SAS/ACCESS software provides an interface between SAS and the IMS
database management system (
DBMS). You can perform the following tasks with this
SAS/ACCESS interface:
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Create SAS/ACCESS descriptor files using the ACCESS procedure.
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Directly access data in IMS databases from a SAS program using the
view descriptor files created with the ACCESS procedure.
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Extract data from IMS databases and place it in a
SAS data file using the ACCESS procedure, the
DATA step, or other SAS procedures.
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Update, insert, or delete data in IMS databases using the
SQL procedure,
SAS/FSP software, the APPEND procedure, or the MODIFY statement. The MODIFY statement can
be used with the IMS
interface view engine, and supports REPLACE, DELETE, and INSERT calls.
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Issue
DL/I calls to update, insert, and delete data in IMS databases using the DATA step interface's
INFILE, INPUT, FILE, and PUT statements.