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Kurt_Bremser
Super User Kurt_Bremser
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Re: xport transport file not extracting empty datasets (0 observations) properly

Posted 08-31-2021 02:07 PM (1305 views)  |   In reply to himamsa
@himamsa wrote:
I am a novice in SAS so I am exploring options to see if there is a way to fix this before I contact SAS support.

This is a bug in a SAS-supplied macro. The proper people to deal with bugs in SAS software sit at SAS TS. Being a novice does not mean you can't stumble across a bug.

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JodyC_SAS
SAS Employee JodyC_SAS
SAS Employee

Re: xport transport file not extracting empty datasets (0 observations) properly

Posted 09-10-2021 05:28 PM (1196 views)  |   In reply to Kurt_Bremser

@himamsa I have reported this bug to Development. @Tom  Thanks for reporting it to SAS Technical Support. 

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