Converting .XPT to SAS Datasets

[mounikag]

Hi All,

I have a XPt file where iam trying to convert them into sas datasets by using below code but it throwing an error in SAS log. Could you please provide your thoughts on this.

libname in xport "C:Desktop\SAS1\data.xpt";
proc copy inlib=in outlib=work;
run;
proc cimport library=work infile="C:Desktop\SAS1\data.xpt";
run;

SAS LOG ERROR:

ERROR: The transport file was created in the encoding utf-8. This session encoding, wlatin1, can read and create transport files
in the encoding, wlatin1. Data not imported.

Thanks,

Mounika

[ChrisNZ]

The message is pretty clear. You might have unicode characters in the data sets, which your current SAS session cannot read because it uses encoding wlatin1. 

SAS your SAS session with encoding UTF-8 to read these tables. Either:

1. At SAS invocation add the option, -encoding utf-8.
2. Add the system option to the SAS configuration file, ENCODING=UTF-8.

[mounikag]

HI Chrisnz,

Thanks for the reply and I tried using ENCODING=UTF-8 but it didnt worked

[Ksharp]

[mounikag]

Thanks for the reply. I tried using your method by opening with SAS 9.4 unicode and tried running the above program but its throwing an error as below:

WARNING: No data is available.

Please suggest on this

[ChrisNZ]

Please suggest on this

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Please show us the full log report.

[ChrisNZ]

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@Ksharp wrote:

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Some lucky souls still have SAS on their desktop rather than the dreadful EG? So jealous!

[mounikag]

Thanks Chrisnz and Ksharp for your time to answer my question .

Issue got resolved with autocall macro called 

• %XPT2LOC
  : It createdv SAS datasets
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