topic Re: Creating a library in SAS Procedures

Creating a library

varun1220 — Sat, 21 Nov 2015 03:35:57 GMT

I have a set of excel files which have around 10 sheets in them. I have to import all of these in SAS Enterprise Guide which becomes very time consuming and tedious at times.

I'm sure there is way to do this using code without importing everyfile.

I tried defining a library using the statement on SAS 9.3,

libname xyz EXCEL PATH = 'W:\Desktop\Probablistic Load Forecasting\Week5\Trial_Holiday_Effect\2004.xlsx'

also I tried

libname xyz 'W:\Desktop\Probablistic Load Forecasting\Week5\Trial_Holiday_Effect\2004.xlsx'

I get error:

ERROR: Library XYZ is not in a valid format for access method RANDOM.
ERROR: Error in the LIBNAME statement.

Kindly help me out

Re: Creating a library

Jagadishkatam — Sat, 21 Nov 2015 03:45:58 GMT

Please try

libname xyz xlsx 'W:\Desktop\Probablistic Load Forecasting\Week5\Trial_Holiday_Effect\2004.xlsx'

Re: Creating a library

varun1220 — Sat, 21 Nov 2015 04:40:33 GMT

Not Working. Same error.

Re: Creating a library

SASKiwi — Sat, 21 Nov 2015 05:21:10 GMT

Creating an EXCEL library requires the SAS product SAS/ACCESS to PC Files. Look in Properties of your EG SAS Server List under SASApp or similar and check if you have this product.