SAS(R) 9.1.3 Companion for z/OS

Accessing BMDP, SPSS, and OSIRIS Files Assigning a Libref to an SPSS File 69
In the next example, the TSO ALLOC command associates a DDname with the name
of the physical file that comprises the BMDP physical-filename. The physical file name
is omitted in the LIBNAME statement and LIBNAME function, because the libref that
is used is the same as the DDname in the TSO statement. The PROC PRINT statement
prints the data for the first save file in the physical file.
Accessing SPSS Files
tso alloc f(xxx) da(’my.bmdp.file’) shr reu;
libname xxx bmdp;
proc print data=xxx._first_;
run;
The SPSS engine supports native and portable file formats for both SPSS and
SPSS-X files. The engine automatically determines which type of SPSS file it is reading
and reads the file accordingly.
This engine can read only SPSS data files that were created under the same
operating environment. For example, the SPSS engine under z/OS cannot read SPSS
files that were created under the OpenVMS operating environment. The only exception
is an SPSS portable file, which can originate from any operating environment.
Assigning a Libref to an SPSS File
In order to access an SPSS file, you must use the LIBNAME statement or
LIBNAME function to assign a libref to the file. Specify the SPSS engine in the
LIBNAME statement as follows:
LIBNAME libref SPSS ’physical-filename ’;
libref
is a SAS libref.
SPSS
is the SPSS engine.
physical-filename
is the physical file name of the SPSS file.
The syntax of the LIBNAME function for SPSS is as follows:
LIBNAME(libref, ’physical-filename’, ’SPSS’)
You do not need to use a LIBNAME statement or function before running PROC
CONVERT if you are using PROC CONVERT to convert an SPSS file to a SAS data
file. (See “CONVERT Procedure” on page 308.)
Note that the LIBNAME statement and function have no options for the SPSS engine.