Import of data issues

[Jackie_ptsafe]

I am brand new to SAS and I have imported an excel document.  However I do not see any properties with it now in SAS-like length, format, label that was shown in the demo.   Is this something I needed to do prior to import?  I am not a programmer.  I have the screenshot below.

On a different question, I have other files that have character variables for example that are matched with numeric codes.  For example 123=CO2014 which would indicate as specific type of a communication issue.  123 would be in one column and CO2014 would be another column.  If I were to bring all of these types of variables over into SAS, how should I handle this?  I have not yet tried to this yet.  

thank you in advance-Jackie

[PaigeMiller]

A little more information would help. What SAS interface are you using? Enterprise Guide? Base SAS? SAS Studio? Other?

How did you do the Import? Explain the exact process, step-by-step.

How did you call up the box in the screen capture? Explain the exact process, step-by-step.

[ballardw]

For the second question you would be better off providing an example of the data file. If it is a text file of some sort you could copy a few lines using and text handler like Notepad or even the SAS editor and paste into a code box opened on the forum with the </> icon. The code box is important because the main message windows will reformat text and can severely distort what a text file might contain.

If the source is a different file type, such as spreadsheet or database then the specific file type and content layout need to be described or a copy provided.