ARS SAS Requirements Screen and Fields

The ARS SAS Requirements screen in the following figure identifies specific JCL parameters for SAS-related information.

    $cd.node         Connect:Direct for z/OS - ARS (SAS Files and Output)
    CMD ==>                                                                  hh:mm
    SAS CATALOGED PROCEDURE (REQUIRED):
    ==> ____________________________________________
    DATASET NAME CONTAINING SAS ROUTINES (REQUIRED):
    ==> ____________________________________________
    ONE OF THE FOLLOWING MUST BE PROVIDED :
    OUTPUT DATA SET NAME :
    ==> ____________________________________________
    OUTPUT (SYSOUT) CLASS :
    ==> _

The following table contains a description of the screen fields.

Field	Description
SAS CATALOGED PROCEDURE	Identifies the name of the SAS cataloged procedure, which is a collection of JCL statements required to execute SAS for batch processing at your installation.
DATA SET NAME CONTAINING SAS ROUTINES	Specifies where the ARS routines ($CD.SDGAMAP) that interact with SAS are located.
OUTPUT DATA SET NAME	You must preallocate the sequential data set designated in this field with the following attributes: RECFM=FBA LRECL=240 BLKSIZE=3120 If this field is left blank, you must specify the OUTPUT (SYSOUT) CLASS field.
OUTPUT (SYSOUT) CLASS	Specifies the SYSOUT class that automatically sends the output to a designated printer queue (optional). If you leave this field blank, you must specify the OUTPUT DATASET NAME field. Note: If you are requesting the IBM® Connect:Direct® Summary report and routing it to a data set, ensure that the data set is empty. If the data set is not empty, this report is placed after the data already in the data set. The IBM Connect:Direct Summary Report is automatically allocated with DISP=MOD instead of DISP=SHR.