SAS(R) 9.1.3 Companion for z/OS

ENCODING= System Option
System Options under z/OS ENGINE= System Option 427
Specifies the character-set encoding for reading from or writing to external files
Default: OPEN_ED-1047
Valid in: configuration file, system invocation
Category: Environment Control: LANGUAGECONTROL
PROC OPTIONS GROUP= LANGUAGECONTROL
z/OS specifics: valid values for encoding
See: “ENCODING System Option” in the SAS National Language Support (NLS):
User’s Guide
ENGINE= System Option
Specifies the default access method to use for SAS libraries
Default: BASE
Valid in: configuration file, SAS invocation, VMS_SAS_OPTIONS DCL symbol
PROC OPTIONS GROUP= SASFILES
OpenVMS specifics: valid values for engine-name
See: “ENGINE= System Option” in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
Syntax
ENGINE=engine-name
engine-name
can be one of the following under OpenVMS:
BASE | V9
specifies the default SAS engine for SAS System 9 files. This engine is 64-bit.
Previous SAS engines were 32-bit.
V8
specifies the SAS engine for all Version 8 files.
V7
specifies the SAS engine for all Version 7 files.
V6
specifies the read-only Version 6 SAS engine. This engine enables you to read your
Version 6 data sets in SAS 9.1.
V9TAPE
specifies the default sequential engine for SAS System 9 files.