Improving Copilot Observability in SAS Viya: Introducing Viya GenAIMonitor (Community Project)

vitorlima86 — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 21:09:52 GMT

As Copilot capabilities become more widely used in SAS Viya, understanding how these features are being adopted in real environments is increasingly important.

Questions such as who is using Copilot, how often, and in what context often arise—from customers, administrators, and support teams alike. While safety mechanisms and guardrails are fundamental, observability plays a key role in building trust, supporting troubleshooting, and enabling meaningful feedback.

This post introduces Viya GenAIMonitor, an unofficial, community-led tool created to explore these observability needs.

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Because Observality Matters

The initial goal of this project was to enable a clearer way to retrieve and review prompts and responses generated by Copilot. Access to real conversations can help:

Review how users interact with Copilot features
Identify response quality issues, including potential hallucinations
Support troubleshooting and customer-reported scenarios
Inform future improvements through real usage examples

As development progressed, the scope naturally expanded to include broader usage observability, helping teams better understand how Copilot is being used across different environments.

What Is Viya4 GenAI Monitor?

Viya GenAIMonitor is a lightweight, browser-based dashboard that connects to a SAS Viya Platform through a local Python proxy.

It enables read-only access to SAS Viya Copilot conversations, making it possible to:

View active and historical Copilot chat sessions
Explore conversations by user, chat ID, or free-text search
Understand usage patterns across environments
Safely retrieve chats for troubleshooting or analysis

The design follows a few strict principles:

Read-only access
Local-first architecture
No external services
No stored credentials

Everything stays within the environment.

Intended Audience

This community tool may be useful for:

Technical Support teams retrieving conversations to assist with analysis and troubleshooting
Customer administrators seeking visibility into Copilot usage within their environments
End users or power users revisiting previous chats or commonly used prompts
Anyone who needs to retrieve or review SAS Viya Copilot conversations for learning or analysis purposes

Community and Contribution

Viya GenAIMonitor is a community-developed tool and is not officially supported by SAS Standard Support.

That said, feedback and discussion are encouraged. Customers and community members are welcome to:

Ask questions
Share observations or suggestions
Provide feedback based on real-world usage

These conversations can take place through the project’s GitHub page or within the SAS Communities platform, depending on what is most convenient.

Community input plays an important role in shaping ideas, identifying opportunities for improvement, and exploring how Copilot observability can better support real customer needs.

Closing Thoughts

As Copilot features continue to evolve, visibility into real-world usage can help improve understanding, support, and trust. This project represents one community-driven exploration of that space.

If observability of Copilot usage in SAS Viya is relevant to your work, you are welcome to review the project, share feedback, or contribute.

Re: Improving Copilot Observability in SAS Viya: Introducing Viya GenAIMonitor (Community Project)

vitorlima86 — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 13:26:48 GMT

Sorry, I forgot to add the link to the page:

GitHub project: Viya GenAIMonitor

Questions or feedback can also be shared through this post.

Re: Improving Copilot Observability in SAS Viya: Introducing Viya GenAIMonitor (Community Project)

HelissonMota — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 16:31:24 GMT

New Features available:

📌 Pinned chats for quick access
💬 Ability to add comments to each chat
🔁 Replay function for conversations
🆔 One-click auto-copy of Chat ID

Data & Export Enhancements:

📊 Download CSV data from All and History (with period-based sorting)
📈 Export graph views for all users or individual users (PNG or PDF formats)

New Visualizations:

🔥 Heatmap chart
🧭 User journey chart (based on selected user)

UI Improvements:

✨ Refactored interface for a smoother experience

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Improving Copilot Observability in SAS Viya: Introducing Viya GenAIMonitor (Community Project)

Because Observality Matters

What Is Viya4 GenAI Monitor?

Intended Audience

Community and Contribution

Closing Thoughts

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