Programming Tips

Nancy RauschNovember 17, 2023 0

A tip for moving SAS Visual Analytics reports in SAS Viya 4 between SAS Viya environments

In SAS Viya 4 you can create Reports in SAS Visual Analytics that you may want to move around between machines. What if you want copy a report for example from a development environment folder to a production environment folder? You may want to work on the report in one system before putting it onto a final system and making it generally available. Or you may want to have a backup copy saved for recovery purposes. This blog post provides an updated description of how to easily save off SAS Visual Analytics report content to a file and easily move it between machines.

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Data Visualization

Teri PatsilarasJuly 24, 2018 0

Using Data Views in SAS Visual Analytics

In SAS Visual Analytics 8.3, a Data View is a reusable and shareable template for a data source. That means that the data view is tied to the data source, and not to the report. Here's how to use them.

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Data Visualization

Teri PatsilarasJune 29, 2018 0

Key Value Object in SAS Visual Analytics

Introduced with Visual Analytics 8.2 is a new object named: Key Value. The intent of this object is call attention to an aggregated value for a measure, a category, or both. In this post you'll learn more about working with the Key Value Object in SAS Visual Analytics.

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SAS Administrators

Stuart RogersJune 21, 2018 0

SAS Viya connecting with SAS 9.4 One-Time-Passwords

This post addresses connecting to SAS Viya using a One-Time-Password generated by SAS 9.4. We'll learn more about SAS Viya connecting with SAS 9.4 and talk about how this authentication flow operates and when we are likely to require it.

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Programming Tips

Stephen FoersterJune 19, 2018 0

Threads and CAS DATA Step

Cloud Analytic Services (CAS) is really exciting. It’s open, multi-threaded and distributed. And, best of all for SAS programmers, it’s SAS. You can even run DATA Step in CAS. Here's more on how DATA Step work in a multi-threaded, distributed context.

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Data Visualization

Bobbie WagonerJune 13, 2018 0

A look at the new data pane and data item features in SAS Visual Analytics 8.2

In SAS Visual Analytics 8.2 on Viya 3.3, there are a number of new data features available. I’ll cover a few of these new features including the new data plan and data item features in SAS Visual Analytics in this blog.

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Data Visualization | SAS Administrators

Gerry NelsonJune 8, 2018 0

Saving and reloading SAS Viya configuration

Often, in addition to content, an administrator will want to save configuration so that it can be reloaded or updated and applied to a different system. You have the ability to save and reload SAS Viya configuration using command-line interfaces. Learn more in this post.

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SAS Administrators

Scott McCauleyJune 6, 2018 0

Log Management in SAS Viya 3.3

Logs. They can be an administrator’s best friend or a thorn in their side. Thankfully, the chances of that happening with your SAS Viya 3.3 deployment is greatly reduced due to the automatic log management in SAS Viya, which archives log files every day.

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Data Visualization

Teri PatsilarasMay 31, 2018 0

Using Dynamic Text in a SAS Visual Analytics Report

You will not find an object in SAS Visual Analytics named Dynamic Text. Instead, you will find a Text object that allows you to insert dynamically driven data items. By using the Text object’s dynamic capabilities you can build custom report titles, object titles, emphasize measures and even supply the last modified time of the data source in your SAS Visual Analytics Report. In this post, I will outline the ways how you can leverage Dynamic Text in a SAS Visual Analytics Report.

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Data Visualization | SAS Administrators

Bobbie WagonerApril 19, 2018 0

SAS Visual Analytics filters on periodic calculations: Apply them or ignore them!

SAS Visual Analytics filters in 7.4 and 8.2 enable you to improve the appearance of reports based on calculations that use periodic operators. Parameter settings also enable you to provide users with a prompt for choosing the data to display in a report, without having any effect on the calculations themselves.

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics

Patricia NeriApril 13, 2018 0

An introduction to SAS Visual Forecasting 8.2

This post is an introduction to SAS Visual Forecasting 8.2. We'll build a Visual Forecasting (VF) Pipeline, which is a process flow diagram whose nodes represent tasks in the VF Process. The objective is to show how to perform the full analytics life cycle with large volumes of data: from accessing data and assigning variable roles accurately, to building forecasting models, to select a champion model and overriding the system generated forecast.

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Data Management

Nicolas RobertApril 12, 2018 0

An overview of SAS Data Quality 3.3 programming capabilities

The release of SAS Viya 3.3 has brought some nice data quality features. In addition to the visual applications like Data Studio or Data Explorer that are part of the Data Preparation offering, one can leverage data quality capabilities from a programming perspective. Here is an overview of SAS Data Quality 3.3 programming capabilities.

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SAS Administrators

Stuart RogersApril 12, 2018 0

SAS Viya 3.3 Kerberos Delegation from SAS 9.4M5

You can now enable Kerberos delegation across the SAS Platform, using a single strong authentication mechanism across that single platform. As always with configuring Kerberos authentication the prerequisites, in terms of Service Principal Names, service accounts, delegation settings, and keytabs are important for success.

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Advanced Analytics | SAS Administrators

Stuart RogersMarch 29, 2018 0

SAS Viya 3.3 Kerberos Delegation

Learn about the new feature of SAS Viya 3.3 that enables Kerberos delegation throughout the environment. It allows you to have end-user sessions in SAS Cloud Analytics Services that are able to use Kerberos to connect to Secured Hadoop.

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Data Management

Uttam KumarMarch 29, 2018 0

Multi Node Data Transfer to CAS

With SAS Viya 3.3, a new data transfer mechanism Multi Node Data Transfer has been introduced to transfer data between the data source and the SAS’ Cloud Analytics Services. Learn more about this feature.

