.&nbsp; It is hard to tell in your posting but it looks like the value it is complaining about is&nbsp; '02'x.&nbsp; So perhaps it is a binary integer instead of a packed decimal?</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 03 Oct 2017 16:33:22 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Mainframe-to-SAS-FTP-formatting-sometimes-works-and-sometimes/m-p/400644#M97138 Tom 2017-10-03T16:33:22Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Mainframe-to-SAS-FTP-formatting-sometimes-works-and-sometimes/m-p/400683#M97147 <P>According to the copy book that I have that field is a: PIC&nbsp; S9(1) COMP-3. My other concern though is that it doesn't look to be translating the first part of the program that I have pointed out in my other picture. Not sure if that could be causing the problems? I am running the process now to see if I can get a proc freq on those values.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 03 Oct 2017 17:45:35 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Mainframe-to-SAS-FTP-formatting-sometimes-works-and-sometimes/m-p/400683#M97147 martystoked 2017-10-03T17:45:35Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Mainframe-to-SAS-FTP-formatting-sometimes-works-and-sometimes/m-p/400706#M97149 <P>'02'x is not a valid value for packed decimal. The second nibble of the byte should contain the hex values C, D or F.</P> Tue, 03 Oct 2017 18:27:39 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Mainframe-to-SAS-FTP-formatting-sometimes-works-and-sometimes/m-p/400706#M97149 Kurt_Bremser 2017-10-03T18:27:39Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Mainframe-to-SAS-FTP-formatting-sometimes-works-and-sometimes/m-p/400714#M97150 <P>Since the error for position happens quite late horizontally (lots of previous PD variables) and vertically (almost 1500000 records without problems), it points to a problem in the creation of the mainframe file. Have it checked by the host programmer responsible.</P> Tue, 03 Oct 2017 18:34:21 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Mainframe-to-SAS-FTP-formatting-sometimes-works-and-sometimes/m-p/400714#M97150 Kurt_Bremser 2017-10-03T18:34:21Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Mainframe-to-SAS-FTP-formatting-sometimes-works-and-sometimes/m-p/400737#M97154 <P>That's what I was thinking because it is sometimes working thanks!</P> Tue, 03 Oct 2017 19:01:07 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Mainframe-to-SAS-FTP-formatting-sometimes-works-and-sometimes/m-p/400737#M97154 martystoked 2017-10-03T19:01:07Z