You could look at using DFSPARM in your SAS steps, https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.1.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.icea100/dfsparm.htm
When invoked from another program, and when that other program is reading/providing the data to DFSORT, you can help DFSORT out by providing things like an estimate of the number of records to expect, average record-length. Look at the sysout from any failures you can still locate and see if there are any indicative messages. This doesn't just apply to SAS, but to all programmatic invocations of DFSORT. Performance and stability can be improved through the appropriate use of DFSPARM. You can contact DFSORT directly (Kolusu posts the email address from time to time) if you have such issues and want expert advice. It is good to see things here, as it spreads information around, but I suspect the direct approach is quicker for immediate issues. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
