SAS View Engines

SAS view engines enable SAS software to read SAS data views and DATA step views that are described by the DATA step, SQL procedure, or by SAS/ACCESS software. Under z/OS, the following view engines are supported. These engines support the SAS data set model only and are not specified in the LIBNAME statement or LIBNAME function.

ADB

accesses ADABAS database files.

DDB

accesses CA-DATACOM/DB database files.

IDMS

accesses CA-IDMS database files.

IMS

accesses IMS-DL/I database files.

DATASTEP

accesses data sets that are described by a SAS DATA step.

These engines support the SAS data view and are also specified in the LIBNAME statement and the LIBNAME function:

DB2

accesses DB2 database files.

ORACLE

accesses Oracle database files.

SQL

accesses data sets that are described by the SQL procedure.

For more information about the SQL view engine, see SAS SQL Procedure User's Guide. For information about the other view engines, see the appropriate SAS/ACCESS software documentation.