topic NOTE 484-185: Format $DESC was not found or could not be loaded. in SAS Studio

NOTE 484-185: Format $DESC was not found or could not be loaded.

agabru0 — Mon, 12 Nov 2018 10:07:28 GMT

Format $DESC has been written to library VARKVLEI.FORMATS.

data varkvlei.EXPENSES2017 (drop=year) varkvlei.EXPENSES2018 (drop=year);

set expenses;

length category $35.;

year = put(date,year4.);

finyear2017 = '01mar2018'd;

format category $desc.;

/*category = PUT(recipient,$DESC);*/

if date < finyear2017 then output varkvlei.EXPENSES2017;

else

output varkvlei.EXPENSES2018;

run;

NOTE 484-185: Format $DESC was not found or could not be loaded.

RW9 — Mon, 12 Nov 2018 10:57:49 GMT

Have you set options fmtsearch?

Post full log of proc format and datastep if so.

Astounding — Mon, 12 Nov 2018 13:55:00 GMT

Notice the first line of what you posted. This means you have to add (at the beginning of your program):

options fmtsearch=(varkvlei.formats, library.formats);

Otherwise, SAS will look in the wrong place to try to find $DESC.