Hello. I am working through the SAS Base Class and am trying to assign a library to an excel document.
When I execute the code as directed in the tutorial, everything works swimmingly.
libname orionx pcfiles path="&path/Sales.xls";
run;
Then, I tried to apply it to my own data. The code runs without error. When I open the library, I see Sheet1$, Sheet2$ and Sheet3$.
But there is not data in any of the sets. Also, I receive an error that the table Lx."Sheet1$"n either does not exist or cannot be displayed. None of the tables have any observations. Any ideas?
2009 libname lx pcfiles path="&path/TryingItOut.xlsx";
NOTE: Libref LX was successfully assigned as follows:
Engine: PCFILES
Physical Name: H:\UserData\Desktop\ecprg193\TryingItOut.xlsx
2010 run;
In the current build of SAS 9.4, you can simply assign a libname <Name> Excel 'c:\folder\File.xlsx';
Did you try not using PCFiles?
There may be something in the excel file that's causing issues. Try removing worksheets and having very simple excel sheets first.
So the odd thing is that if I name the range, it works. Also, It appears that I can reference the datasets in the sheet, I just cannot view them.
If you haven't tried it try importing with: options validvarname = v7; to see if that helps.
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