Alternatives to Using CEDA

In the source environment, the LIBNAME statement with the XPORT engine and either the DATA step or PROC COPY creates a transport file from a SAS data set. In the target environment, the same method translates the transport file into the target environment's format. Note that the XPORT engine does not support SAS 7 and later features, such as long file and variable names.

In the source environment, the LIBNAME statement with the XML engine and either the DATA step or PROC COPY creates an XML document from a SAS data set. In the target environment, the same method translates the XML document into the target environment's format.

In the source environment, PROC CPORT writes data sets or catalogs to transport format. In the target environment, PROC CIMPORT translates the transport file into the target environment's format.

Data transfer services is a bulk data transfer mechanism that transfers a disk copy of the data and performs the necessary conversion of the data from one environment's representation to another's, as well as any necessary conversion between SAS releases. You must establish a connection between the two SAS sessions by using the SIGNON command and then executing either PROC UPLOAD or PROC DOWNLOAD to move the data.

Remote library services gives you transparent access to remote data through the use of the LIBNAME statement.