topic How to export Excel file (.xls or .xlsx) from my SAS data set in 9.3 SAS version? in SAS Procedures

How to export Excel file (.xls or .xlsx) from my SAS data set in 9.3 SAS version?

ybz12003 — Mon, 18 Apr 2016 18:32:55 GMT

Hi, all:

I'm currently using SAS 9.3 version. I would like to export my SAS data to Excel format (.xls or .xlsx), not CSV format. Please help, thanks.

Re: How to export Excel file (.xls or .xlsx) from my SAS data set in 9.3 SAS version?

JediApprentice — Mon, 18 Apr 2016 20:46:34 GMT

Use proc export:

proc export 
  data=dataset
  dbms=xlsx
  outfile="C:\temp\myfile.xlsx"
  replace;
run;

Re: How to export Excel file (.xls or .xlsx) from my SAS data set in 9.3 SAS version?

Kurt_Bremser — Tue, 19 Apr 2016 05:54:14 GMT

You will have a much easier life in the future if you use an open, textual format for the data transfer (as long as you only do that; for reports with formatting ODS TAGSETS.EXCELXP is of course the way to go).

Why do I say that?

MS is prone to make changes in their formats and how Excel treats data from version to version, giving one severe headaches. The import/export from/to CSV has worked all the time (in my experience).

Another reason is that you can debug a CSV file with a simple text editor. Even though XLSX is zipped XML and not binary, manually looking for problems can be a major PITA.

Third reason: CSV can be used to transfer the data to ANY system that is more suited for BI than Excel.

Re: How to export Excel file (.xls or .xlsx) from my SAS data set in 9.3 SAS version?

ybz12003 — Tue, 19 Apr 2016 15:14:40 GMT

I need to upload the Excel file to our internal website, it wouldn't recognized the CSV format, only .xls and .xlsx.