encoding=any

[HeatherNewton]

data staging.credit;
set staging.credit (encoding=any);
fdate='20230630'
run'
filename exprt "/mpoint_F22G/3-Oct2023/staging/credit.csv" encoding="utf-8";
proc export data=g_Stg.credit outfile=exprt dbms=csv replace;run;

does it make sense to use encoding twice here?

[s_lassen]

does it make sense to use encoding twice here?

indeed it does. The first encoding is the encoding used to read the data, the second is the one used for the export file. And they do not have to be the same. Hope that answers your question.