Re: Problem to find out an error message in SAS

user40 · Posted 11-10-2022 06:01 AM

I got this error message on sas:

"ERROR: some character data was lost during transcoding in the dataset amis.hddata"

what is wrong in my dataset and how can I fix this?

andreas_lds · Posted 11-10-2022 06:46 AM

Use proc contents to check which encoding was used to create the dataset, the compare it to the encoding of your sas session. Changing the encoding of your sas-session will solve the issue.

user40 · Posted 11-10-2022 07:12 AM

How do I do that?

user40 · Posted 11-10-2022 07:33 AM

Hello. Can you give me an example for this?

andreas_lds · Posted 11-10-2022 07:49 AM

Depends on how you are using sas and the encoding you need.

If you are using sas on a server contact the admins.

ChrisHemedinger · Posted 11-10-2022 09:18 AM

You'll find lots of details and possible solutions in this blog article:

Demystifying and resolving common transcoding problems in SAS

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Error message in SAS: "Some character data was lost during transcoding"