SD0059: Define.xml/dataset variable type mismatch

Pinnacle 21 Support SDTM
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Hi Marianne,

It’s difficult to do diagnostics without knowing all details on your issue.

However the most common reason for SD0059 error is a usage of SAS variable types “Num” and “Char” instead of ODM expected values like “text”, “integer”, “float” and “datetime”.

Please note that the define.xml standard is case-sensitive, and it leads to another most common source of such errors. E.g., “text” and “Text” are two different values.

Kind Regards,

Sergiy

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Sergiy,

Is it true that SD0059 is expecting that the Define.XML to use the ODM type, and not use the SAS var type?

Thanks,

-FD

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Hi Fang,

Yes, it’s correct. Define.xml structure and content should be compliant with ODM standard. It means, that you have to specify variable types in terms of “text”, “datetime”, “float”, “integer”, etc., rather than to use SAS var type values directly.

Kind Regards,

Sergiy

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Hi,

In our sponsor defined domains/sponsor defined added variables we get this error telling that the type does not match between the dataset and the define.xml. As far as we can see it does, but are there something other than just type/length this check does?

KR Marianne Carames