SAS Viya for Learners (VFL) is based on Viya 3.5 so you should use the sample code provided here: https://documentation.sas.com/doc/en/pgmsascdc/9.4_3.5/jobexecug/n0t91q5lsc2b8qn14fd0cgbmylr8.htm#p0dr6nvk53cw7gn15a8wcx7gpakn. I have been able to execute the hello world sample on VFL without issue. Can you try with the code provided on the 9.4_3.5 sample page? ... View more

You might not find the information you are looking for in the following papers. They do, however, provide some background. https://support.sas.com/resources/papers/proceedings11/160-2011.pdf & https://support.sas.com/resources/papers/proceedings/proceedings/sugi30/080-30.pdf ... View more

@jacksmith1 is correct. The SAS Viya for Learners (VFL) environment does not allow running the %include statement. This is due to security measures implemented by the VFL administrators. You'll have to use code that doesn't include a %include statement. For some courses (ex DMML35) the demonstration programs available in VFL have been revised and start with vfl_. Which course are studying with VFL? ... View more

You'll have to elaborate on the scenario! Users of what? Base SAS, the SAS metadata server, SAS BI web clients, SAS Viya GUI-users, users that consume SAS via APIs? Provide as much details as possible so we don't have to guess. ... View more

Since this particular isn't responded in the Frequently Asked Questions - https://www.sas.com/en_us/certification/faq.html - I suggest you contact the SAS certification team to get an answer. Please email: certification@sas.com ... View more

In that case I suggest to open a track with SAS technical support: https://service.sas.com/csm ... View more

Have these users recently changed their password? ... View more

Do you also get the error when you add the line "ODS _ALL_ CLOSE;" before "ods excel file..."? ... View more

I mean the code that when executed ends up with join=3 for observation 4. When I run the code proposed by Kurt in his second post I get join=2 for observation 4. ... View more

Can you post the full code you executed to get the result in the image from your last post? ... View more

Please have a look at these posts: https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/How-to-find-Nth-business-day-incl-holidays/td-p/445305 & https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Previous-working-day/td-p/825964. ... View more

Please post the saslog from the start with code, warnings and errors. ... View more