Lesson 2: Accessing Data

[u45151672]

I am trying to complete the first step to "Lesson 2: Accessing Data" but am getting errors. I don't understand what I am doing wrong.

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Instructions:

Open a new program window and perform the following tasks:

• Write a PROC CONTENTS step to generate a report of the storm_summary.sas7bdat table.
  
  • SAS Studio: Specify the path to your EPG194/data folder and the full name of the table.
  • Enterprise Guide: Specify &path and the full name of the table.

proc contents data="FILEPATH/storm_summary.sas7bdat";
run;

My Code:

proc contents data="EPG194/data/storm_summary.sas7bdat";
run;

Error Message:

1 OPTIONS NONOTES NOSTIMER NOSOURCE NOSYNTAXCHECK;

70

71 proc contents data="EPG194/data/storm_summary.sas7bdat";

ERROR: File EPG194/data/storm_summary.sas7bdat does not exist.

72 run;

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[ed_sas_member · Accepted solution]

Hi @u45151672 

When you right click on the file properties, what physical path is associated with the file?

e.g: "C:/EPG194/data/storm_summary.sas7bdat";

Maybe you have omitted some part of the path before the PEG194 folder?

[u45151672]

/home/u45151672/EPG194/data/storm_summary.sas7bdat.

That is it!

I had tried the following before posting:

proc contents data="home/u45151672/EPG194/data/storm_summary.sas7bdat";
run;

But forgot the first /. It needed to be...

proc contents data="/home/u45151672/EPG194/data/storm_summary.sas7bdat";
run;

[ed_sas_member]

Awesome!
Could you please close the thread by marking the topic as answered?

[sideline113]

Hello, I am having the same issue, I am not sure what I am doing wrong 

in SAS proc contents data="FILEPATH/storm_summary.sas7bdat"; run

[Degema1]

But I tried the same steps with my activity 2.02 but got an error "the file path does not exist"

[Degema1]

/home/u58350453/EPG1V2. I tried this code for my activity 2.02 but is not working can any someone help me out?