Introduction to Using the IMS DATA Step Interface

The SAS/ACCESS interface to IMS can access databases through a DLI or DBB batch region, and an IMS/ESA DB/DC BMP region. (footnote 1) Overview of the IMS DATA Step Interface describes DATA step programming statements and DL/I statements that are available with the IMS DATA step interface. This section describes Fast Path DL/I database access and non-database access calls.
FOOTNOTE 1:Beginning with SAS 6, the SLI region type is not supported; SLI functionality is supported through BMP regions. Databases that are allocated to CICS control regions can be accessed by SAS applications through a BMP region by using the DBCTL facility of IMS/ESA and CICS/ESA.[return]
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