In SAS® IT Resource Management 3, you might receive the following error message:
ERROR: Symbolic variable name XX_mmmm_nn_CPUS must contain only letters, digits, and underscores.
Where XX_MMMM_nn is a combination of a model and serial number.
This error might be a result of the Large System Performance Reference (LSPR) table being assigned the variable CPCFMODL with a length of more than eight characters. This situation occurs, in particular, if you create the table using Method Two that is discussed in the section "Methods for Including MIPS and MSU Columns in Staging Tables" of the SAS® IT Resource Management 3.3: Administrator's Guide.
If Method Two is the origin of this problem, you need to make a change in the LENGTH statement that is used in the DATA step. Method Two uses the following LENGTH statement i:
length cpcfmodl $ 16;
Change that statement so that it has a length of 8.
length cpcfmodl $ 8;
After you make the change, re-create the LSPR table.
A correction to the SAS IT Resource Management administrator documentation is planned for a later release.