https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Web-Report-Studio/Format-Error-while-using-SAS-Information-MAP-Studio-IMS/m-p/26061#M384 The instructions are generally the same for both 3.1 and 4.2. You need to put your formats.sas7bcat file in a specific location. It will be something like <BR /> <BR /> <DIR>:\SAS\<YOURCONFIGDIR>\Lev1\SASApp\SASEnvironment\SASFormats</YOURCONFIGDIR></DIR> Sat, 22 May 2010 22:56:17 GMT Madelyn_SAS 2010-05-22T22:56:17Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Web-Report-Studio/Format-Error-while-using-SAS-Information-MAP-Studio-IMS/m-p/26060#M383 Hi All,<BR /> <BR /> I have few fields in a SAS dataset with associated Formats. When I inserted it in SAS IMS and ran query to test the map, it shows an error " Format not found ".<BR /> <BR /> Any clue? How to resovle this ? Sat, 22 May 2010 21:09:29 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Web-Report-Studio/Format-Error-while-using-SAS-Information-MAP-Studio-IMS/m-p/26060#M383 GPatel 2010-05-22T21:09:29Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Web-Report-Studio/Format-Error-while-using-SAS-Information-MAP-Studio-IMS/m-p/26061#M384 The instructions are generally the same for both 3.1 and 4.2. You need to put your formats.sas7bcat file in a specific location. It will be something like <BR /> <BR /> <DIR>:\SAS\<YOURCONFIGDIR>\Lev1\SASApp\SASEnvironment\SASFormats</YOURCONFIGDIR></DIR> Sat, 22 May 2010 22:56:17 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Web-Report-Studio/Format-Error-while-using-SAS-Information-MAP-Studio-IMS/m-p/26061#M384 Madelyn_SAS 2010-05-22T22:56:17Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Web-Report-Studio/Format-Error-while-using-SAS-Information-MAP-Studio-IMS/m-p/26062#M385 It solved the problem. Thanks for your answer.<BR /> <BR /> Gpatel Sun, 23 May 2010 02:14:59 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Web-Report-Studio/Format-Error-while-using-SAS-Information-MAP-Studio-IMS/m-p/26062#M385 GPatel 2010-05-23T02:14:59Z