• Contents
  • About
  • Title Page
  • What's New in SAS 9.3 Companion for z/OS
  • About This Book
  • Running SAS Software under z/OS
    • Initializing and Configuring SAS Software
      • Invoking SAS in the z/OS Environment
      • Connecting to SAS under z/OS
      • Customizing Your SAS Session
      • HFS, UFS, and zFS Terminology
      • Specifying Physical Files
      • SAS Software Files
      • Transporting SAS Data Sets between Operating Environments
      • Accessing SAS Files in Other Operating Environments
      • Using Input/Output Features
      • Reserved z/OS ddnames
      • Using the SAS Remote Browser
      • Using Item Store Help Files
      • Exiting or Terminating Your SAS Session in the z/OS Environment
      • Solving Problems under z/OS
      • Support for SAS Software
    • Using SAS Libraries
      • Introduction
      • SAS Library Engines
      • SAS View Engines
      • Library Implementation Types for Base and Sequential Engines
      • Assigning SAS Libraries
    • Allocating External Files
      • Introduction to External Files
      • Ways of Allocating External Files
      • Using the FILENAME Statement or Function to Allocate External Files
      • Using the JCL DD Statement to Allocate External Files
      • Using the TSO Allocate Command to Allocate External Files
      • Allocating External Files on Tape
      • Allocating External Files to a Pipe
      • Allocating Generation Data Sets
      • Allocating Nonstandard External Files
      • Concatenating External Files
      • Displaying Information about External Files
      • Deallocating External Files
    • Accessing External Files
      • Referring to External Files
      • How SAS Determines Device Types
      • Writing to External Files
      • Reading from External Files
      • Accessing Nonstandard Files
      • Accessing UNIX System Services Files
      • Using Wildcards in UNIX System Services Filenames
      • Writing Your Own I/O Access Methods
      • Accessing SAS Statements from a Program
      • Using the INFILE/FILE User Exit Facility
    • Directing SAS Log and SAS Procedure Output
      • Types of SAS Output
      • Directing Output to External Files with the PRINTTO Procedure
      • Directing Output to External Files with System Options
      • Directing Output to External Files with the DMPRINT Command
      • Directing Output to External Files with the FILE Command
      • Directing Output to External Files with DD Statements
      • Directing Output to a Printer
      • Directing Output to a Remote Destination
      • Directing Procedure Output: ODS Examples
      • Sending E-Mail from within SAS Software
      • Using the SAS Logging Facility to Direct Output
    • Universal Printing
      • Introduction to Universal Printing
      • Using Universal Printing in the Windowing Environment
      • Using Universal Printing in a Batch Environment
      • Using FTP with Universal Printing
      • Example Programs and Summary
      • The SASLIB.HOUSES Data Set
  • SAS Windows and Commands in z/OS Environments
    • Windows in z/OS Environments
      • Overview of Windows in the z/OS Environment
      • Using the Graphical Interface
      • Terminal Support in the z/OS Environment
      • SAS System Options That Affect the z/OS Windowing Environment
      • Restrictions in SAS Software Support for UNIX System Services
      • Host-Specific Windows in the z/OS Environment
