Recommender System test (Physical file does not exist)

[Thierry95]

Hello SAS community,

I'm a new user in SAS platform, I actually want to test the Recommender System that I found Here for my project that consists of recommending some documents from a database containing some issues faced by operators in their production line.

I'm now using a trial version of SAS Visual Analytics environment to test the Recommender System but i'm facing the frequent problem "Physical file does not exist".

I tried very times to find a solution from similar problems posted in the community but I didn't find a solution because I'm just beginning to work with SAS.

Please tell me first if I chose the best way to work on my project 🙂 .
Second: Why SAS did not recognize the file while it is loaded into the sasserver.demo.sas.com.

This is my first part of the code:

cas casauto host="sasserver.demo.sas.com" port=5570;

libname mycas cas;

/* Loading data */

filename books '/Users/chaabolla30@gmail.com/My Folder/Data/BX-books.csv' encoding="wlatin1" lrecl=32767;

data mycas.books(drop='Image'n:);
  infile books firstobs = 2 dsd delimiter = ';';
  /* Read the whole line. */
  input @;
  /* Convert HTML entities (such as &) to single characters. */
  _infile_ = htmldecode(_infile_);
  /* Convert backslash and quotation mark to double quotation marks. */
  _infile_ = tranwrd(_infile_, '\"', '""');

  length tmpisbn $13.;
  length ISBN $10. Title Author Publisher varchar(*);
  length Image_URL_S Image_URL_M Image_URL_L $96.;

  input tmpisbn Title Author Year_Of_Publication
    Publisher $ Image_URL_S $ Image_URL_M $ Image_URL_L $;

  /* Restrict the data to books with a 10 digit ISBN only. */
  if (length(tmpisbn)) ne 10 then delete;
  isbn = tmpisbn;
  drop tmpisbn;
run;

Please check the screenshots below and help me and I'll be grateful :')).

Thank you,

[Thierry95]

Pleaase answer me :((

[PaigeMiller]

I think the error message is relatively clear. The file you name does not exist.

You have to go into your operating system and determine the exact complete proper name of the file of interest, and make sure you are using it.

[Thierry95]

This trial version did not accept a path from windows because it is running under a Linux System.

I tried to import my file like described in this screenshot:

Is this a bad solution ? 

Thank you Mr Paige Miller

[Thierry95]

Is these anyone can help me ?

[Amir]

Not really sure what the problem is. If you try to right-click on the file in the file exploring window you've shown, does it give you an option to see the full file path, e.g. under "Properties" or a similar option?

If it does show you the full file path, try seeing if it is the same as the one you're using or better still, try using the path that it shows you.

Regards,

Amir.

[Thierry95]

Hello and thank you for your reply,

Yes I am actually using the same path shown in "Properties" as it is described below.

When I upload the file to the server it creates that path that will not be considered existing when trying to work with.

filename books '/Users/chaabolla30@gmail.com/My Folder/Data/BX-books.csv' encoding="wlatin1" lrecl=32767;

Thank you,

Thierry

[Amir]

I assume you have made sure that letters are all in the correct case where they need to be, i.e. upper / lower case?

[Thierry95]

I am copying the path as it it is shown in "Properties" and I verified that al letters in the path are all in the correct case.

I am wondering that it is not possible to recognize the physical because of the version I use ( SAS Visual Analytics). The README of the example is shown below: 

[Thierry95]

is there any solution ?

[Amir]

If this is part of a course then I think you will need to contact the course organisers.

If this is something that SAS provide then I think you might have to contact SAS Technical Support.

Alternatively you could try asking the question on another forum, e.g. Stack Overflow (https://stackoverflow.com/) to see if anyone there can help.

Regards,

Amir.

[Thierry95 · Accepted solution]

For any one who faced this problem, you will faced this problem you will find here the Solution.

Thank you very much @joeFurbee 

[Amir]

Well done on pursuing it & receiving an answer, and thanks for updating this question with the solution.

Amir.