• Contents
  • About
  • What's New in the SAS 9.2 Companion for z/OS
  • Running SAS Software under z/OS
    • Initializing and Configuring SAS Software
      • Invoking SAS in the z/OS Environment
      • Connecting to SAS under z/OS
      • Customizing Your SAS Session
      • HFS, UFS, and zFS Terminology
      • Specifying Physical Files
      • SAS Software Files
      • Transporting SAS Data Sets between Operating Environments
      • Accessing SAS Files in Other Operating Environments
      • Using Input/Output Features
      • Reserved z/OS ddnames
      • Using the SAS Remote Browser
      • Using Item Store Help Files
      • Exiting or Terminating Your SAS Session in the z/OS Environment
      • Solving Problems under z/OS
      • Support for SAS Software
    • Using SAS Libraries
      • Introduction
      • SAS Library Engines
      • SAS View Engines
      • Library Implementation Types for Base and Sequential Engines
      • Assigning SAS Libraries
    • Allocating External Files
      • Introduction to External Files
      • Ways of Allocating External Files
      • Using the FILENAME Statement or Function to Allocate External Files
      • Using the JCL DD Statement to Allocate External Files
      • Using the TSO Allocate Command to Allocate External Files
      • Allocating External Files on Tape
      • Allocating External Files to a Pipe
      • Allocating Generation Data Sets
      • Allocating Nonstandard External Files
      • Concatenating External Files
      • Displaying Information about External Files
      • Deallocating External Files
    • Accessing External Files
      • Referring to External Files
      • How SAS Determines Device Types
      • Writing to External Files
      • Reading from External Files
      • Accessing Nonstandard Files
      • Accessing UNIX System Services Files
      • Using Wildcards in UNIX System Services Filenames
      • Writing Your Own I/O Access Methods
      • Accessing SAS Statements from a Program
      • Using the INFILE/FILE User Exit Facility
    • Directing SAS Log and SAS Procedure Output
      • Types of SAS Output
      • Directing Output to External Files with the PRINTTO Procedure
      • Directing Output to External Files with System Options
      • Directing Output to External Files with the DMPRINT Command
      • Directing Output to External Files with the FILE Command
      • Directing Output to External Files with DD Statements
      • Directing Output to a Printer
      • Directing Output to a Remote Destination
      • Directing Procedure Output: ODS Examples
      • Sending E-Mail from within SAS Software
      • Using the SAS Logging Facility To Direct Output
    • Universal Printing
      • Introduction to Universal Printing
      • Using Universal Printing in the Windowing Environment
      • Using Universal Printing in a Batch Environment
      • Using FTP with Universal Printing
      • Example Programs and Summary
      • The SASLIB.HOUSES Data Set
    • Windows and Commands in z/OS Environments
      • Windows and Commands in the z/OS Environment
      • Using the Graphical Interface
      • Host-Specific Windows in the z/OS Environment
      • DSINFO Window
      • FILENAME Window
      • FNAME Window
      • LIBASSIGN Window
      • LIBNAME Window
      • MEMLIST Window
      • Host-Specific Windows of the FORM Subsystem
      • Host-Specific Window Commands
      • CLOCK Command
      • DFLTACTION Command
      • DLGENDR Command
      • EXPLODE Command
      • FILE Command
      • GCURSOR Command
      • HOSTEDIT Command
      • INCLUDE Command
      • NULLS Command
      • TSO Command
      • WBROWSE Command
      • WIDGNEXT Command
      • WIDGPREV Command
      • X Command
      • SAS System Options That Affect the z/OS Windowing Environment
      • Terminal Support in the z/OS Environment
  • Application Considerations
    • SAS Interfaces to ISPF and REXX
      • SAS Interface to ISPF
      • SAS Interface to REXX
    • Using the INFILE/FILE User Exit Facility
      • Introduction
      • Writing a User Exit Module
      • Function Descriptions
      • SAS Service Routines
      • Building Your User Exit Module
      • Activating an INFILE/FILE User Exit
      • Sample Program
    • Data Representation
      • Representation of Numeric Variables
      • Using the LENGTH Statement to Save Storage Space
      • How Character Values Are Stored
  • Host-Specific Features of the SAS Language
    • Data Set Options under z/OS
      • Data Set Options in the z/OS Environment
      • ALTER= Data Set Option
      • BUFSIZE= Data Set Option
      • FILEDISP= Data Set Option
      • Summary of SAS Data Set Options in the z/OS Environment
    • Formats under z/OS
      • Formats in the z/OS Environment
      • Considerations for Using Formats in the z/OS Environment
