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fengyuwuzu
Pyrite | Level 9

when I import a data set, I got this message:

 

Data file xxx is in a format that is native to another host, or the file
      encoding does not match the session encoding. Cross Environment Data Access will be used, which
      might require additional CPU resources and might reduce performance.

 

what could be the reason?

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Tim_SAS
Barite | Level 11

You copied the SAS data set from a computer that was using a different operating system, say from Unix to Windows, or from a computer that was using an encoding that is incompatible with your session encoding. SAS uses a technology called CEDA (Cross Environment Data Access) to automatically convert that data set into a format that you can use.

 

Read about CEDA here.

fengyuwuzu
Pyrite | Level 9

I did not copy the file from another system.

I have an csv file, and tried to import it to sas.

 

There are some "?" in a numberic column, which became missing after importing. Maybe this caused the error message?

 

fengyuwuzu
Pyrite | Level 9

I used data step and infile statement, like:

infile 'Z:\limits_data.csv' delimiter = ',' MISSOVER DSD lrecl=32767 firstobs=2 ;

maybe the csv file was created on Unix machine?

 

 

with that error message, SAS also complains about the "?"  in the data set:

NOTE: Invalid data for changed_value in line 1364 117-136 ---- that is where the "?" is.

 

 

limit_type    purpose        limits_days_type   changed_timestamp          changed_value      previous_value
spend        initial setting monthly          2/23/2014 0:05 200                    ?
deposit      initial setting daily            12/30/2013 1:15 500                    ?
deposit      decreasing      daily            9/2/2014 22:44 250 500  
deposit      initial setting monthly          12/23/2013 23:59 1000                    ?
deposit      increasing      monthly          12/31/2013 1:17 2000 1000  
deposit      increasing      monthly          2/21/2014 21:39 3000 2000  
deposit      decreasing      monthly          8/4/2014 6:42 2000 3000  
deposit      decreasing      monthly          11/23/2014 19:27 1000 2000  
deposit      initial setting weekly          12/30/2013 1:15 1000                    ?
deposit      decreasing      weekly          11/23/2014 19:27 500 1000  
deposit      initial setting monthly          8/5/2014 18:39 25                    ?
deposit      initial setting daily            5/14/2014 17:05 50                    ?
deposit      initial setting monthly          5/14/2014 17:05 150                    ?
deposit      initial setting weekly          5/14/2014 17:05 100                    ?
deposit      initial setting daily            12/24/2014 23:01 100                    ?
spend        initial setting daily            3/9/2014 16:19 3000                    ?
spend        initial setting monthly          3/9/2014 16:19 150000                    ?
spend        decreasing      monthly          3/9/2014 16:19 50000 150000  
spend        initial setting weekly          3/9/2014 16:19 15000                    ?
deposit      initial setting monthly          12/24/2013 12:14 25                    ?
spend        initial setting monthly          12/24/2013 12:14 25                    ?
deposit      initial setting monthly          3/18/2014 8:30 50                    ?
time(minutes) initial setting daily            4/14/2014 20:29 240                    ?
deposit      initial setting daily            12/22/2014 22:03 100                    ?
deposit      initial setting monthly          12/22/2014 22:03 200                    ?
deposit      initial setting weekly          12/22/2014 22:03 100                    ?
deposit      initial setting monthly          1/4/2014 6:49 500                    ?
deposit      initial setting daily            1/18/2014 3:33 40                    ?
time(minutes) initial setting daily            1/18/2014 3:56 120                    ?
deposit      initial setting monthly          1/18/2014 3:33 400                    ?
deposit      initial setting weekly          1/18/2014 3:33 200                    ?
time(minutes) initial setting daily            4/14/2014 10:54 1380                    ?
deposit      initial setting daily            2/16/2014 15:53 100                    ?
time(minutes) initial setting daily            2/27/2014 2:12 1320                    ?
deposit      increasing      daily            7/15/2014 20:18 300 100  
deposit      initial setting daily            4/24/2014 12:16 200                    ?
time(minutes) initial setting daily            4/24/2014 12:16 480                    ?
deposit      decreasing      daily            5/14/2014 15:19 100 200  

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