SAS Companion for the OS/390 Environment

Transporting SAS Data Sets Between Operating Environments

SAS supports three ways of transporting SAS data sets between OS/390 and other SAS operating environments: the XPORT engine, the CPORT and CIMPORT procedures, and SAS/CONNECT software, which is licensed separately. The process of moving a SAS file to or from OS/390 with the XPORT engine or with the CPORT and CIMPORT procedures involves three general steps:

Convert the SAS file to the intermediate form known as transport format.
Physically move the transport format file to the other operating environment.
Convert the transport format file into a normal, fully functional SAS file, in the format required by the other operating environment.

For further information on the XPORT engine and on the CPORT and CIMPORT procedures, including limited restrictions, refer to Moving and Accessing SAS Files across Operating Environments.

SAS/CONNECT software allows you to move files between operating environments without using the intermediate transport format. For further information on SAS/CONNECT, including limited restrictions, refer to SAS/CONNECT User's Guide.

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