topic Re: Proc SQL connect to OLAP in SAS Procedures

Proc SQL connect to OLAP

Phil_SBI — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:28:13 GMT

In a proc SQL, is it possible to read the data from an external OLAP Cube (like Essbase or Microsoft) via OLE DB like for a SAS OLAP cube?

example with a SAS OLAP cube:
proc sql;
connect to olap (host=localhost port=5451
user=sasdemo pass=SASDEMO);
create table temp as select * from connection to olap
(
SELECT
{ [geo].[All geo].Children } ON COLUMNS ,
{ CrossJoin ( Hierarchize({ [product].[product].[All product], [product].[product].[All product].Children }) ,
{ [Measures].[QuantitySUM] } ) } ON ROWS
FROM
[Orion]
);
disconnect from olap;
quit;

Re: Proc SQL connect to OLAP

ChrisNZ — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:44:51 GMT

Yes you can do this, you need sas/access to oledb.

See doc TS-700,

Re: Proc SQL connect to OLAP

DLanningham — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 17:11:21 GMT

There are some topics in the SAS OLAP Server User's Guide that may also be of use. See the topics:

Accessing OLAP Cubes from SAS : SQL Pass-Through Facility for OLAP
Connecting to a SAS OLAP Server Using the OLEDB Protocol

Note: the SQLRC macro will also let you validate the success of your Proc SQL connection. This willbe documented in the 9.4 release.