https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/Error-importing-excel-data/m-p/13259#M2848 Hi. I am trying to import some data which is in Excel via the import data wizard (FILE/IMPORT DATA) and I keep getting the following error: "The connection cannot be used to perform this operation. It is either closed or invalid in this context". Any ideas on what is going wrong? Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:42:58 GMT deleted_user 2008-04-24T10:42:58Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/Error-importing-excel-data/m-p/13259#M2848 Hi. I am trying to import some data which is in Excel via the import data wizard (FILE/IMPORT DATA) and I keep getting the following error: "The connection cannot be used to perform this operation. It is either closed or invalid in this context". Any ideas on what is going wrong? Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:42:58 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/Error-importing-excel-data/m-p/13259#M2848 deleted_user 2008-04-24T10:42:58Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/Error-importing-excel-data/m-p/13260#M2849 Not really. Try searching the support database for the first sentence in the error message. If that doesn't answer it, call tech support directly. --Doc Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:06:10 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/Error-importing-excel-data/m-p/13260#M2849 Doc_Duke 2008-04-24T12:06:10Z