      • DSINFO Window
      • Explorer Window
      • FILENAME Window
      • FNAME Window
      • LIBASSIGN Window
      • LIBNAME Window
      • MEMLIST Window
    • Host-Specific Windows of the FORM Subsystem
      • Host-Specific Windows of the FORM Subsystem
    • SAS Window Commands under z/OS
      • Overview of Window Commands in the z/OS Environment
      • CLOCK Command
      • DFLTACTION Command
      • DLGENDR Command
      • EXPLODE Command
      • FILE Command
      • GCURSOR Command
      • HOSTEDIT Command
      • INCLUDE Command
      • NULLS Command
      • TSO Command
      • WBROWSE Command
      • WIDGNEXT Command
      • WIDGPREV Command
      • X Command
  • Application Considerations
    • SAS Interfaces to ISPF and REXX
      • SAS Interface to ISPF
      • SAS Interface to REXX
    • Using the INFILE/FILE User Exit Facility
      • Introduction
      • Writing a User Exit Module
      • Function Descriptions
      • SAS Service Routines
      • Building Your User Exit Module
      • Activating an INFILE/FILE User Exit
      • Sample Program
    • SAS Data Location Assist for z/OS
      • Overview of SAS Data Location Assist for z/OS
      • ZVOLLIST Function: z/OS
      • ZDSLIST Function: z/OS
      • ZDSNUM Function: z/OS
      • ZDSIDNM Function: z/OS
      • ZDSATTR Function: z/OS
      • ZDSXATT Function: z/OS
      • ZDSYATT Function: z/OS
      • Example: SAS DATA Step with zDLA Functions
    • Data Representation
      • Representation of Numeric Variables
      • Using the LENGTH Statement to Save Storage Space
      • How Character Values Are Stored
  • Host-Specific Features of the SAS Language
    • Data Set Options under z/OS
      • Data Set Options in the z/OS Environment
      • Summary of SAS Data Set Options in the z/OS Environment
      • ALTER= Data Set Option: z/OS
      • BUFSIZE= Data Set Option: z/OS
      • FILECLOSE= Data Set Option: z/OS
      • FILEDISP= Data Set Option: z/OS
    • Formats under z/OS
      • Formats in the z/OS Environment
      • Considerations for Using Formats in the z/OS Environment
      • BESTw. Format: z/OS
      • Ew. Format: z/OS
      • HEXw. Format: z/OS
      • IBw.d Format: z/OS
      • PDw.d Format: z/OS
      • RBw.d Format: z/OS
      • w.d Format: z/OS
      • ZDw.d Format: z/OS
    • Functions and CALL Routines under z/OS
      • Functions and CALL Routines under z/OS
      • ANYPUNCT Function: z/OS
      • CALL SLEEP Routine: z/OS
      • CALL SYSTEM Routine: z/OS
      • CALL TSO Routine: z/OS
      • CALL WTO Routine: z/OS
      • DINFO Function: z/OS
      • DOPEN Function: z/OS
      • DOPTNAME Function: z/OS
      • DOPTNUM Function: z/OS
      • DSNCATLGD Function: z/OS
      • FCLOSE Function: z/OS
      • FDELETE Function: z/OS
      • FEXIST Function: z/OS
      • FILEEXIST Function: z/OS
      • FILENAME Function: z/OS
      • FILEREF Function: z/OS
      • FINFO Function: z/OS
      • FOPEN Function: z/OS
      • FOPTNAME Function: z/OS
      • FOPTNUM Function: z/OS
      • KTRANSLATE Function: z/OS
      • MOPEN Function: z/OS
      • PATHNAME Function: z/OS
      • PEEKCLONG Function: z/OS
      • PEEKLONG Function: z/OS
      • SYSGET Function: z/OS
      • SYSTEM Function: z/OS
      • TRANSLATE Function: z/OS
      • TSO Function: z/OS
      • WTO Function: z/OS
    • Informats under z/OS
      • Informats in the z/OS Environment
      • Considerations for Using Informats under z/OS
