What’s New in Application Messaging with SAS 9.3

Overview

The following changes and enhancements are available in Application Messaging with SAS 9.3:

a new JMS file access method
support for JMS polling servers
new attributes for the MQINQ call routine

For the second maintenance release of SAS 9.3, the configuration tasks for JMS polling servers and the JMS file access method have been simplified.

JMS File Access Method

The new JMS file access method enables you to access JMS destinations by using the FILENAME, FILE, and INFILE statements. See The JMS File Access Method.

JMS Polling Server

Support is added for JMS polling servers. See Message Queue Polling.

New Attributes for the MQINQ Call Routine

The MQINQ call routine has several new attributes, which are specific to z/OS:

ACTIVE_CHANNELS
MAX_CHANNELS
TCP_CHANNELS

Simplified JMS Configuration for Second Maintenance Release

For the second maintenance release of SAS 9.3, the Java configuration tasks for JMS polling servers and the JMS file access method have been simplified. See Configure Your Java Environment for the Object Spawner and the JMS Access Method.