I'm getting an error regarding formatting that its puzzling to me. Here is the code I'm trying to run: proc sort data=M4in.Data1 out=Data1_sorted;
by idvar cat1 st_date;
run;
%Macro CO_Date;
data TEST;
set Data1_sorted ; run; %mend; %CO_Date; This code is erroring out, returning an "ERROR: The format PERIOD_FMT was not found or could not be loaded". There is normally more within the macro, but the error occurrs regardless of what is inside. It is even happening when its just the simple copying of the previously created sorted dataset. The sort runs fine, but the macro will not, no matter what is inside of it.
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