Introduction to IMS Essentials

This section introduces SAS users to IMS, a hierarchical database management system by IBM. It focuses on the terms and concepts that help you use the SAS/ACCESS interface to IMS. It includes descriptions of the following:
  • hierarchical database structure and elements
  • IMS databases
  • physical databases
  • the elements of DL/I calls
  • execution modes
  • resource sharing
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