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Barite | Level 11

Hi,

The following code works properly with the excel engine but not with the xlsx engine.

Two data steps are necessary with the xlsx engine.

Is it a bug or an intentional feature (if so what would be the reason)?

%*let xxengine=xlsx;
%let xxengine=excel;

libname demo &xxengine. "&xxtest./reporting/test.xlsx";

data demo.Male
     demo.Female;
    set sashelp.class;
    if sex='M' then output demo.Male;
    else if sex='F' then output demo.Female;
run;

libname demo clear;
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Reeza
Super User

The error seems to indicate that it's intended at the moment.

 

74 data demo.Male
75 demo.Female;
76 set sashelp.class;
77 if sex='M' then output demo.Male;
78 else if sex='F' then output demo.Female;
79 run;
 
ERROR: XLSX libname engine does not support simultaneous output to the same library reference
 

@xxformat_com wrote:

Hi,

The following code works properly with the excel engine but not with the xlsx engine.

Two data steps are necessary with the xlsx engine.

Is it a bug or an intentional feature (if so what would be the reason)?

%*let xxengine=xlsx;
%let xxengine=excel;

libname demo &xxengine. "&xxtest./reporting/test.xlsx";

data demo.Male
     demo.Female;
    set sashelp.class;
    if sex='M' then output demo.Male;
    else if sex='F' then output demo.Female;
run;

libname demo clear;


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