Variable SEX in WORK.COVS does not have the same format as in the input data

[rachelm22]

I am having an issue with formatting/ proc phreg, i'll attach my code below:

However, doing this gives me this error code:

ERROR: Variable SEX in WORK.COVS does not have the same format as in the input data

Can anyone please help me spot my mistake, I am completely lost, thankyou

[PaigeMiller]

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[rachelm22]

289  proc phreg data = WORK.sasp plots(overlay=group)=(survival);
290  class SEX;
291  model TIMEE*CENSE(0)=SEX|AGE BMI|BMI KCAL;
292  baseline covariates=covs  / rowid=BMI group=SEX;
293  run;

ERROR: Variable SEX in WORK.COVS does not have the same format as in the input data.
NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors.
WARNING: The data set WORK.DATA8 may be incomplete.  When this step was stopped there were 0
         observations and 0 variables.
NOTE: PROCEDURE PHREG used (Total process time):
      real time           0.03 seconds
      cpu time            0.06 seconds

[rachelm22]

proc format;
value SEX 1 = "male" 2 = "female";
run;
data covs;
format SEX SEX.;
input SEX BMI AGE KCAL;
datalines;
1 25 49.5 1981.95
1 30 49.5 1981.95
1 40 49.5 1981.95
2 25 49.5 1981.95
2 30 49.5 1981.95
2 40 49.5 1981.95
;
run;
PROC PRINT DATA= covs;
run;
Proc contents data=covs;
run;
proc phreg data = WORK.sasp plots(overlay=group)=(survival);
class SEX;
model TIMEE*CENSE(0)=SEX|AGE BMI|BMI KCAL;
baseline covariates=covs  / rowid=BMI group=SEX;
run;

above is my code 

[Kurt_Bremser]

Please supply an example for dataset SASP, similar to what you did for COVS.

[Kurt_Bremser]

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[FreelanceReinh · Accepted solution]

Hi @rachelm22,

Does variable SEX in dataset work.sasp have values 1 for males and 2 for females (as in dataset covs)? If so, it should be sufficient to copy the FORMAT statement from your DATA step into the PROC PHREG step:

proc phreg data = WORK.sasp plots(overlay=group)=(survival);
format SEX SEX.;
class SEX;
...

Also, you may want to specify an output dataset name (with the OUT= option) in the BASELINE statement so that SAS doesn't create datasets with default names using the DATAn convention.