Cannot import excel to SAS

[Nuzhat]

proc import datafile='E:\source\xls\data2.xls' out=pp1 dbms=excel replace;
sheet='sheet1';
run;

9296 proc import datafile='E:\source\xls\data2.xls' out=pp1 dbms=excel replace;
9297 sheet='sheet1';
9298 run;

ERROR: Connect: Class not registered
ERROR: Error in the LIBNAME statement.
Connection Failed. See log for details.
NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors.
NOTE: PROCEDURE IMPORT used (Total process time):
real time 0.23 seconds
cpu time 0.15 seconds

i have excel 2007 version and operating system windows 8.1 but i am not using SAS virtual machine or SAS studio i have installed SAS 9.4 setup but excel file is not importing in these it is showing above error then what to do to resolve this error?

[art297 · Accepted solution]

see: https://communities.sas.com/t5/Base-SAS-Programming/How-to-import-data-from-excel-xlsx-sheet-with-he...

Art, CEO, AnalystFinder.com

[Nuzhat]

No actually i have microsoft excel 2007 extension .xls file or SAS 9.4 so is it possible to import excel 2007 in SAS 9.4?