topic Re: Change default import options in SAS Viya in Administration and Deployment

Change default import options in SAS Viya

EyalGonen — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 13:58:35 GMT

Hi experts,

When using the Import option to import a SAS Dataset or some other file to CAS there are option that the Import Window presents. I would like to know whether it is possible to change the defaults for this Import window for all users.

For example, I want the default CHAR MULTIPLIER to be 2 and not 1 or to automatically select the checkbox Save as in-memory data only. Is this doable?

Re: Change default import options in SAS Viya

gwootton — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 19:49:58 GMT

It looks like these defaults are currently hard-coded, so cannot be customized.

Re: Change default import options in SAS Viya

EyalGonen — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 07:11:16 GMT

That's what I thought...It would be useful to have a way to customize this.