Unable to launch SAS 9.4 DMBS (UTF8)

[robinkp456]

ERROR: The ENCODING option value specified is invalid in a SBCS SAS environment.

ERROR: (SASXKRIN): KERNEL RESOURCE INITIALIZATION FAILED.

ERROR: Unable to initialize the SAS kernel.

[Kurt_Bremser]

You launch the single-byte executable of SAS, which is not capable of handling any multi-byte encoding.

Look for the multi-byte executable in your SAS installation directory, and use that.

For any further help, we need to know your operating system and how you launch SAS.

[AhmedAl_Attar]

Hi @robinkp456 

You'll need to examine your SAS software deployment.

Support for Double-Byte Character Sets (DBCS) which includes UTF-8,  has to be explicitly set during the installation/deployment step.

Depending on your Operating System platform (Windows/Linux), if MBCS has been selected during the install, then

- Windows: You could see multiple SAS Shortcuts with corresponding/supported Character Sets 

- Linux: You should see multiple SAS executables (sas_en, sas_u8, sas_dbcs) under the <SASHome>/SASFoundation/9.4/bin directory

Hope this helps,

Ahmed