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DoumbiaS
Quartz | Level 8

Using ods tagsets.excelxp cut values to a certain number of digits. Did someone know why ?

 

Regards

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DoumbiaS
Quartz | Level 8

Like in this example

 

data have;
input a b;
cards;
2.123456789  3.123456789
;run;

ods tagsets.excelxp file= "&folder\have.xls" options(sheet_name= "have") style= SasDocPrinter ;
proc print data=have noobs label;
run;
ods tagsets.excelxp close;

:

 

Kurt_Bremser
Super User

First of all, don't lie with filenames. You are creating Excel-compatible XML, so the file should have an extension of .xml.

 

And keep in mind that ODS is for printed, user-readable, reporting-style output; therefore it respects the formats of variables.

Assign a proper format:

data have;
input a b;
format a b best32.;
cards;
2.123456789  3.123456789
;
run;

and you will see that all decimals end up in Excel.

ChrisHemedinger
Community Manager

If using SAS 9.4 or later, use ODS EXCEL in place of ODS tagsets.EXCELXP -- this will create a native XLSX file for you.  You'll still need to apply the number format as @Kurt_Bremser suggests.

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