XML Engine with DATA Step or PROC COPY

XML Engine Limitations

The XML engine has these limitations:

The XML engine supports only SAS data files. Views and other SAS file types are not supported.
The XML engine is not supported in SAS 6 and earlier releases. If you are moving to or from SAS 6, you must use the XPORT engine.
The XML engine uses more processing time than the other strategies. If processing time is an issue, XML is not recommended.
XML documents can be large. If disk space or network bandwidth is an issue, XML is not recommended.
The XML engine is dependent on the transfer method for character translation. If you transfer an XML document as a binary file, it might not be readable at the target computer.