In addition to possibly decreased performance, see some other documented restrictions. ... View more

To help you decide whether you want to migrate your SAS data - to be totally compatible in the new operating environment - see the compatibility calculator. If you choose to migrate, see the PROC MIGRATE calculator for links to example code. ... View more

Check out PROC MIGRATE. Indexes are included automatically. See: http://go.documentation.sas.com/?cdcId=pgmsascdc&cdcVersion=9.4_3.3&docsetId=proc&docsetTarget=p00mbor90f24mfn192ma4krabl05.htm&locale=en   Most views are also included automatically. For details, see: http://go.documentation.sas.com/?cdcId=pgmsascdc&cdcVersion=9.4_3.3&docsetId=proc&docsetTarget=n0tj203rjrfn6pn169n2lqucrpz8.htm&locale=en#p0ujf5gacr5kzhn18ve49psu4aal     ... View more

> My question earlier was, should I make any changes in the code post migration, before testing (i'm sure we would come to know in testing  whatever is missed out). However , would like to document the changes before hand.   IF the OS and the SAS versions and the paths are the same, there is no change to make a priori. If not, you need to modify the code to cater for the known changes. ... View more

There's also cross-environment compatibility, new in SAS 9.4M5 for SPD Engine (SPDE).   If you can access the SPD Engine data set where it currently is on AIX, then you can leave it in that location, and cross-environment data access (CEDA) enables Read access. CEDA has some important restrictions. See Accessing SPD Engine Files on Another Host.   Other caveats: You can't physically move data with CEDA. And you should never move SPDE data with OS commands. So if you need to move it, then use one of the PROCs mentioned above or PROC COPY. ... View more

Regardless, XML mapper never gets deployed with EG. It is probably not even supplied, and can certainly not be installed by downloading it in most corporations. I recall XML mapper used to get deployed with desktop SAS, together with graph'n'go, licence updater, etc. I am only mentioning the licence because that's how SAS Institute killed SAS desktop. ... View more

Have you followed the SAS Hadoop Configuration Guide for Base SAS and SAS/ACCESS? https://support.sas.com/content/dam/SAS/support/en/documentation/third-party-reference/493970_9.4-hadoopbacg-4th-ed-1217.pdf   More information is at: https://support.sas.com/en/documentation/third-party-software-reference/9-4/guides-papers-for-hadoop.html   ... View more

Here is the most recent version of the XML engine book, opened at the topics that discuss the XML Mapper: Using SAS XML Mapper to Generate and Update an XMLMap.   See also two videos about XMLMaps listed under "Videos" at http://support.sas.com/documentation/onlinedoc/base/index.html ... View more

Here are a few more compatibility notes for SAS/AF specifically: https://support.sas.com/rnd/migration/planning/software/af.html ... View more

Hi   You can make use of the SPDE engine but store the data in HDFS.   An example LIBNAME would look like this   libname spd_hdfs spde '/user/yourUser' hdfshost=default ; Check the doc for more options.   Bruno ... View more

You can import XML file in SAS-U.     filename xx temp; libname xx xmlv2 '/folders/myfolders/x.xml' automap=replace xmlmap=xx; proc copy in=xx out=work; run; ... View more