In SAS^® 9.2 and later, the installation process creates several JCL procedures, CLISTs, and REXX execs for invoking SAS. Customers are not always sure which one they should use. This note provides clarification.

Note: The ll and Wn abbreviations used for various languages and EBCDIC encodings used below are defined in the Configuration Guide for SAS^® 9.3 Foundation for z/OS^® in Chapter 2, "Post-Installation Configuration for National Language Support (NLS)."

JCL Procedures

The high-level-qualifier.PROCLIB data set created as part of your SAS^® 9.3 and later installation contains 4 or more of the following members:

• PROCDBWn - JCL procedure to use if you want to use double-byte character sets (for example, Chinese or Japanese) in your SAS programs
• PROCENWn - JCL procedure to use for English language support
• PROCESWn - JCL procedure to use for Spanish language support
• PROCFRWn - JCL procedure to use for French language support
• PROCDEWn - JCL procedure to use for German language support
• PROCllWn - JCL procedure to use for other languages

CLISTs

The high-level-qualifier.CLIST data set created as part of your SAS 9.3 and later installation contains 4 or more of the following members:

• CLSTDBWn - CLIST to use if you want to use double-byte character sets (for example, Chinese or Japanese) in your SAS programs
• CLSTENWn - CLIST to use for English language support
• CLSTESWn - CLIST to use for Spanish language support
• CLSTFRWn - CLIST to use for French language support
• CLSTDEWn - CLIST to use for German language support
• CLSTllWn - CLIST to use for other languages

REXX Execs

The high-level-qualifier.SASRX data set created as part of your SAS 9.3 and later installation contains 4 or more of the following members:

• REXXDBWn - REXX EXEC to use if you want to use double-byte character sets (for example, Chinese or Japanese) in your SAS programs
• REXXENWn - REXX EXEC to use for English language support
• REXXESWn - REXX EXEC to use for Spanish language support
• REXXFRWn - REXX EXEC to use for French language support
• REXXDEWn - REXX EXEC to use for German language support
• REXXllWn - REXX EXEC to use for other languages

Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	Product Release		SAS Release
			Reported	Fixed*	Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	Base SAS	z/OS	9.21

* For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be fixed.

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It can be confusing which JCL proc, CLIST, or REXX to use, particularly PROCDBW0, CLSTDBW0, or configuration member DBW0. This note provides clarification.

Type:	Usage Note
Priority:	alert

Date Modified:	2013-01-25 11:11:24
Date Created:	2012-05-31 10:29:57