Bulk-loading UTF-8 data into Aster nCluster with SAS/ACCESS Interface to Aster nCluster causes an error.
ERROR: Bulk loader error: Malformed input data detected
To work around this issue, export the SAS data set to a .txt file. Then load the .txt file with Aster nCluster Loader outside of SAS.
A fix for this issue is planned for a future software release.