Version 7 of the SAS System includes three interface library engines, BMDP, OSIRIS and SPSS, that enable you to access external data directly from a SAS program. All these engines are read-only.

You do not need to use a LIBNAME statement before running the CONVERT procedure if you are using PROC CONVERT to convert an OSIRIS file to a SAS data file. (For more information, see the procedure ...