Hey Quentin...thanks for the evaluation. Big help. We will be running Base SAS from PC's. We did this about five/six years ago before moving to SAS VA/EG. I have also used PC SAS more about three decades. It has simply been the tool available, I was never involved with a conversion or install outside of going to EG. So again, your input is very helpful. Our office has a dedicated email account which has helped with issues as you describe and we do not do a lot of it, but for a couple of instances it is a requirement. Yes, SAS tried to get us to move to Viya, but the price tag was way more than what we can afford, or maybe willing to afford. The only use for PC SAS is we will have is to keep the current programs running in order to generate the required data for reporting. My guess is as we retire/move on those programs will be re-coded into something different. I have generated text and Excel files from SAS EG and have used them successfully in MS Power BI which I believe is where the organization is going. It will be part of a significant upgrade from MS. From your input it seems we should be good to go if we move to Base SAS for PC and get SAS/ACCESS for ODBC, AND SQL. These are really the only connections we use (really only SQL). I am guessing PC Base SAS will have import functions for Office files (Excel, txt, csv, etc.). I do have the Base SAS Software Fact Sheet, but these topics are not clear. I am simply trying to minimize surprises. Thanks, Gary
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