https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/What-is-the-sas-import-data-loader-job-used-for/m-p/985648#M30765 The sas-import-data-loader updates the CAS table SystemData.IMPORTEDITEMS with details retrieved from the transfer service used by the Visual Analytics report \Products\SAS Environment Manager\Dashboard Items\Migration Summary.<BR /><BR />This is a report on recent imports made to the environment. Mon, 30 Mar 2026 16:49:49 GMT gwootton 2026-03-30T16:49:49Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/What-is-the-sas-import-data-loader-job-used-for/m-p/985623#M30763 <P>SAS Viya deploys a CronJob named&nbsp;<STRONG>sas-import-data-loader.</STRONG></P> <P>I am unable to understand what this job does and why it needs to run every 2 hours. Hopefully someone can shed some light on this for me. Thanks.</P> Mon, 30 Mar 2026 11:38:22 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/What-is-the-sas-import-data-loader-job-used-for/m-p/985623#M30763 EyalGonen 2026-03-30T11:38:22Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/What-is-the-sas-import-data-loader-job-used-for/m-p/985648#M30765 The sas-import-data-loader updates the CAS table SystemData.IMPORTEDITEMS with details retrieved from the transfer service used by the Visual Analytics report \Products\SAS Environment Manager\Dashboard Items\Migration Summary.<BR /><BR />This is a report on recent imports made to the environment. Mon, 30 Mar 2026 16:49:49 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/What-is-the-sas-import-data-loader-job-used-for/m-p/985648#M30765 gwootton 2026-03-30T16:49:49Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/What-is-the-sas-import-data-loader-job-used-for/m-p/985662#M30767 <P>Hן&nbsp;<a href="https://communities.sas.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/78975">@gwootton</a>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>So if I have a brand new SAS Viya environment where I do not migrate anything to it then would it be safe to unschedule this CronJob?</P> Tue, 31 Mar 2026 05:59:32 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/What-is-the-sas-import-data-loader-job-used-for/m-p/985662#M30767 EyalGonen 2026-03-31T05:59:32Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/What-is-the-sas-import-data-loader-job-used-for/m-p/985690#M30768 Yes, if you don't need that caslib table populated you can suspend the cronjob. Tue, 31 Mar 2026 13:04:03 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/What-is-the-sas-import-data-loader-job-used-for/m-p/985690#M30768 gwootton 2026-03-31T13:04:03Z