SAS Companion for the Microsoft Windows Environment

Using Version 5 and Other Remote Host SAS Files in Version 8

You can directly access remote host SAS data sets, including Version 5, Release 6.07, and Release 6.08 SAS data sets created on a remote host. For example, you may have a Version 5 SAS data set on VSE or a Release 6.07 data set on OS/390. The following explanation uses Version 5, but also applies to these other releases.

To directly access a Version 5 SAS data set created on a remote host computer, use SAS/CONNECT software to establish a communication link between your local SAS session under Windows and a remote SAS session under the other host. Once you have established a link, you can remote submit SAS statements to process the Version 5 data on the remote host computer, or you can download the Version 5 data set to a Version 8 data set under Windows. SAS/CONNECT software provides a convenient one-step way to transport SAS files from system to system. For more information about downloading files, see SAS/CONNECT User's Guide.

As an alternative, you can create a transport data set from your Version 5 data set and transport your file from the host to Windows. Then you can use the XPORT engine to create a Version 8 file from this transport file. If you are accessing Version 6 remote SAS data sets, you can also use PROC CPORT to create the transport file.

The method for transporting data sets differs from the method for transporting SAS catalogs. For more information about transporting SAS files, see SAS Technical Report P-195, Transporting SAS Files between Host Systems.

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