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GianlucaS
Calcite | Level 5

I have a problem with a sample program as below:

 

title "Stock Inventory by Type";
data WORK.IMPORT1;
proc freq data=WORK.IMPORT1;
tables Sector / nocum;
run;
title;

 

IMPORT1 is a table imported with the "import" function, but when I lunch the program the system output:

 

"Impossible open the table "WORK.IMPORT1" because it doesn't contain columns.

 

If I go to the table I can see the data (6000 rows) but if I go to the "properties" - columns there are not columns displayed. Where is the problem (I'm novice with SAS, I'm using University Edition on Amazon AWS)? I understand is a problem in the importing procedure...

 

Thanks!

 

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Shmuel
Garnet | Level 18

Any data step ends either by RUN; or by a new data step or by PROC...;

 

your code:

title "Stock Inventory by Type";
data WORK.IMPORT1;      /* <<<< this line destroys your import and creates a table with no columns ! */
proc freq data=WORK.IMPORT1;
tables Sector / nocum;
run;
title;

 

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Kurt_Bremser
Super User

What do you mean by "go to the table"?

 

Run a

proc contents data=work.import1;
run;

and look at the output.

And run the import again and post the log (use the {i} icon to preserve formatting).

Reeza
Super User

When you ran your import what was in the log 

Shmuel
Garnet | Level 18

Any data step ends either by RUN; or by a new data step or by PROC...;

 

your code:

title "Stock Inventory by Type";
data WORK.IMPORT1;      /* <<<< this line destroys your import and creates a table with no columns ! */
proc freq data=WORK.IMPORT1;
tables Sector / nocum;
run;
title;

 

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