Problem Note 43866: Using IBM encoding to configure SAS® 9.3 BI servers in double-byte character set (DBCS) locales causes various issues in the SAS BI environment
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When you install SAS 9.3 BI on a z/OS system, change the encoding to an Open Edition version rather than the IBM version in configuration files. The IBM version encoding causes problems in the BI environment.
Two configuration files, CONFIG and TKMVSENV, are created at installation and set the LOCALE option and environment variables for locale and encoding. A default encoding is set internally based on the LOCALE option value. For Asian locales that use DBCS encoding, the default encoding is the traditional version:
- IBM-939 for Japanese,
- IBM-933 for Korean,
- IBM-935 for Simplified Chinese
- IBM-937 for traditional Chinese
These traditional encoding styles cause various issues in the BI environment, due mainly to the code position for two characters (the Line Feed character and the End-of-Line character).
To correct this issue, update the configuration files as shown below.
- Change to CONFIG(DBW0). Set the ENCODING option to an Open Edition value. This overrides the default encoding selected by the LOCALE option.
For example, if you are running SAS with a Japanese locale in a BI environment, add the following to your CONFIG(DBW0)file:
ENCODING=open_ed-939 - Change to TKMVSENV(DBW0). Set the environment variables TKOPT_ENV_ENCODING and TKOPT_ENV_ENCODING_PATH to the same value has the ENCODING option.
- OPEN_ED-939 for Japanese
- OPEN_ED-933 for Korean
- OPEN_ED-935 for Simplified Chinese
- OPEN_ED-937 for Traditional Chinese
The Open Edition encoding values to set, based on the locale, are listed below:
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | BI Server Tier | z/OS | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 |
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | high |
| Date Modified: | 2011-10-06 10:59:41 |
| Date Created: | 2011-07-29 16:09:48 |