      • BESTw. Format
      • Ew. Format
      • HEXw. Format
      • IBw.d Format
      • PDw.d Format
      • RBw.d Format
      • w.d Format
      • ZDw.d Format
    • Functions and CALL Routines under z/OS
      • Functions and CALL Routines under z/OS
      • ANYPUNCT Function
      • CALL SLEEP Routine
      • CALL SYSTEM Routine
      • CALL TSO Routine
      • CALL WTO Routine
      • DINFO Function
      • DOPEN Function
      • DOPTNAME Function
      • DOPTNUM Function
      • DSNCATLGD Function
      • FCLOSE Function
      • FDELETE Function
      • FEXIST Function
      • FILEEXIST Function
      • FILENAME Function
      • FILEREF Function
      • FINFO Function
      • FOPEN Function
      • FOPTNAME Function
      • FOPTNUM Function
      • KTRANSLATE Function
      • MOPEN Function
      • PATHNAME Function
      • PEEKCLONG Function
      • PEEKLONG Function
      • SYSGET Function
      • SYSTEM Function
      • TRANSLATE Function
      • TSO Function
      • WTO Function
    • Informats under z/OS
      • Informats in the z/OS Environment
      • Considerations for Using Informats under z/OS
      • Ew.d Informat
      • HEXw. Informat
      • IBw.d Informat
      • PDw.d Informat
      • RBw.d Informat
      • ZDw.d Informat
      • ZDBw.d Informat
    • Macros under z/OS
      • Macros in the z/OS Environment
      • Automatic Macro Variables
      • Macro Statements
      • Macro Functions
      • Autocall Libraries
      • Stored Compiled Macro Facility
      • Other Host-Specific Aspects of the Macro Facility
      • Additional Sources of Information
      • %ISHCONV Macro
    • Procedures under z/OS
      • Procedures in the z/OS Environment
      • BMDP Procedure
      • CATALOG Procedure
      • CIMPORT Procedure
      • CONTENTS Procedure
      • CONVERT Procedure
      • CPORT Procedure
      • DATASETS Procedure
      • DBF Procedure
      • FONTREG Procedure
      • FORMAT Procedure
      • ITEMS Procedure
      • OPTIONS Procedure
      • PDS Procedure
      • PDSCOPY Procedure
      • PMENU Procedure
      • PRINTTO Procedure
      • RELEASE Procedure
      • SORT Procedure
      • SOURCE Procedure
      • TAPECOPY Procedure
      • TAPELABEL Procedure
    • Statements under z/OS
      • Statements in the z/OS Environment
      • ABORT Statement
      • ATTRIB Statement
      • CARDS Statement
      • DSNEXST Statement
      • FILE Statement
      • FILENAME Statement
      • FOOTNOTE Statement
      • %INCLUDE Statement
      • INFILE Statement
      • LENGTH Statement
      • LIBNAME Statement
      • OPTIONS Statement
      • SASFILE Statement
      • SYSTASK LIST Statement
      • TITLE Statement
      • TSO Statement
      • WAITFOR Statement
      • X Statement
    • System Options under z/OS
      • System Options in the z/OS Environment
      • Definition of System Options
      • Summary Table of SAS System Options
      • ALTLOG= System Option
      • ALTPRINT= System Option
      • APPEND= System Option
      • ARMAGENT= System Option
      • ASYNCHIO System Option
      • AUTHPROVIDERDOMAIN System Option
      • AUTOEXEC= System Option
      • BLKALLOC System Option
      • BLKSIZE= System Option
      • BLKSIZE(device-type)= System Option
      • CAPSOUT System Option
      • CARDIMAGE System Option
      • CATCACHE= System Option
      • CHARTYPE= System Option
      • CLIST System Option
      • CONFIG= System Option
      • DEVICE= System Option
      • DLDISPCHG System Option
      • DLDSNTYPE System Option
      • DLEXCPCOUNT System Option
      • DLHFSDIRCREATE System Option
      • DLMSGLEVEL= System Option
      • DLSEQDSNTYPE System Option
      • DLTRUNCHK System Option
      • DSRESV System Option
      • DYNALLOC System Option
      • ECHO= System Option
      • EMAILSYS= System Option
      • ENGINE= System Option
      • ERRORABEND System Option
      • FILEAUTHDEFER System Option
      • FILEBLKSIZE(device-type)= System Option
      • FILECC System Option
      • FILEDEST= System Option
      • FILEDEV= System Option
      • FILEDIRBLK= System Option
      • FILEEXT= System Option
      • FILEFORMS= System Option
      • FILELBI System Option
      • FILELOCKS= System Option
      • FILEMOUNT System Option
      • FILEMSGS System Option
      • FILENULL System Option
      • FILEPROMPT System Option
      • FILEREUSE System Option
      • FILESEQDSNTYPE System Option
      • FILESPPRI= System Option
      • FILESPSEC= System Option
      • FILESTAT System Option
      • FILESYNC= System Option
      • FILESYSOUT= System Option
      • FILESYSTEM= System Option
      • FILEUNIT= System Option
      • FILEVOL= System Option
      • FILSZ System Option
      • FONTSLOC= System Option
      • FSBCOLOR System Option
      • FSBORDER= System Option