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Data Management | Data Visualization

Mary Kathryn QueenMarch 16, 2018 0

SAS Data Studio Code Transform (Part 2)

This is a continuation of my previous blog post on SAS Data Studio and the Code transform. In this post, I will review some additional examples of using the Code transform in a SAS Data Studio data plan to help you prepare your data for analytic reports and/or models. Create

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Data Management | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Mary Kathryn QueenMarch 16, 2018 0

SAS Data Studio Code Transform (Part 1)

SAS Data Studio is a new application in SAS Viya 3.3 that provides a mechanism for performing simple, self-service data preparation tasks to prepare data for use in SAS Visual Analytics or other applications. It is accessed via the Prepare Data menu item or tile on SAS Home. Note: A

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Data Visualization

Teri PatsilarasMarch 12, 2018 0

The power behind a Hidden Data Role in SAS Visual Analytics

SAS Visual Analytics 8.2 introduces the Hidden Data Role. This role can accept one or more category or date data items which will be included in the query results but will not be displayed with the object. You can use this Hidden Data Role in: Mapping Data Sources. Color-Mapped Display

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SAS Administrators

Gerry NelsonMarch 8, 2018 0

SAS Viya command-line interfaces for Administration

SAS Viya 3.3 introduced a set of command-line interfaces that SAS Viya administrators will find extremely useful. The command-line interfaces(CLI) will allow administrators to perform numerous administrative tasks in batch as an alternative to using the SAS Environment Manager interface. In addition, calls to the CLI’s can be chained together

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SAS Administrators

Christine VitronFebruary 28, 2018 0

Admin Notebook: Making the case for selectively backing up metadata

Let’s say that you are administering a SAS 9.4 environment that is working just fine. You’ve checked that your full backups are indeed happening and you’ve even tried restoring from one of your backups. You are prepared for anything, right? Well, I’d like to propose a scenario to you. You

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Data Management

Uttam KumarFebruary 19, 2018 0

SAS In-Database Processing in Teradata DBMS

When using conventional methods to access and analyze data sets from Teradata tables, SAS brings all the rows from a Teradata table to SAS Workspace Server. As the number of rows in the table grows over time, it adds to the network latency to fetch the data from a database

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Advanced Analytics | SAS Administrators

Stuart RogersFebruary 14, 2018 0

SAS Viya 3.3 - Some Kerberos principles

In this article, I will set out clear principles for how SAS Viya 3.3 will interoperate with Kerberos. My aim is to present some overview concepts for how we can use Kerberos authentication with SAS Viya 3.3. We will look at both SAS Viya 3.3 clients and SAS 9.4M5 clients.

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Data Visualization | SAS Administrators

Bobbie WagonerFebruary 7, 2018 0

Creating a regional map with custom polygons in SAS Visual Analytics 8.2

In my last article, I worked with an example of using custom polygon data to create a regional geo map in SAS Visual Analytics 7.4. In this article, I will use almost the same example to illustrate the ease of implementing custom polygons to produce the same regional map in

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips | SAS Administrators

Bobbie WagonerFebruary 7, 2018 0

Creating a custom regional map in SAS Visual Analytics 7.4

By default, SAS Visual Analytics 7.4 supports country and state level polygons for regional geomaps. In SAS Visual Analytics 7.4, custom shape files are now supported, as well. This means that if a site has their own custom polygon data that defines custom regions, it’s possible to create a region

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Advanced Analytics | Programming Tips

Patricia NeriJanuary 24, 2018 0

Solving Sudoku puzzles using Constraint Programming in SAS Optimization

Most people who work with optimization are familiar with Linear and Integer Programming, to their toolkit they could add Constraint Programming. Constraint Programming is a powerful technique that is used to solve powerful “real-world” problems in a variety of areas, such as, planning, scheduling, DNA Sequencing, computer graphics and natural

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SAS Administrators

Stuart RogersJanuary 16, 2018 0

SAS Viya 3.3 authentication options

In this article, I want to give you an overview of the authentication options available with SAS Viya 3.3. SAS Viya 3.3, released in the second week of December 2017, and the second release with the new microservices architecture, presents more options for authentication than the previous releases. In future

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SAS Administrators

Christine VitronDecember 18, 2017 0

SAS Admin Notebook: Managing SAS Configuration Directory Security for SAS Visual Analytics

In my last article, Managing SAS Configuration Directory Security, we stepped through the process for granting specific users more access without opening up access to everyone. One example addressed how to modify security for autoload. There are several other aspects of SAS Visual Analytics that can benefit from a similar

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Data Management

Mary Kathryn QueenDecember 13, 2017 0

SAS Data Preparation 2.1: Data quality transformations

SAS Data Preparation 2.1 is now available and it includes the ability to perform data quality transformations on your data using the definitions from the SAS Quality Knowledge Base (QKB). The SAS Quality Knowledge Base is a collection of files which store data and logic that define data quality operations

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Advanced Analytics | SAS Administrators

Gerry NelsonDecember 6, 2017 0

An introduction to authorization in SAS Viya

Authorization determines what a user can see and do in an application. An authorization system is used to define access control policies, and those policies are later enforced so that access requests are granted or denied. To secure resources in SAS Viya there are three authorization systems of which you need to be aware. The General

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Advanced Analytics | SAS Administrators

Gerry NelsonDecember 6, 2017 0

LDAP basics for the SAS Viya administrator

ln SAS Viya, deployments identities are managed by the environments configured identity provider. In Visual SAS Viya deployments the identity provider must be an LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol)  server. Initial setup of a SAS Viya Deployment requires configuration to support reading the identity information (users and groups) from LDAP. SAS Viya 3.3

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