Libname statement

[98ighcfdvxcghjk]

Hello,

I always have trouble starting procedures in SAS and I can never create a libname statement correctly on the first try. What i have currently is:

 libname xl XLSX "c:NidiaSAS\SASLearn\h188a.xlsx";
run;

But it gives me the errors 

ERROR: The XLSX engine cannot be found.
ERROR: Error in the LIBNAME statement.

I am not sure what I am doing wrong, can someone show me how to fix it so it can read my data?

[SASJedi]

Please check out the solution to this problem at https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Analytics-U/ERROR-XLSX-engine-cannot-be-found/m-p/567972/highligh...
If that doesn't clear it up, let me know.

[98ighcfdvxcghjk]

That does not help me at all, after running the code it tells me I still get the same errors. 

[PaigeMiller · Accepted solution]

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@98ighcfdvxcghjk wrote:

Hello,

I always have trouble starting procedures in SAS and I can never create a libname statement correctly on the first try. What i have currently is:

 libname xl XLSX "c:NidiaSAS\SASLearn\h188a.xlsx";

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How about this:

libname xl XLSX "c:\NidiaSAS\SASLearn\h188a.xlsx";

with a backslash after c: