topic Re: Column Attributes blank in SAS Enterprise Guide

Column Attributes blank

ten03 — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 14:30:37 GMT

Hi. I'm currently using SAS 9.4 - SAS for Windows. It seems as if there's a bug or setting that's gone funny and am not sure what caused it. When I'm viewing the data in VIEWTABLE and want to see the column attributes, the new window opens but is blank. Any idea what could be causing this and what needs to be changed?

Re: Column Attributes blank

Tom — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 14:47:32 GMT

Does it happen for all datasets? Does continue to happen if you start a new SAS session?

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Re: Column Attributes blank

ten03 — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 14:59:16 GMT

Hi Tom. This happens for all datasets where I'm wanting to see the column details. The bug still persists whether it's a new or restarted session.

Re: Column Attributes blank

Tom — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 16:17:42 GMT

You probably need to open a support ticket with SAS. http://sas.com/support

Re: Column Attributes blank

Tom — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 16:22:03 GMT

You can always just use CODE to find out what is in the datasets.

PROC CONTENTS is what you want:

proc contents data=mylib.mydataset ;
run;

(although I cannot figure out why the current documentation seems to want to force you to use the much more complicated PROC DATASETS instead.