In reply to Chris Hemedinger.

So I've finished my first project with the JSON package and my final thoughts are that this is a welcome addition to the SAS toolset, but it still leaves most of the heavy lifting to be done by the implementer. This is great if you need a lot of control over the end result, or need to focus on performance. Not so great if you just want something more along the lines of the SAS XML Mapper which allows you to use an interface to get your hands on usable data faster, and without coding (although it is very slow if you are processing thousands of XML files). The technical skills required also means that a lot of people with limited coding ability may struggle to make use of it. Still, I'm not one to look a gift horse in the mouth. Can't wait to see what the next iteration of SAS/JSON integration looks like.