Tag: sas viya

Use R to interface with SAS Cloud Analytics Services

The R SWAT package (SAS Wrapper for Analytics Transfer) enables you to upload big data into an in-memory distributed environment to manage data and create predictive models using familiar R syntax. In the SAS Viya Integration with Open Source Languages…

Learn more about SAS Viya with resources from SAS Education

SAS Viya is an exciting addition to the SAS Platform, allowing you to conduct analysis faster than ever before and providing you the flexibility to utilize open source technologies and generate insights from data in any computing environment. The blog …

Using Python to work with SAS Viya and CAS

One of the big benefits of the SAS Viya platform is how approachable it is for programmers of other languages. You don’t have to learn SAS in order to become productive quickly. We’ve seen a lot of interest from people who code in Python, maybe because that language has become […]

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Auto Creation of Linux Home Directories for SAS Users

In a previous post I’ve described a method for configuring Active Directory Authentication for SAS® on Linux (with realmd). One of the packages that’s installed is oddjob-mkhomedir. This package normally handles any requirement for auto-creating home directories for those AD users on Linux. Unfortunately it doesn’t seem to get used by the SAS Object Spawner. … Continue reading “Auto Creation of Linux Home Directories for SAS Users”

Nudging SAS Viya Services Timeout

I had been puzzling over why some SAS® Viya™ services were not starting on a machine reboot. Initially I thought the answer appeared in the SAS Viya 3.2 Administration documentation set: see the General Servers and Services: Troubleshooting section. I found that all the expected services started after: [root@hostname ~]# /etc/init.d/sas-viya-all-services stop [root@hostname ~]# rm … Continue reading “Nudging SAS Viya Services Timeout”

Visiting Open Attractions and Open SAS

As a SAS instructor, I’m often on the road, but, in April, my work travel path is going to take me to a place I haven’t visited since I was 12 years old. The occasion?  SAS Global Forum 2017.  The location?  Walt Disney World® in Orlando. While the main conference […]

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Transitioning from programming in SAS 9 to SAS Viya

Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of posts to help current SAS programmers add SAS Viya to their analytics skillset. In this post, SAS instructors Stacey Syphus and Marc Huber introduce you to the new Transitioning from Programming in SAS 9 to SAS Viya video library, designed to show SAS programmers […]

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Learn about SAS Studio, SAS Enterprise Guide and (drumroll) SAS Viya at SAS Global Forum 2017!

When mentioning to friends that I’m going to Orlando for SAS Global Forum 2107, they asked if I would be taking my kids. Clearly my friends have not attended a SAS Global Forum before as there have been years where I never even left the hotel! My kids would NOT enjoy it… but, […]

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