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SAS OnDemand for Academic - SAS Studio - Stuck on "opening a table"

user2024 — Sun, 04 Feb 2024 04:06:01 GMT

I'm new to SAS and currently using it with the Chrome browser.

After uploading my data, I'm encountering an issue where it continuously displays 'Opening a Table' without progressing further.

Any guidance or suggestions on how to resolve this would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

Re: SAS OnDemand for Academic - SAS Studio - Stuck on "opening a table"

Kurt_Bremser — Sun, 04 Feb 2024 08:56:20 GMT

What kind of file did you upload? What action have you done after uploading?

On its own, Studio will not try to do something with a file after uploading.

Re: SAS OnDemand for Academic - SAS Studio - Stuck on "opening a table"

user2024 — Sun, 04 Feb 2024 09:20:07 GMT

I found that the issue had already been resolved.
I uploaded a .sas7bdat file, and when I double-clicked to open it, I got stuck at the "Opening a Table" screen. During the stack, all buttons in SAS Studio were inactive.
Surprisingly, after waiting in a signed-out state for about 20 hours, the problem resolved itself automatically.
I've decided not to use this file.
Thank you.

Re: SAS OnDemand for Academic - SAS Studio - Stuck on "opening a table"

Kurt_Bremser — Sun, 04 Feb 2024 09:32:24 GMT

To find out more, you can run

proc contents data="<complete path to file>";
run;

To get the path, right-click on the file and copy it from the properties.

After running the code, study the log if you do not get output.

Re: SAS OnDemand for Academic - SAS Studio - Stuck on "opening a table"

user2024 — Sun, 04 Feb 2024 10:07:59 GMT

I tried using that command on the .sas7bdat file, but it remained in the "running" status without progress, and of course, no LOG was generated. Luckily, this time there was a cancel button so the process could be stopped.
Note that the R haven package can open the .sas7bdat file without any problems.

Re: SAS OnDemand for Academic - SAS Studio - Stuck on "opening a table"

Kurt_Bremser — Sun, 04 Feb 2024 10:14:05 GMT

If that file was created with R, the issue seems to be there, or the file was messed up somewhere in between during transfers.

For communication between diverse software, I always prefer pure text files, which can be read consistently with a DATA step in SAS.