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

[user40]

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]

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]

How do I do that?

[user40]

Hello. Can you give me an example for this?

[andreas_lds]

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

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

[ChrisHemedinger]

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

Demystifying and resolving common transcoding problems in SAS