topic Re: why it does not work ( about using a xls file as sas data set with engine in SAS Procedures

why it does not work ( about using a xls file as sas data set with engine

tianerhu — Sun, 01 Mar 2020 23:05:31 GMT

libname apple  'C:\Users\Documents\Sales.xls';
proc print  data = apple.Sales;
   where EmpID = '9888' or EmpID = '0177';

run;

Re: why it does not work ( about using a xls file as sas data set with engine

Kurt_Bremser — Sun, 01 Mar 2020 23:23:52 GMT

@tianerhu wrote:

libname apple  'C:\Users\Documents\Sales.xls';
proc print  data = apple.Sales;
   where EmpID = '9888' or EmpID = '0177';

run;

And what is your problem? If you get ERRORs or WARNINGs, post the log. Otherwise describe what does not work as intended.

Re: why it does not work ( about using a xls file as sas data set with engine

SASKiwi — Sun, 01 Mar 2020 23:27:17 GMT

Try adding the an engine to your LIBNAME:

libname apple XLS 'C:\Users\Documents\Sales.xls';

Your spreadsheet need to to contain a tab called Sales as well.

Re: why it does not work ( about using a xls file as sas data set with engine

tianerhu — Sun, 01 Mar 2020 23:30:18 GMT

thank you for your advice, sir , following is the information from log

2023
2024 libname apple 'C:\Users\Documents\Sales.xls';
ERROR: Connect: Class not registered
ERROR: Error in the LIBNAME statement.
2025
2026 proc print data = apple.Sales;
ERROR: Libref APPLE is not assigned.
2027 where EmpID = '9888' or EmpID = '0177';
WARNING: No data sets qualify for WHERE processing.
2028
2029 run;

NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors.
NOTE: PROCEDURE PRINT used (Total process time):
real time 0.03 seconds
cpu time 0.01 seconds

Re: why it does not work ( about using a xls file as sas data set with engine

tianerhu — Sun, 01 Mar 2020 23:43:31 GMT

thank you , but it still does not work

Re: why it does not work ( about using a xls file as sas data set with engine

tianerhu — Sun, 01 Mar 2020 23:50:28 GMT

spreadsheet need to to contain a tab called Sales as well.

what does that mean ?

yes ,the file " Sales.xls" in the C:\Users\Documents\Sales.xls' , it was there , and in the spreadsheet , just only one worksheet

Re: why it does not work ( about using a xls file as sas data set with engine

Reeza — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 00:10:18 GMT

When programming you have to first ensure that the prior code works. So currently you're trying to set up a libname to an Excel file. It appears that doesn't work. What errors do you get, post your full log from your LIBNAME statement.

Either you don't have the correct license, your code is wrong, or you need PCFILES because you have a mismatch between 32bit and 64 bit system.

Once the libname to the Excel file is set up, you can reference the different tables in the workbook but you need to know the names. PROC DATASETS is a good way to explore that to find out what names you need to use. Generally, you can use the worksheet names in the Excel workbook as data set names, but named ranges can also be a data set name and possibly Excel Tables as well these days. Also, do you have to work with an xls file or can it be an XLSX file? If you can use XLSX you have more modern options, XLS was retired about a decade ago.

Re: why it does not work ( about using a xls file as sas data set with engine

tianerhu — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 00:29:35 GMT

thank you for your help , following is the information from log :

yes , my SAS is 64 byte， and the xls file is 32 byte , but i have install PC file server.

by the way , what's the name range?

2121
2122 libname apple XLS 'C:\Users\Documents\Sales.xls';
ERROR: The XLS engine cannot be found.
ERROR: Error in the LIBNAME statement.
2123
2124 proc print data = apple.Sales;
ERROR: Libref APPLE is not assigned.
2125 where EmpID = '9888' or EmpID = '0177';
WARNING: No data sets qualify for WHERE processing.
2126
2127 run;

NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors.
NOTE: PROCEDURE PRINT used (Total process time):
real time 0.20 seconds
cpu time 0.00 seconds

Re: why it does not work ( about using a xls file as sas data set with engine

Tom — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 00:59:21 GMT

Did you try using the PCFILES engine?