      • Ew.d Informat: z/OS
      • HEXw. Informat: z/OS
      • IBw.d Informat: z/OS
      • PDw.d Informat: z/OS
      • RBw.d Informat: z/OS
      • ZDw.d Informat: z/OS
      • ZDBw.d Informat: z/OS
    • Macros under z/OS
      • Macros in the z/OS Environment
      • Automatic Macro Variables
      • Macro Statements
      • Macro Functions
      • Autocall Libraries
      • Stored Compiled Macro Facility
      • Other Host-Specific Aspects of the Macro Facility
      • %ISHCONV Macro: z/OS
    • Procedures under z/OS
      • Procedures in the z/OS Environment
      • BMDP Procedure: z/OS
      • CATALOG Procedure: z/OS
      • CIMPORT Procedure: z/OS
      • CONTENTS Procedure: z/OS
      • CONVERT Procedure: z/OS
      • CPORT Procedure: z/OS
      • DATASETS Procedure: z/OS
      • DBF Procedure: z/OS
      • FONTREG Procedure: z/OS
      • FORMAT Procedure: z/OS
      • ITEMS Procedure: z/OS
      • OPTIONS Procedure: z/OS
      • PDS Procedure: z/OS
      • PDSCOPY Procedure: z/OS
      • PMENU Procedure: z/OS
      • PRINT Procedure: z/OS
      • PRINTTO Procedure: z/OS
      • RELEASE Procedure: z/OS
      • SORT Procedure: z/OS
      • SOURCE Procedure: z/OS
      • TAPECOPY Procedure: z/OS
      • TAPELABEL Procedure: z/OS
    • Statements under z/OS
      • Statements in the z/OS Environment
      • ABORT Statement: z/OS
      • ATTRIB Statement: z/OS
      • CARDS Statement: z/OS
      • DSNEXST Statement: z/OS
      • FILE Statement: z/OS
      • FILENAME Statement: z/OS
      • FOOTNOTE Statement: z/OS
      • %INCLUDE Statement: z/OS
      • INFILE Statement: z/OS
      • LENGTH Statement: z/OS
      • LIBNAME Statement: z/OS
      • OPTIONS Statement: z/OS
      • SASFILE Statement: z/OS
      • SYSTASK LIST Statement: z/OS
      • TITLE Statement: z/OS
      • TSO Statement: z/OS
      • WAITFOR Statement: z/OS
      • X Statement: z/OS
    • System Options under z/OS
      • System Options in the z/OS Environment
      • Definition of System Options
      • Summary Table of SAS System Options
      • ALTLOG= System Option: z/OS
      • ALTPRINT= System Option: z/OS
      • APPEND= System Option: z/OS
      • APPLETLOC= System Option: z/OS
      • ARMAGENT= System Option: z/OS
      • ASYNCHIO System Option: z/OS
      • AUTHPROVIDERDOMAIN System Option: z/OS
      • AUTOEXEC= System Option: z/OS
      • BLKALLOC System Option: z/OS
      • BLKSIZE= System Option: z/OS
      • BLKSIZE(device-type)= System Option: z/OS
      • CAPSOUT System Option: z/OS
      • CARDIMAGE System Option: z/OS
      • CATCACHE= System Option: z/OS
      • CHARTYPE= System Option: z/OS
      • CLIENTWORK System Option: z/OS
      • CLIST System Option: z/OS
      • CONFIG= System Option: z/OS
      • DEVICE= System Option: z/OS
      • DLCREATEDIR System Option: z/OS
      • DLDISPCHG System Option: z/OS
      • DLDSNTYPE System Option: z/OS
      • DLEXCPCOUNT System Option: z/OS
      • DLMSGLEVEL= System Option: z/OS
      • DLSEQDSNTYPE System Option: z/OS
      • DLTRUNCHK System Option: z/OS
      • DSRESV System Option: z/OS
      • DYNALLOC System Option: z/OS
      • ECHO= System Option: z/OS
      • EMAILSYS= System Option: z/OS
      • ENGINE= System Option: z/OS
      • ERRORABEND System Option: z/OS
      • FILEAUTHDEFER System Option: z/OS
      • FILEBLKSIZE(device-type)= System Option: z/OS
      • FILECC System Option: z/OS
      • FILEDEST= System Option: z/OS
