Hi, I would try this option: "First, if you need to routinely work with characters that map outside of wlatin1, consider using -ENCODING UTF-8 as SAS startup option. If you don't want to change your server from wlatin1 for most scenarios, consider setting up a second logical SAS workspace definition (ex: "SASApp UTF8") that looks exactly like your main SAS workspace except for the encoding options. You can use it specifically for this operation to get your data into SAS, and then use your other workspace definition for everything else. This can be done in SAS Management Console -- no additional configuration, software, or hardware is needed. You're simply defining a different SAS Workspace with an alternative startup command." But where can I change the encoding at the startup to UTF-8 environment? Thanks. Best, Simon
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