Hi! I am having an issue when I import my Excel spreadsheet into SAS 9.1 My problem is that my datasheet contains many variables with only a few numerical entries. I know SAS reads the first 8 observations and chooses the num or char format based on the most common entry in those first 8 obs. I have tried to sort my data so that most of my data is in those first 8 obs, but I cannot do this for all variables because i just dont have enough complete or consistent data across all of my variables. Is there a way to change the import method in sas so that it will import all of these variables in NUM format and not change the empty variables to character?
If that doesn't work, go to File>> Import and choose Excel.
When you choose the table to import, click on the 'options' button . make sure that "convert numeric values to characters in a mixed type column" in unchecked before importing.
