The solution is to use SQL views, materialized views, or create a new table that contains only the filtered data the user needs.

Example 4: AS/400 Short Alias Names in SQL Pass-Through Views This example demonstrates a problem in which AS/400 short alias names cannot be returned by the AS/400 ODBC driver.

A key difference between views and other types of SAS files is that you need alter access to read (browse) an alter-protected view. For example, to use an alter-protected PROC SQL view in a DESCRIBE ...