      • FILEDEV= System Option: z/OS
      • FILEDIRBLK= System Option: z/OS
      • FILEEXT= System Option: z/OS
      • FILEFORMS= System Option: z/OS
      • FILELBI System Option: z/OS
      • FILELOCKS= System Option: z/OS
      • FILEMOUNT System Option: z/OS
      • FILEMSGS System Option: z/OS
      • FILENULL System Option: z/OS
      • FILEPROMPT System Option: z/OS
      • FILEREUSE System Option: z/OS
      • FILESEQDSNTYPE System Option: z/OS
      • FILESPPRI= System Option: z/OS
      • FILESPSEC= System Option: z/OS
      • FILESTAT System Option: z/OS
      • FILESYNC= System Option: z/OS
      • FILESYSOUT= System Option: z/OS
      • FILESYSTEM= System Option: z/OS
      • FILETEMPDIR System Option: z/OS
      • FILEUNIT= System Option: z/OS
      • FILEVOL= System Option: z/OS
      • FILSZ System Option: z/OS
      • FONTRENDERING= System Option: z/OS
      • FONTSLOC= System Option: z/OS
      • FSBCOLOR System Option: z/OS
      • FSBORDER= System Option: z/OS
      • FSDEVICE= System Option: z/OS
      • FSMODE= System Option: z/OS
      • FULLSTATS System Option: z/OS
      • GHFONT= System Option: z/OS
      • HELPCASE System Option: z/OS
      • HELPHOST System Option: z/OS
      • HELPLOC= System Option: z/OS
      • HSLXTNTS= System Option: z/OS
      • HSMAXPGS= System Option: z/OS
      • HSMAXSPC= System Option: z/OS
      • HSSAVE System Option: z/OS
      • HSWORK System Option: z/OS
      • INSERT= System Option: z/OS
      • ISPCAPS System Option: z/OS
      • ISPCHARF System Option: z/OS
      • ISPCSR= System Option: z/OS
      • ISPEXECV= System Option: z/OS
      • ISPMISS= System Option: z/OS
      • ISPMSG= System Option: z/OS
      • ISPNOTES System Option: z/OS
      • ISPNZTRC System Option: z/OS
      • ISPPT System Option: z/OS
      • ISPTRACE System Option: z/OS
      • ISPVDEFA System Option: z/OS
      • ISPVDLT System Option: z/OS
      • ISPVDTRC System Option: z/OS
      • ISPVIMSG= System Option: z/OS
      • ISPVRMSG= System Option: z/OS
      • ISPVTMSG= System Option: z/OS
      • ISPVTNAM= System Option: z/OS
      • ISPVTPNL= System Option: z/OS
      • ISPVTRAP System Option: z/OS
      • ISPVTVARS= System Option: z/OS
      • JREOPTIONS= System Option: z/OS
      • LINESIZE= System Option: z/OS
      • LOG= System Option: z/OS
      • LOGPARM= System Option: z/OS
      • LRECL= System Option: z/OS
      • MEMLEAVE= System Option: z/OS
      • MEMRPT System Option: z/OS
      • MEMSIZE= System Option: z/OS
      • METAPROFILE= System Option: z/OS
      • MINSTG System Option: z/OS
      • MSG= System Option: z/OS
      • MSGCASE System Option: z/OS
      • MSGSIZE= System Option: z/OS
      • MSYMTABMAX= System Option: z/OS
      • MVARSIZE= System Option: z/OS
      • OPLIST System Option: z/OS
      • PAGEBREAKINITIAL System Option: z/OS
      • PAGESIZE= System Option: z/OS
      • PARMCARDS= System Option: z/OS
      • PFKEY= System Option: z/OS
      • PGMPARM= System Option: z/OS
      • PRIMARYPROVIDERDOMAIN System Option: z/OS
      • PRINT= System Option: z/OS
      • PRINTINIT System Option: z/OS
      • PROCLEAVE= System Option: z/OS
      • REALMEMSIZE= System Option: z/OS
      • REXXLOC= System Option: z/OS
      • REXXMAC System Option: z/OS
      • SASAUTOS= System Option: z/OS
      • SASHELP= System Option: z/OS
      • SASLIB= System Option: z/OS
      • SASSCRIPT System Option: z/OS
      • SASUSER= System Option: z/OS
