EG sets OPTIONS VALIDVARNAME=ANY, which might affect import steps that read inputs with nonstandard column names. I tested the code stand alone, outside the rest of my script and did see that the issue was infact linked to the VALIDVARNAME=ANY option above - I am still looking into ways to *not* apply that option (for other portions of the code where field names dont conform to SAS standard names), but thank you for helping me identify the issue!
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