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JohnSAScom
Quartz | Level 8

Hi,

 

LIBNAME MyLibRef EXCEL "C:\MYPATH\MYEXCEL.XLS" ;

 

gives me errors.  Any ideas on what's wrong?

 

I'm using SAS 9.3 and Excel 2013. 

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ballardw
Super User

Post the text of the error.

There can be many issues: incorrect path, incorrect filename, file type doesn't match expectation of the engine (xls and xlsx are NOT the same file format), whether you have access to PC Files licensed, system permissions, and that's just a start.

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ballardw
Super User

Post the text of the error.

There can be many issues: incorrect path, incorrect filename, file type doesn't match expectation of the engine (xls and xlsx are NOT the same file format), whether you have access to PC Files licensed, system permissions, and that's just a start.

JohnSAScom
Quartz | Level 8

Hi,

 

I should have specified PCFILES as the engine, not EXCEL:

 

This works:

LIBNAME MyLibRef PCFILES "C:\MYPATH\MYEXCEL.XLS" ;

 

Thank you, I appreciate your help.

nketata
Obsidian | Level 7

This always works

 

libname HELLO pcfiles path = "C:\TEMP\myfile.xlsx" textsize = 32767 ;

DATA MYFILE;

set HELLO.'MYSHEET$'n;

run; libname HELLO clear;

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