Hello everyone,
when I use proc import excel file(.xls) into SAS ,some cells with very long character will be trimed after they come to SAS dataset.
how to fix it?
Thanks!
Mike
PROC IMPORT
OUT= one
DATAFILE= "c:\new\process.xls"
DBMS=EXCEL REPLACE;
SHEET="detail$";
GETNAMES=YES;
MIXED=YES;
USEDATE=YES;
SCANTIME=YES;
RUN;
Add the TEXTSIZE= option to your IMPORT program as a separate statement (eg textsize = 4096;). By default the maximum text size is 1024 characters.
Useful link here: http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/acpcref/63184/HTML/default/viewer.htm#a003103761.htm
BTW, you should find it quicker to search for these answers yourself, by looking at the PROC IMPORT SAS Help or online SAS documentation.
I found the above link by searching SAS support with the key words:maximum variable length import procedure
I have found a post at this link that helped me to solve the problem. It is not elegant, but it works.
https://communities.sas.com/thread/33890?start=0&tstart=0
SAS should provide an option for the user to control how many rows to scan instead of relying on the windows registry.
Good luck.
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