The CIMPORT Procedure

PROC CIMPORT Statement

PROC CIMPORT destination=libref | <libref.> member-name<option(s)>;

Task		Option
Identify the input transport file
	Specify a previously defined fileref or the filename of the transport file to read	INFILE=
	Read the input transport file from a tape	TAPE
Select files to import
	Exclude specified entry types from the import process	EET=
	Specify entry types to import	ET=
Control the contents of the transport file
	Specify whether to extend by 1 byte the length of short numerics (less than 8 bytes) when you import them	EXTENDSN=
	Specify that only data sets, only catalogs, or both, be moved when a library is imported	MEMTYPE=
	Specify whether the file is encoded in UTF-8 format	ISFILEUTF8=
Enable access to a locked catalog		FORCE
Create a new catalog for the imported transport file, and delete any existing catalog with the same name		NEW
Import SAS/AF PROGRAM and SCL entries without edit capability		NOEDIT
Suppress the importing of source code for SAS/AF entries that contain compiled SCL code		NOSRC

Required Arguments

destination=libref | < libref. >member-name

identifies the type of file to import and specifies the catalog, SAS data set, or SAS library to import.

destination

identifies the file or files in the transport file as a single catalog, as a single SAS data set, or as the members of a SAS library. The destination argument can be one of the following:

	CATALOG \| CAT \| C
	DATA \| DS \| D
	LIBRARY \| LIB \| L

libref | <libref. > member-name

specifies the specific catalog, SAS data set, or SAS library as the destination of the transport file. If the destination argument is CATALOG or DATA, you can specify both a libref and a member name. If the libref is omitted, PROC CIMPORT uses the default library as the libref, which is usually the WORK library. If the destination argument is LIBRARY, specify only a libref.

Options

EET=(etype(s))

excludes specified entry types from the import process. If the etype is a single entry type, then you can omit the parentheses. Separate multiple values with spaces.

Interaction:

You cannot specify both the EET= option and the ET= option in the same PROC CIMPORT step.

ET=(etype(s))

specifies the entry types to import. If the etype is a single entry type, then you can omit the parentheses. Separate multiple values with spaces.

Interaction:

You cannot specify both the EET= option and the ET= option in the same PROC CIMPORT step.

EXTENDSN=YES | NO

specifies whether to extend by 1 byte the length of short numerics (fewer than 8 bytes) when you import them. You can avoid a loss of precision when you transport a short numeric in IBM format to IEEE format if you extend its length. You cannot extend the length of an 8-byte short numeric.

Default:	YES
Restriction:	This option applies only to data sets.
Tip:	Do not store fractions as short numerics.

ISFILEUTF8=YES | NO ISFILEUTF8=TRUE | FALSE

explicitly designates the encoding of a data set that is contained in a transport file as UTF-8. Although data set encodings are recorded (or stamped) in SAS 9.2 transport files, encodings are not stamped in transport files created using SAS releases before 9.2. Therefore, designating the UTF-8 encoding is useful under these conditions:

The data set in the transport file was created using a SAS release before 9.2.
The data set is known to be encoded as UTF-8.

The person who restores the transport file in the target environment should have a description of the transport file in advance of the restore operation.

YES | Y | yes | y | TRUE | true | T | t: specifies that the data set in the transport file is encoded as UTF-8.
NO | N | no | n | FALSE | false | F | f: specifies that the data set in the transport file is not encoded as UTF-8. NO is the default.

Default:	NO
Restriction:	PROC CIMPORT uses this option only if the transport file is not stamped with the encoding of the data set. Encodings were not recorded in SAS releases before 9.2. If an encoding is recorded in the transport file and the ISFILEUTF8= option is specified in PROC CIMPORT, ISFILEUTF8= is ignored.
Tips:	In order to successfully import a transport file in the target SAS session, you should have this information about the transport file: Source operating environment; for example, Windows SAS release; for example SAS 9.2 Name of the transport file; for example, tport.dat Encoding of the character data; for example wlatin1 National language of the character data; for example, American English (or en_US)
See Also:	CIMPORT Problems: Importing Transport Files
See Also:	For more information about creating and restoring transport files, see Moving and Accessing SAS Files.

FORCE

enables access to a locked catalog. By default, PROC CIMPORT locks the catalog that it is updating to prevent other users from accessing the catalog while it is being updated. The FORCE option overrides this lock, which allows other users to access the catalog while it is being imported, or allows you to import a catalog that is currently being accessed by other users.

CAUTION:: The FORCE option can lead to unpredictable results.
The FORCE option allows multiple users to access the same catalog entry simultaneously.

INFILE=fileref | 'filename'

specifies a previously defined fileref or the filename of the transport file to read. If you omit the INFILE= option, then PROC CIMPORT attempts to read from a transport file with the fileref SASCAT. If a fileref SASCAT does not exist, then PROC CIMPORT attempts to read from a file named SASCAT.DAT.

Alias:	FILE=
Featured in:	Importing an Entire Library.

MEMTYPE=mtype

specifies that only data sets, only catalogs, or both, be imported from the transport file. Values for mtype can be as follows:

ALL: both catalogs and data sets
CATALOG | CAT: catalogs
DATA | DS: SAS data sets

NEW

creates a new catalog to contain the contents of the imported transport file when the destination you specify has the same name as an existing catalog. NEW deletes any existing catalog with the same name as the one you specify as a destination for the import. If you do not specify NEW, and the destination you specify has the same name as an existing catalog, PROC CIMPORT appends the imported transport file to the existing catalog.

NOEDIT

imports SAS/AF PROGRAM and SCL entries without edit capability.

You obtain the same results if you create a new catalog to contain SCL code by using the MERGE statement with the NOEDIT option in the BUILD procedure of SAS/AF software.

Note: The NOEDIT option affects only SAS/AF PROGRAM and SCL entries. It does not affect FSEDIT SCREEN and FSVIEW FORMULA entries. [cautionend]

Alias:

NEDIT

NOSRC

suppresses the importing of source code for SAS/AF entries that contain compiled SCL code.

You obtain the same results if you create a new catalog to contain SCL code by using the MERGE statement with the NOSOURCE option in the BUILD procedure of SAS/AF software.

Alias:	NSRC
Interaction:	PROC CIMPORT ignores the NOSRC option if you use it with an entry type other than FRAME, PROGRAM, or SCL.

TAPE

reads the input transport file from a tape.

Default:

PROC CIMPORT reads from disk.

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