SAS(R) 9.1.3 Companion for z/OS

Example of Converting an OSIRIS File
Procedures under z/OS CONVERT Procedure 311
The following statements convert an OSIRIS file and produce the temporary SAS data
set TEMP, which contains the converted data. Output 16.6 shows the attributes of
TEMP.
filename osiris ’userid.misc.cntl(osirdata)’;
filename dict ’userid.misc.cntl(osirdict)’;
proc convert osiris=osiris dict=dict out=temp;
run;
title ’OSIRIS CONVERT Example’;
proc contents;
run;
Output 16.6 Converting an OSIRIS File
OSIRIS CONVERT Example
The CONTENTS Procedure
Data Set Name: WORK.TEMP Observations: 20
Member Type: DATA Variables: 9
Engine: V9 Indexes: 0
Created: 9:46 Monday, April 27, 1999 Observation Length: 36
Last Modified: 9:46 Monday, April 27, 1999 Deleted Observations: 0
Protection: Compressed: NO
Data Set Type: Sorted: NO
Label:
-----Engine/Host Dependent Information-----
Data Set Page Size: 6144
Number of Data Set Pages: 1
First Data Page: 1
Max Obs per Page: 135
Obs in First Data Page: 20
Number of Data Set Repairs: 0
Physical Name: SYS99117.T152416.RA000.USERID.R0121907
Release Created: 8.0000B2
Release Last Modified: 8.0000B2
Created by: USERID
Last Modified by: USERID
Subextents: 1
Total Blocks Used: 1
-----Alphabetic List of Variables and Attributes-----
# Variable Type Len Pos Format Label
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 V1 Num 4 0 INTERVIEW NUMBER REF= 1 ID=
2 V2 Num 4 4 INTERVIEWER NUMBER REF= 2 ID=
3 V3 Num 4 8 PRIMARY SAMPLING UNIT REF= 3 ID=
4 V4 Num 4 12 REGION REF= 4 ID=
5 V5 Num 4 16 CHUNK AND SEGMENT REF= 5 ID=
6 V6 Num 4 20 LANGUAGE OF INTERVIEW REF= 6 ID=
7 V7 Num 4 24 LANGUAGE OF INTERVIEW REF=1621 ID=
8 V9 Num 4 28 LNGTH OF INTERVIEW REF=1620 ID=
9 V9 Num 4 32 12.4 WEIGHT REF=1700 ID=