Have you ever gotten the PC Files Server to work?

Re: why it does not work ( about using a xls file as sas data set with engine

Reeza — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 01:06:56 GMT

Named ranges are an Excel concept, they allow you to create a reference to a table without having a specific sheet.

What about the following:

libname apple pcfiles path= 'C:\Users\Documents\Sales.xls';


proc datasets lib=apple;
run;

@tianerhu wrote:

thank you for your help , following is the information from log :

yes , my SAS is 64 byte， and the xls file is 32 byte , but i have install PC file server.

by the way , what's the name range?

2121
2122 libname apple XLS 'C:\Users\Documents\Sales.xls';
ERROR: The XLS engine cannot be found.
ERROR: Error in the LIBNAME statement.
2123
2124 proc print data = apple.Sales;
ERROR: Libref APPLE is not assigned.
2125 where EmpID = '9888' or EmpID = '0177';
WARNING: No data sets qualify for WHERE processing.
2126
2127 run;

NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors.
NOTE: PROCEDURE PRINT used (Total process time):
real time 0.20 seconds
cpu time 0.00 seconds

Re: why it does not work ( about using a xls file as sas data set with engine

tianerhu — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 01:37:08 GMT

thank you for your help .

yes , i try PCFILES，but it still doesn't work

i have installed the PC files server, when i use wizard import to invert the xls files to csv files , it works well

Re: why it does not work ( about using a xls file as sas data set with engine

tianerhu — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 01:45:30 GMT

it works , but that is not what i want .

Re: why it does not work ( about using a xls file as sas data set with engine

SASKiwi — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 03:24:48 GMT

Trying to print a table called Apple.Sales that is in an Excel workbook called Sales means you are referencing a worksheet within the workbook called Sales also. If your worksheet is not called Sales then your program will fail with an error - dataset not found.

Re: why it does not work ( about using a xls file as sas data set with engine

tianerhu — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 03:40:29 GMT

thank you , but , it still doesn't work

Re: why it does not work ( about using a xls file as sas data set with engine

Kurt_Bremser — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 06:45:49 GMT

Please run proc setinit and proc productstatus to verify that you have ACCESS to PC Files licensed and installed.

You can avoid all the hassle by simply saving the data to a csv file and importing it with a data step.

Re: why it does not work ( about using a xls file as sas data set with engine

SASKiwi — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 07:19:59 GMT

If the PCFILES engine works, please post your PROC DATASETS log. Does it list the worksheets in your Excel workbook?

Re: why it does not work ( about using a xls file as sas data set with engine

tianerhu — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 07:33:26 GMT

i am student , that's my homework ;

i have the SAS license because i can get SAS for free from my college.

Re: why it does not work ( about using a xls file as sas data set with engine

Kurt_Bremser — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 07:43:48 GMT

@tianerhu wrote:

i am student , that's my homework ;

i have the SAS license because i can get SAS for free from my college.

ARE YOU SURE? A definitive answer can only be given by running those procedures. We could go on for hundreds of posts before realizing that your installation is incomplete. Let's be prudent.

Re: why it does not work ( about using a xls file as sas data set with engine

tianerhu — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 08:05:12 GMT

what you mean is PC files server ? yes , i have installed that .

now the code works , but in some conditions , but i feel somewhere is wrong , let me show you

first , i invert the sales.xls to SAS data set with import wizard and use the sasuser as the libref .

then , i write the code as following which does work

libname sasuser "C:\Users\Documents\Sales.xls";
proc print data = sasuser.sales;
   where EmpID = '9888' or EmpID = '0177';
run;

but what i want to say ——i have invert the sales.xls to SAS data set ,why i access it directly instead of sales.xls ?

Re: why it does not work ( about using a xls file as sas data set with engine

tianerhu — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 08:08:32 GMT

it's too late , i have to sleep . thank you for your help. i have work on the issue for 7 hours , i am almost crazy;