PROC EXPORT DBMS = PCFS ERROR: Export unsuccessful. See SAS Log for details.

[nammansachdeva]

Im running into errors when trying to export my sas dataset to .dta format for Stata from SAS University Edition on a Virtual Machine. 

I'm using the following code : 

LIBNAME library "/folders/myfolders/";
PROC EXPORT DATA=opafy17nid
OUTFILE="/folders/myfolders/opafy17nid.dta"
DBMS=PCFS REPLACE;
SERVER="PCFilesServer" ;
RUN;

The log file shows: 

Bridge server not answering

ERROR: Export unsuccessful. See SAS Log for details.

NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors.

NOTE: PROCEDURE EXPORT used (Total process time):

real time 0.11 seconds

cpu time 0.02 seconds

Could someone please help me out? 

[Reeza]

Try DBMS=Stata

I think the PCFS is old. 

Or right click file, select export and see what’s the generated code is doing. 

Edit: Had a chance to test, here's an example that definitely works:

proc export data=sashelp.class 
            outfile='/folders/myfolders/demo.dta' 
            dbms=stata 
            replace;
run;

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@nammansachdeva wrote:

Im running into errors when trying to export my sas dataset to .dta format for Stata from SAS University Edition on a Virtual Machine. 

I'm using the following code : 

LIBNAME library "/folders/myfolders/";
PROC EXPORT DATA=opafy17nid
OUTFILE="/folders/myfolders/opafy17nid.dta"
DBMS=PCFS REPLACE;
SERVER="PCFilesServer" ;
RUN;

The log file shows: 

Bridge server not answering

ERROR: Export unsuccessful. See SAS Log for details.

NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors.

NOTE: PROCEDURE EXPORT used (Total process time):

real time 0.11 seconds

cpu time 0.02 seconds

Could someone please help me out? 

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[Reeza]

You also need to remove the server line.

[nammansachdeva]

Thanks a lot! I got the .dta file !!!