      • FSDEVICE= System Option
      • FSMODE= System Option
      • FULLSTATS System Option
      • GHFONT= System Option
      • HELPHOST System Option
      • HELPCASE System Option
      • HELPLOC= System Option
      • HSLXTNTS= System Option
      • HSMAXPGS= System Option
      • HSMAXSPC= System Option
      • HSSAVE System Option
      • HSWORK System Option
      • INSERT= System Option
      • ISPCAPS System Option
      • ISPCHARF System Option
      • ISPCSR= System Option
      • ISPEXECV= System Option
      • ISPMISS= System Option
      • ISPMSG= System Option
      • ISPNOTES System Option
      • ISPNZTRC System Option
      • ISPPT System Option
      • ISPTRACE System Option
      • ISPVDEFA System Option
      • ISPVDLT System Option
      • ISPVDTRC System Option
      • ISPVIMSG= System Option
      • ISPVRMSG= System Option
      • ISPVTMSG= System Option
      • ISPVTNAM= System Option
      • ISPVTPNL= System Option
      • ISPVTRAP System Option
      • ISPVTVARS= System Option
      • JREOPTIONS= System Option
      • LINESIZE= System Option
      • LOG= System Option
      • LOGPARM= System Option
      • LRECL= System Option
      • MEMLEAVE= System Option
      • MEMRPT System Option
      • MEMSIZE= System Option
      • METAPROFILE= System Option
      • MINSTG System Option
      • MSG= System Option
      • MSGCASE System Option
      • MSGSIZE= System Option
      • MSYMTABMAX= System Option
      • MVARSIZE= System Option
      • OPLIST System Option
      • PAGEBREAKINITIAL System Option
      • PAGESIZE= System Option
      • PARMCARDS= System Option
      • PFKEY= System Option
      • PGMPARM= System Option
      • PRIMARYPROVIDERDOMAIN System Option
      • PRINT= System Option
      • PRINTINIT System Option
      • PROCLEAVE= System Option
      • REALMEMSIZE= System Option
      • REXXLOC= System Option
      • REXXMAC System Option
      • SASAUTOS= System Option
      • SASHELP= System Option
      • SASLIB= System Option
      • SASSCRIPT System Option
      • SASUSER= System Option
      • SEQENGINE= System Option
      • SET= System Option
      • SORT= System Option
      • SORTALTMSGF System Option
      • SORTBLKMODE System Option
      • SORTBUFMOD System Option
      • SORTCUTP= System Option
      • SORTDEV= System Option
      • SORTDEVWARN System Option
      • SORTEQOP System Option
      • SORTLIB= System Option
      • SORTLIST System Option
      • SORTMSG System Option
      • SORTMSG= System Option
      • SORTNAME= System Option
      • SORTOPTS System Option
      • SORTPARM= System Option
      • SORTPGM= System Option
      • SORTSHRB System Option
      • SORTSIZE= System Option
      • SORTSUMF System Option
      • SORTUADCON System Option
      • SORTUNIT= System Option
      • SORTWKDD= System Option
      • SORTWKNO= System Option
      • SORT31PL System Option
      • STAE System Option
      • STATS System Option
      • STAX System Option
      • STEPCHKPTLIB= System Option
      • STIMER System Option
      • SVC11SCREEN System Option
      • SYNCHIO System Option
      • SYSIN= System Option
      • SYSINP= System Option
      • SYSLEAVE= System Option
      • SYSPREF= System Option
      • SYSPRINT= System Option
      • S99NOMIG System Option
      • TAPECLOSE= System Option
      • USER= System Option
      • UTILLOC= System Option
      • V6GUIMODE System Option
      • VERBOSE System Option
      • WORK= System Option
      • WORKTERM System Option
      • WTOUSERDESC= System Option
      • WTOUSERMCSF= System Option
      • WTOUSERROUT= System Option
      • XCMD System Option
    • Optimizing Performance
      • Introduction to Optimizing Performance
      • Collecting Performance Statistics
      • Optimizing SAS I/O
      • Efficient Sorting
      • Some SAS System Options That Can Affect Performance
      • Managing Memory
      • Loading SAS Modules Efficiently
      • Other Considerations for Improving Performance
  • Appendixes
    • Starting SAS with SASRX
      • Overview of SASRX
      • Option Syntax
      • SASRX Options
      • Site Customizations
    • Accessing BMDP, SPSS, and OSIRIS Files
      • The BMDP, SPSS, and OSIRIS Engines
      • Accessing BMDP Files
      • Accessing OSIRIS Files
      • Accessing SPSS Files
    • The cleanwork Utility
      • Overview of the cleanwork Utility
      • Installing the cleanwork Utility
      • Configuring the cleanwork Utility
      • See Also
    • Host-System Subgroup Error Messages
      • Introduction
      • Messages from the SASCP Command Processor
      • Messages from the TSO Command Executor
      • Messages from the Internal CALL Command Processor
    • Recommended Reading
  • Glossary


ProductRelease
Base SAS9.2
Type
Usage and Reference
Copyright Date
February 2009
Last Updated
18May2010