Double clicking on .sas7dbat no longer giving preview of the table in SAS studio

[Nietzsche]

Why is it that double click on a sas7dbat file only open an empty page with nothing on it? Did SAS remove the ability to preview tables?

[ChrisHemedinger]

I'm not sure how this worked before, but viewing a data set in SAS requires that you have a library assigned to that folder. Perhaps there was a shortcut that assigned a temp libname to the folder that contained the data you clicked on...I was not aware of this behavior in SAS Studio.

Best practice would be to assign a libname to your ../cert folder and then open the data that way, especially if you intend to write code against it. This would ensure a consistent libname in your process.

[Nietzsche]

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@ChrisHemedinger wrote:

I'm not sure how this worked before, but viewing a data set in SAS requires that you have a library assigned to that folder. Perhaps there was a shortcut that assigned a temp libname to the folder that contained the data you clicked on...I was not aware of this behavior in SAS Studio.

Best practice would be to assign a libname to your ../cert folder and then open the data that way, especially if you intend to write code against it. This would ensure a consistent libname in your process.

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In SAS studio, double clicking either .sas7dbat in a folder or a SAS table in library will open up preview of the table.

[tom_grant]

Still works for me - which browser are you using??

[Nietzsche]

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@tom_grant wrote:
Still works for me - which browser are you using??

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Hey, I just tried with Firefox, worked fine. But won't work on Chrome.

[Reeza]

May help to include your version of Chrome, just tested in my version of Chrome and it worked fine.

Version 109.0.5414.75 (Official Build) (64-bit)

[Nietzsche]

chrome Version 109.0.5414.120 (Official Build) (64-bit).

Just restarted chrome, still same issue.

I want to clarify to everyone that double clicking either sas7dbat file or sas library file will NOT show preview, not just only the sas7dbat file.

[Tom · Accepted solution]

Did you try clearing the Chrome cache?  This types of in browser apps are notorious for getting confused if you have an old version cached.

[Nietzsche]

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@Tom wrote:

Did you try clearing the Chrome cache?  This types of in browser apps are notorious for getting confused if you have an old version cached.

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thanks! that fixed the issue. I thought SAS studio is run on the cloud and everything is displayed real time independent of cache.

anyways, chrome performance is much smoother/faster than firefox. Good to get back.