SAS/SHARE software provides a multiuser client/server environment for the SAS System. The multiuser server provides concurrent update access to SAS data for local and remote users across the enterprise. The server also provides remote users with low-overhead connectivity for reading SAS data.

SAS/SHARE software consists of two procedures and a SAS I/O engine:

• PROC SERVER is the multiuser SAS server; it runs in its own SAS session and waits for requests from clients.
• PROC OPERATE is the server administration tool: it will display and control the status of a server, the libraries accessed through it, and the users connected to it.
• The REMOTE engine handles SAS library and SAS file I/O requests by forwarding them to a SAS server. Combined with the SAS System's inter-host connectivity, the REMOTE engine enables remote access to SAS data; combined with the multiuser server, it enables concurrent update access to SAS data.

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