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Problem Note 58084: You receive "ERROR: No logical assign for filename XXXXXX" when you use PROC CIMPORT to allocate a USS transport file in a JCL DD statement
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When you use the CIMPORT procedure with a UNIX System Services (USS) file that is allocated in a JCL DD statement, you receive the following error.
ERROR: No logical assign for filename XXXXXX.
Here is an example of the problem:
//STEP1 EXEC TMF93M2
//USSPORT DD PATH='/u/jiacke/testEOC.stc',
// PATHOPTS=(ORDONLY)
PROC CIMPORT INFILE=USSPORT LIBRARY=WORK;
RUN;
NOTE: Libref LIBRARY was successfully assigned as follows:
Engine: V9
Physical Name: TSD.M93M2.MXG.FMTLIB
1 PROC CIMPORT INFILE=USSPORT LIBRARY=WORK;
2 RUN;
ERROR: No logical assign for filename USSPORT.
NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors.
NOTE: The PROCEDURE CIMPORT used 0.00 CPU seconds and 17114K.
NOTE: The address space has used a maximum of 924K below the line and 19048K
The workaround is to use a FILENAME statement rather than a JCL DD statement to allocate the USS file. Here is an example of the workaround:
//STEP1 EXEC TMF93M2
//SYSIN DD *
FILENAME DYNAMIC '/u/jiacke/testEOC.stc';
PROC CIMPORT INFILE=DYNAMIC LIBRARY=WORK;
RUN;
NOTE: Libref LIBRARY was successfully assigned as follows:
Engine: V9
Physical Name: TSD.M93M2.MXG.FMTLIB
1 FILENAME DYNAMIC '/u/jiacke/testEOC.stc';
2 PROC CIMPORT INFILE=DYNAMIC LIBRARY=WORK;
3 RUN;
NOTE: PROC CIMPORT begins to create/update data set WORK.CARS
NOTE: Data set contains 15 variables and 428 observations.
Logical record length is 152
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Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | Base SAS | z/OS | 9.3 TS1M2 | 9.3 TS1M2 |
| z/OS 64-bit | 9.3 TS1M2 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||