topic Re: ODS output transfer from Z/Os in ODS and Base Reporting

ODS output transfer from Z/Os

nrk1787db1 — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 19:33:58 GMT

Hi,

I need help with ODS in Z/Os, I generated a HTM output dataset on the mainframe called ABC.DEF.GHI.HTM which contains the output of the print proc.

I'm using send/receive utility to transfer the mainfrarme dataset to PC using the BINARY scheme transfer type, post tranfer I rename the file as _something_.HTM

When I open the file _something_.HTM in PC (Windows), Output is all invalid characters.

Could anyone please describe what is the best way to get out of this situtaion?

Re: ODS output transfer from Z/Os

ballardw — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 20:53:27 GMT

Did you try using an ASCII transfer?

Re: ODS output transfer from Z/Os

Cynthia_sas — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 22:19:15 GMT

An HTM or HTML file is just an ASCII text file. @ballardw's suggestion is a good one to try doing the transfer as TEXT or ASCII.
cynthia

Re: ODS output transfer from Z/Os

Kurt_Bremser — Sat, 07 Nov 2015 07:00:47 GMT

Z/OS uses the EBCDIC character set, which differs significantly from the ASCII-based character sets on all other operating systems.

Therefore you need to use ASCII or text transfer modes, where the conversion is done on the fly for you.

Re: ODS output transfer from Z/Os

TimH — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 13:15:53 GMT

Adding a reply here in case anyone else gets this as a recommendation.

First - when transferring from z/OS to another platform: HTML and Javascript files (if any) should be transferred as Text (ASCII in some FTP programs) - codepage translaton will happen between EBCDIC and UTF8 or ASCII; image files (JPG, PNG, etc.) have to be transferred in IMAGE or BINARY mode.

Secomd - there's a free Apache-based web server for z/OS that isn't hard to set up and get running; maybe just server the pages from the mainframe itself. One advantage: When you re-run your SAS program to tweak the graph or update it, you only need to refresh the web page in your browser, no file transfers necessary.