Rajinish, I think what's happening is that the output data contains one or more columns with a space in the column name: "Company name", for example. In Enterprise Guide 4.2 and 4.3, check the box on the Import Data task that says "Rename columns to comply with traditional SAS naming conventions". That's the easiest fix. You could also elect to retain the name with the space, and use OPTIONS VALIDVARNAME=ANY in SAS to read the data, but that is less convenient when you want to write programs that reference the data column. Chris ... View more