Note that you may need to go back and install this application, as it might not have been placed in your installation automatically. These approaches use the PC Files Server, which is a separate small application that is provided with SAS/ACCESS to PC Files. Use DBMS=EXCELCS for Excel files, or DBMS=ACCESSCS for Microsoft Access.
In a previous blog post, I've provided a bit of explanation about this limitation. Your 64-bit SAS process cannot use the built-in data providers for Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Access, which are usually 32-bit modules. It can happen when you use PROC EXPORT to export Excel files, or use DBMS=ACCESS for Microsoft Access database files, or when you try to use LIBNAME EXCEL to reference a local Excel spreadsheet as data. This isn't limited to importing Excel files. NOTE: PROCEDURE IMPORT used (Total process time): NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors.
On 64-bit SAS for Windows, you might be surprised to encounter this error: