Update and read excel data with drop-down column in Excel

[podarum]

Hi,

I'm tasked with updating an Excel file every week with data I get from SAS however the Excel file has a column with a drop-down box, then a manager does his manual Excel updates and then I read that file in SAS again.  Is there a way that SAS can read and write data that is stored in Excel with a drop-down box?  Say I have an excel file with 5 columns and 10 rows.. one of the column is a drop-down. I update the 10 rows with info from SAS including some info in the Drop-down column and the my manager makes some additions and some changes, and I want to read that newly created Excel into SAS and then make my change sin Excel including the filed data in the drop-down as it may change with info from SAS. And then the process starts all over again.. week after week..

Thanks in advance  

[Reeza]

Yes, you can import and write to drop down fields. However you'll need to ensure that the values written from SAS are valid within the allowed values of the drop down.
Try it 🙂