SAS/ACCESS Interface to ADABAS Software

Overview of Using the Interface

The SAS/ACCESS interface consists of two parts:

the ACCESS procedure, which you use to define the SAS/ACCESS descriptor files
the interface view engine, which allows you to use ADABAS data in SAS programs in much the same way as you use SAS data files.

The ACCESS procedure enables you to describe ADABAS data to the SAS System. You store the description in SAS/ACCESS descriptor files, which you can use in SAS programs much as you would use SAS data files. You can print, plot, and chart the data described by the descriptor files, use them to create other SAS data sets, and so on. Several examples of using ADABAS data in SAS programs are presented in Using ADABAS Data in SAS Programs. Using SAS/ACCESS descriptor files to update ADABAS data from within a SAS program is shown in Browsing and Updating ADABAS Data.

The interface view engine is an integral part of the SAS/ACCESS interface, but the interface's design is transparent, so you seldom have to deal directly with the engine. The SAS System automatically interacts with the engine (via the SAS/ACCESS descriptor files) when you use ADABAS data in your SAS programs. The SAS System and the interface view engine do much of the work automatically, so you can simply use ADABAS data in SAS programs in much the same way you use SAS data.

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