Importing .MID file containing SysEx - where is the data?

I have a .MID file that contains SysEx messages.
When I import the .MID file into a new project in Sonar (File / Import / MIDI), the Event List view shows 503 SysxBank events, four per beat (not that it matters).  In the data field for the banks, there is a single number 1, 2, 3, 4, etc, through 503.
 
In the Sysx View, all the banks are empty, with length 0.
 
I have inspected the .MID file in a binary editor, and it appears to be properly formatted, and it does contain 503 valid System Exclusive messages of length 257 bytes each (each one starting with F0 and ending with F7).
 
Why are the SysxBank events appearing in the event list, but the corresponding Sysex data is not present in the actual banks in the Sysx view? How is the Sysex data accessed?
 
 
 

brundlefly
 you have top Open the file as a new project rather than Import which only brings in MIDI events. The SysEx event comes along with import, but the data do not.

Exactly right!  How did you know?  I did not see any mention of that fact in the help under Sysx or  File>Import>MIDI.
 
One could quibble that SysEx messages are MIDI events, since they are defined and supported in MIDI files exactly like all other MIDI Events.  Sysex messages are explicitly not meta-events which are also defined for MIDI files.  It is unclear why they would be handled different between Opening and Importing the file...