Under
z/OS, you can access or connect
to a SAS session in any of the following ways:
Terminal emulators
that you can use to access SAS on z/OS include Attachmate Extra!,
Hummingbird Host Explorer, and others.
Note: SAS best supports those terminal
emulators that closely conform to the original IBM specifications
for the 3270 terminal. If you are having difficulties with the SAS
vector graphics in your emulator session, make sure that the settings
for your emulator match these specifications as closely as possible.
SAS/CONNECT
supports cooperative and distributed processing between z/OS and Windows,
and between z/OS and UNIX. It supports the TCP/IP (Transmission Control
Protocol/Internet Protocol) and XMS (Cross-Memory Services) communications
access methods. TCP/IP and XMS enable local clients who are running
SAS to communicate with one or more SAS applications or programs that
are running in remote environments. For more information, see Communications Access Methods for SAS/CONNECT and SAS/SHARE.
SAS/SHARE enables local
and remote clients in a heterogeneous network to update SAS data concurrently.
It also provides a low-overhead method for multiple remote clients
to read local SAS data. For more information, see Communications Access Methods for SAS/CONNECT and SAS/SHARE.
SAS/SESSION enables
terminal users who are connected to the Customer Information Control
System (CICS) to communicate with SAS software in a
z/OS environment. It uses the LU6.2 (APPC/MVS)
protocol. Your on-site SAS support personnel can find more information
about SAS/SESSION in the installation instructions for SAS software
in the z/OS environment.
SAS Intelligence Platform
SAS creates and delivers
enterprise intelligence through the SAS Intelligence Platform. This
cohesive platform is based on an architecture that fully integrates
SAS technologies in data extraction, transformation, and loading;
data storage; business intelligence; and analytics. These capabilities
provide the end-to-end infrastructure necessary for exploring, analyzing,
optimizing, reporting, and understanding your data. For more information,
see the documentation about “SAS Intelligence Platform: Administration
Documentation” at support.sas.com.