Date:         Tue, 14 Jul 1998 10:02:17 +0100
Reply-To:     Peter Crawford <Peter@CRAWFORDSOFTWARE.DEMON.CO.UK>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         Peter Crawford <Peter@CRAWFORDSOFTWARE.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject:      Re: SAS AF Application
In-Reply-To:  <900397628.2124253.0@vm121.akh-wien.ac.at>

In article <900397628.2124253.0@vm121.akh-wien.ac.at>, leonora dela cruz
<lcdelac@PACBELL.NET> writes
>HI Sas-Lers,
>
>I am really thankful for all the hints and tips that I am getting
>from this user group.  There's only one main issue that I have
>to deal with.  Briefly, there are three production centres and in
>one of the centres(Centre A), all SAS products are licensed.  The AF
>application will run in Centre A, where the SAS products
>are licensed.  All the input sources that I used for online
>reporting are in Centre B(where SAS products are
>not licensed).  For some jobs that are JCL driven, I don't
>see a problem since I can route the job to run in Centre B using ROUTE
>XEQ.  But for online reporting, I need to have the input source
>available in Centre A.  By using  NDM(a data migration tool) I can
>possibly create duplicate copies of the input sources in Centre A,
>but I do not want to resort to this.  Is there a way that
>I can point to the input sources in Centre B while the
>AF application is running in Centre A?
>
>Or is there a tool or SAS product that I can use to accomplish
>this task?
>
>Would appreciate a reply.  Thanks.
 
I think you could probably use the FTP file access method on a filename
statement or function, if you have tcp/ip connectivity ( are you running
mvs or os/390 ?).
 
good luck - it isn't always straight forward to implement,,,,
--
Peter Crawford