Moving And Accessing SAS 9.1 Files

ISBN: 1590472306
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2004
Pages: 109

Authors: SAS Institute

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Table of Contents
BackCover
Moving and Accessing SAS 9.1 Files
What s New
Details
Part 1: Introduction
Chapter 1: Moving and Accessing SAS Files between Operating Environments
Deciding to Access a SAS File Across Operating Environments
Strategies For Moving and Accessing SAS Files
Summary of Strategy Features
Moving and Accessing SAS Files in International Environments
The Data Set Used For Examples
Naming Conventions Used For Examples
Part 2: Strategies for Moving and Accessing SAS Files
Chapter 2: Cross-Environment Data Access (CEDA)
CEDA Advantages
CEDA Limitations
Changing SAS File Formats
Transferring a SAS File between Machines
Identifying the Format of a SAS File
Reading and Writing a Foreign File
Chapter 3: PROC CPORT and PROC CIMPORT
PROC CPORT and PROC CIMPORT Advantage
PROC CPORT and PROC CIMPORT Limitations
Creating a Transport File at the Source Machine
Transferring Transport Files to a Target Machine
Restoring Transport Files at the Target Machine
Chapter 4: XPORT Engine with DATA Step or PROC COPY
XPORT Engine Advantages
XPORT Engine Limitations
Regressing SAS Data Sets to SAS 6 Format
Creating a Transport File at the Source Machine
Transferring Transport Files Across a Network
Restoring Transport Files at the Target Machine
Chapter 5: XML Engine with DATA Step or PROC COPY
XML Engine Advantages
XML Engine Limitations
Creating an XML Document at the Source Machine
Transferring an XML Document Across a Network
Restoring an XML Document as a Data Set at a Target Machine
Part 3: Transferring Transport Files and Foreign Files
Chapter 6: Transferring Files
Attributes for Transport Files
Using the FILENAME Statement or the FTP Utility for Foreign Files and Transport Files
Part 4: Operating Environment Specifics
Chapter 7: OpenVMS Operating Environment
Specifying File Attributes for OpenVMS
Identifying the SAS Version Used to Create a Member Under OpenVMS
Mounting a Tape Device on OpenVMS
OpenVMS Error Messages
Chapter 8: zOS Operating Environment
Identifying the SAS Version Used to Create a Member Under zOS
Organizing zOS Files with the SAS 8 and Later UNIX System Services Directory
Using zOS Batch Statements for File Transport
Transferring a Transport File over the Network
Reading Transport Files in zOS Operating Environments
Chapter 9: UNIX Operating Environment
Identifying the SAS Version Used to Create a Member Under UNIX
Creating a Transport File on Tape
Copying the Transport File From Disk to Tape at the UNIX Source Machine
Copying the Transport File From Tape to Disk at the Target Machine
Chapter 10: Windows Operating Environment
Error Message
Chapter 11: SAS Filename Extensions and File Headers
Using PROC CONTENTS to Identify Which SAS Base Engine was Used to Create a SAS File
Using File Headers to Identify Which Strategy was Used to Create a Transport File
Part 5: Troubleshooting
Chapter 12: Preventing and Fixing Problems
Error and Warning Messages
Verifying Transfer Format and Transport File Attributes
Reblocking a Transport File
Part 6: Samples and Logs
Chapter 13: Examples of Moving SAS Files
OpenVMS Alpha to UNIX File Transport
zOS to Windows File Transport
zOS JCL Batch to UNIX File Transport
Strategies for Verifying Transport Files
Part 7: Appendix
Appendix 1: Recommended Reading
Glossary
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List of Outputs and Example Code