      • SEQENGINE= System Option: z/OS
      • SET= System Option: z/OS
      • SORT= System Option: z/OS
      • SORTALTMSGF System Option: z/OS
      • SORTBLKMODE System Option: z/OS
      • SORTBUFMOD System Option: z/OS
      • SORTCUTP= System Option: z/OS
      • SORTDEV= System Option: z/OS
      • SORTDEVWARN System Option: z/OS
      • SORTEQOP System Option: z/OS
      • SORTLIB= System Option: z/OS
      • SORTLIST System Option: z/OS
      • SORTMSG System Option: z/OS
      • SORTMSG= System Option: z/OS
      • SORTNAME= System Option: z/OS
      • SORTOPTS System Option: z/OS
      • SORTPARM= System Option: z/OS
      • SORTPGM= System Option: z/OS
      • SORTSHRB System Option: z/OS
      • SORTSIZE= System Option: z/OS
      • SORTSUMF System Option: z/OS
      • SORTUADCON System Option: z/OS
      • SORTUNIT= System Option: z/OS
      • SORTWKDD= System Option: z/OS
      • SORTWKNO= System Option: z/OS
      • SORT31PL System Option: z/OS
      • STAE System Option: z/OS
      • STATS System Option: z/OS
      • STAX System Option: z/OS
      • STEPCHKPTLIB= System Option: z/OS
      • STIMER System Option: z/OS
      • SVC11SCREEN System Option: z/OS
      • SYNCHIO System Option: z/OS
      • SYSIN= System Option: z/OS
      • SYSINP= System Option: z/OS
      • SYSLEAVE= System Option: z/OS
      • SYSPREF= System Option: z/OS
      • SYSPRINT= System Option: z/OS
      • S99NOMIG System Option: z/OS
      • TAPECLOSE= System Option: z/OS
      • USER= System Option: z/OS
      • UTILLOC= System Option: z/OS
      • V6GUIMODE System Option: z/OS
      • VALIDMEMNAME= System Option: z/OS
      • VERBOSE System Option: z/OS
      • WORK= System Option: z/OS
      • WORKTERM System Option: z/OS
      • WTOUSERDESC= System Option: z/OS
      • WTOUSERMCSF= System Option: z/OS
      • WTOUSERROUT= System Option: z/OS
      • XCMD System Option: z/OS
    • Optimizing Performance
      • Introduction to Optimizing Performance
      • Collecting Performance Statistics
      • Optimizing SAS I/O
      • Efficient Sorting
      • Some SAS System Options That Can Affect Performance
      • Managing Memory
      • Loading SAS Modules Efficiently
      • Other Considerations for Improving Performance
  • Appendixes
    • Starting SAS with SASRX
      • Overview of SASRX
      • Option Syntax
      • SASRX Options
      • Site Customizations
    • Encoding for z/OS Resource Names
      • Overview of Encoding for z/OS Resource Names
      • z/OS Resource Names and Encoding
      • Reverting to SAS 9.2 Behavior
    • 64–Bit SAS Metadata Server
      • Overview of the SAS Metadata Server
      • Advantages of 64-Bit SAS Metadata Server
    • Accessing BMDP, SPSS, and OSIRIS Files
      • The BMDP, SPSS, and OSIRIS Engines
      • Accessing BMDP Files
      • Accessing OSIRIS Files
      • Accessing SPSS Files
    • The cleanwork Utility
      • Overview of the cleanwork Utility
      • Installing the cleanwork Utility
      • Configuring the cleanwork Utility
      • See Also
    • Host-System Subgroup Error Messages
      • Host-System Subgroup Error Messages in the z/OS Environment
      • Messages from the SASCP Command Processor
      • Messages from the TSO Command Executor
      • Messages from the Internal CALL Command Processor
  • Recommended Reading
  • Glossary


ProductRelease
Base SAS9.3_M2
Type
Usage and Reference
Copyright Date
August 2012
Last Updated
28Aug2012