Thanks for posting.  This cut my runtime by 2/3rds! ... View more

Try to use single quotes around double quotes (or double quotes around single quotes like for this x command: x "D:\Bla Bla\OneDrive\My OneDrive Folder\Bla analysis\My bla analysis results.xlsx"; : does not work x '"D:\Bla Bla\OneDrive\My OneDrive Folder\Bla analysis\My bla analysis results.xlsx"'; : works ... View more

If you want PROC IMPORT to have an option to import all fields as character, please vote: PROC IMPORT -- all fields as character ... View more

Duke, many thanks for your hints! - Guided data analysis (SAS/LAB) freezes SAS completely (can't get beyond the first window) - Interactive data analysis (SAS/Insight): Opens my dataset (7.7 m observations) but how do I run a frequency analysis? - SAS/IML Studio: cannot open the dataset due to memory issues - SAS Enterprise Guide: works perfectly! Although I understand SAS's policy of downwards compatibility which is a good one, isn't the current set of statistical tools a bit messy? I also do not like that I have to run SAS Enterprise Guide as a separate application. ... View more