https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Management/Reading-a-flat-file-present-in-HDFS-Hadoop/m-p/273221#M7621 <P>Filename hadoop will give you the ability to read the file, but the processing will take place on the SAS "client".</P> <P>One way to go is to register the file into Hive, then you can use SAS/ACCESS to Hadoop to pass through a significant&nbsp;amount of processing to the Hadoop cluster.</P> <P>Also, there are other options, depending on your requirements and constraints.</P> <P>What SAS licenses do you&nbsp;have?</P> Thu, 26 May 2016 10:07:21 GMT LinusH 2016-05-26T10:07:21Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Management/Reading-a-flat-file-present-in-HDFS-Hadoop/m-p/273208#M7620 Hi, I have a flat file placed in HDFS file system. I would like to read this file in my SAS program. I want to harness the the power of parellal processing in Hadoop eco system in order to reduce time drastically. Can you please help how I can achieve this. Thanks!! Thu, 26 May 2016 08:07:26 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Management/Reading-a-flat-file-present-in-HDFS-Hadoop/m-p/273208#M7620 Renganathan 2016-05-26T08:07:26Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Management/Reading-a-flat-file-present-in-HDFS-Hadoop/m-p/273221#M7621 <P>Filename hadoop will give you the ability to read the file, but the processing will take place on the SAS "client".</P> <P>One way to go is to register the file into Hive, then you can use SAS/ACCESS to Hadoop to pass through a significant&nbsp;amount of processing to the Hadoop cluster.</P> <P>Also, there are other options, depending on your requirements and constraints.</P> <P>What SAS licenses do you&nbsp;have?</P> Thu, 26 May 2016 10:07:21 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Management/Reading-a-flat-file-present-in-HDFS-Hadoop/m-p/273221#M7621 LinusH 2016-05-26T10:07:21Z