Here is a simple trick to avoid this problem. Usually when importing data from Excel or csv,  SAS decide whether variable type should be numeric or character  while reading the first few rows of the dataset.  As a trick, you can insert a new row into your input Excel file after the label row and assign value 9999 for all numeric columns   and 'aaaa' for all character columns and then import into SAS. After you import delete this additional row from the dataset. Good luck for your dataset!      ... View more

Fine-Gray modeling has been added as an option in PROC PHREG in SAS/Stat 13.1!  Hooray!! http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/statug/66859/HTML/default/viewer.htm#statug_phreg_syntax17.htm ... View more

I've never used an autoexec before, but apparently today would be a good day to start. I'll do that. Thanks! ... View more