@csnodgrass wrote: For the leaving of the format, if a dataset is exported to CSV, txt, excel or other format, does it export with original formatting or with the "use as" formatting? Thank!   Depends on the method used to "export".  If you are using something like data step to write a CSV file then it should use the format when writing the value.  Similarly if you are using ODS EXCEL plus PROC PRINT to generate an EXCEL file then the formats will apply.   ... View more