Exported csv SAS table cannot be imported - csv

Question

I exported my SAS table in the form of a csv file into a different folder for me to use with a different program using this code that worked:
PROC EXPORT data=CA_ISO_policyBYpolicy_&thestate.
outfile="&whichfolder.CA_ISO_policyBYpolicy_&thestate..csv"
dbms=dlm replace;
delimiter=",";
run;
Using a different program in a different folder I am trying to import the data via this code:
LIBNAME Home "/sasdata/sasperm2/act_cfr/fr/SJR/AmFam_vs_ISO_Compare/" ;
%let Filepath = /sasdata/sasperm2/act_cfr/fr/SJR/AmFam_vs_ISO_Compare/;
%sdwlogin;
RUN;
%let thestate = OR;
%let policyyr = 2012;
/*---- ISO_Compare ----*/
data Work.CA_ISO_policyBYpolicy_&thestate.;
length Policy $10.;
infile "&Filepath/CA_ISO_policyBYpolicy_&thestate..csv" DELIMITER=',' TERMSTR=CRLF LRECL=2500 FIRSTOBS=2 MISSOVER DSD;
input Policy;
run;
The program runs but I am getting no data. I shortened the variable list to make the code easier to read. When I manually copy and re-paste the data into a different csv file and re-name it the same "CA_ISO_policyBYpolicy_OR.csv" then it works in my program. My initial reason to incorporate this code was to get rid of the manual process... so if anybody has any hints I would be very thankful.

Answer 1

As Joe suggested in the comments, unless you need the csv files for another reason, it would be better to create a SAS data library for this.
Another way to do this would be to proc import it pretty much the same way you used proc export:
proc import datafile="&Filepath./CA_ISO_policyBYpolicy_&thestate..csv"
out=Work.CA_ISO_policyBYpolicy_&thestate. dbms=dlm replace;
delimiter=",";
getnames=yes; *this will create variable names from your first line;
*The opposite of what proc export did;
run;
Other thing I can think of is:
%let Filepath = /sasdata/sasperm2/act_cfr/fr/SJR/AmFam_vs_ISO_Compare/;
Might be causing problems because of the forward slash. Try it like:
%let Filepath = %str(/sasdata/sasperm2/act_cfr/fr/SJR/AmFam_vs_ISO_Compare/);
Also, does the sasdata directory actually exist right on the root directory or is it a subdirectory of the current directory where your sas program is located? If it's the current directory you need to lose the initial forward slash (or put a . in front of it):
%let Filepath = %str(./sasdata/sasperm2/act_cfr/fr/SJR/AmFam_vs_ISO_Compare/);