In SAS^® 9.2 and later, the installation process creates several JCL procedures, CLISTs, and REXX execs for invoking SAS. Customers are not always sure which one they should use. This note provides clarification.

Note: The ll and Wn abbreviations used for various languages and EBCDIC encodings used below are defined in the Configuration Guide for SAS^® 9.3 Foundation for z/OS^® in Chapter 2, "Post-Installation Configuration for National Language Support (NLS)."

JCL Procedures

The high-level-qualifier.PROCLIB data set created as part of your SAS^® 9.3 and later installation contains 4 or more of the following members:

• PROCDBWn - JCL procedure to use if you want to use double-byte character sets (for example, Chinese or Japanese) in your SAS programs
• PROCENWn - JCL procedure to use for English language support
• PROCESWn - JCL procedure to use for Spanish language support
• PROCFRWn - JCL procedure to use for French language support
• PROCDEWn - JCL procedure to use for German language support
• PROCllWn - JCL procedure to use for other languages

CLISTs

The high-level-qualifier.CLIST data set created as part of your SAS 9.3 and later installation contains 4 or more of the following members:

• CLSTDBWn - CLIST to use if you want to use double-byte character sets (for example, Chinese or Japanese) in your SAS programs
• CLSTENWn - CLIST to use for English language support
• CLSTESWn - CLIST to use for Spanish language support
• CLSTFRWn - CLIST to use for French language support
• CLSTDEWn - CLIST to use for German language support
• CLSTllWn - CLIST to use for other languages

REXX Execs

The high-level-qualifier.SASRX data set created as part of your SAS 9.3 and later installation contains 4 or more of the following members:

• REXXDBWn - REXX EXEC to use if you want to use double-byte character sets (for example, Chinese or Japanese) in your SAS programs
• REXXENWn - REXX EXEC to use for English language support
• REXXESWn - REXX EXEC to use for Spanish language support
• REXXFRWn - REXX EXEC to use for French language support
• REXXDEWn - REXX EXEC to use for German language support
• REXXllWn - REXX EXEC to use for other languages