Server administrators should perform the following steps, which describe
one way to import the COBOL copybook:
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Obtain the required
set of SAS programs that supports copybook import. Perform the following
steps from Technical Support document TS-536 to download the version
of COB2SAS8.SAS that was modified for SAS 8:
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Unzip the file into
an appropriate directory.
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Read the README.TXT
file. It contains information about this modified version of COB2SAS8.SAS.
It also contains additional information about the installation process.
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Click Import
COBOL Copybook in the Tools menu
for SAS Data Integration Studio to access the Cobol Copybook
Location and Options window.
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Select a
SAS Application Server in the
Server field. The selected
SAS Application Server must be able to resolve the paths that are
specified in the
Copybook(s) field and the
COBOL
format file directory field.
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Indicate the original
platform for the COBOL data file by selecting the appropriate radio
button in the COBOL data resides on field.
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Select a copybook file
to import in the Copybook(s) field. If you
have imported copybooks in the past, you can select from a list of
up to eight physical paths to previously selected copybook files.
If you need to import a copybook that you have never used in SAS Data
Integration Studio, you have two options. First, you can click Add to
enter a local or remote path manually. Second, you can click Browse to browse for a copybook that is local to the selected SAS Application Server.
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Specify a physical path
to the directory for storing the COBOL format file in the COBOL
format file directory field. You can enter a local or
remote path in the field, choose a previously selected location from
the drop-down menu, or navigate to the file.
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Click OK when
you are finished. The Review object names to be created window
appears.
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Verify the name of the
COBOL format file or files. Specify a physical path for the SAS log
file in the SAS Log field. This file is saved
to the SAS Data Integration Studio client machine.
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Click OK when
you are finished. One or more COBOL format files are created from
the COBOL copybook file.
Note: If the external file resides
on the MVS operating system, and the filesystem is native MVS, then
the following usage notes apply.
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Add the MVS: tag
as a prefix to the name of the COBOL copybook file in the Copybook(s) field.
Here is an example filename: MVS:wky.tst.v913.etls.copybook.
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Native MVS includes partitioned
data sets (PDS and PDSE). Take this factor into account when you specify
a physical path to the directory for storing the COBOL format file
in the COBOL format file directory field.
Here is an example path: MVS:dwatest.tst.v913.cffd.
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The COB2SAS programs must reside
in a PDS with certain characteristics. For more information about
these characteristics, see http://support.sas.com/techsup/technote/ts536.html.
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The path to the r2cob1.sas program
should specify the PDS and member name. Here is an example
path, which would be specified in the Full path for r2cob1.sas field
in the Advanced options window: mvs:dwatest.tst.v913.cob2sasp(r2cob1).