Moving and Accessing SAS Files : SAS Help Center

About This Book

Introduction

Moving and Accessing SAS Files between Operating Environments

SAS Transport Formats

Strategies for Moving and Accessing SAS Files

PROC CPORT and PROC CIMPORT

XPORT Engine with DATA Step or PROC COPY

Transferring Transport Files and Foreign Files

Transferring Files

Operating Environment Specifics

File Extensions and Headers

File Transport Macros

File Transport Macros

Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting

Appendixes

Record Layout for a SAS Version 5 or 6 Data Set in SAS Transport Format

Record Layout for a SAS Version 8 or 9 Data Set in SAS Transport Format

Last updated: April 8, 2026