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Calcite | Level 5 Hm2
Calcite | Level 5

Hi,

I am trying to export to and excel file to update a report daily.  It keeps changing my format from a percentage to a decimal, how can I fix this:

 

proc export

data = LookToBook_MTD_90_180

outfile = "\\acc.local\fileservices\private\riskanalysis\sha​red\sales\Look to book by Territory\Key"

dbms = "XLSX" replace;

sheet = "Key";

run;

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Reeza
Super User
That's mostly an Excel issue. Some workarounds are to use a different method of export - ODS (TAGSETS.EXCELXP or EXCEL).

Another is to write the field as a character string and then see if Excel converts it, though it may cause other issues in Excel.
SASKiwi
PROC Star

See this link for the default conversions that SAS performs based on the SAS format applied to the column - this is what you are experiencing:

 

http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/acpcref/67382/HTML/default/viewer.htm#n0cfqhcraieg81n1ie...

 

You might want export it from SAS formatted as a plain numeric then change it in Excel yourself, or if you want SAS to do it try Reeza's suggestions.

 

 

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