I know I'm not the only one to suffer this, but "management" have decided that SAS is too expensive and as it is only used by the technical group (OK, I'm the only one who writes it, though others use the reports) it has got to go. Frankly, I'm surprised I managed to hold on to it for so long.
So, what to replace it with? There's no money to buy a replacement (not even a SAS windows licence) so I'm limited to existing software only. That basically means z/OS and DFSORT. Forgetting about SMF and MXG for the moment, most of the other reports process data from DCOLLECT and RACF IRRDBU, IRRADU. One feature that is used a lot is PROC SUMMARY (or PROC MEANS) to group (sum) data for a subset, for example by high-level qualifier, or part of dsname. I'm happy with REXX but a novice with ICETOOL, my ICETOOL experience being limited to tinkering with sample reports. Does anyone have any hints, gotchas, examples for how I might replace my reports? Thanks, Moira ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
