An Introduction to SAS® Viya® Environment Manager Q&A, Slides, and On-Demand Recording
Watch this Ask the Expert session to get a complete introduction to the environment manager tool and learn five essential skills.
You will learn how to:
- Access SAS Environment Manager.
- View configuration definitions and instances.
- Navigate through the different pages and menus.
- Export content.
- Import content.
The questions from the Q&A segment held at the end of the webinar are listed below and the slides from the webinar are attached.
Q&A
Are all the datasets in 'Available' a subset of 'Data Sources'?
Correct! These are the files that have been loaded into memory (CAS).
.egp means we have imported, but here we see the extension in SAS Environment Manager as .flw. Is this expected in SAS Viya 4?
Yes. They become SAS Studio Flows. Be sure to check out announcements at SAS Explore!
Is the 'licensed product' tab the same as 'proc setinit;run;'?
It's very similar, although it may show things as a finer level of detail than in SAS 9.
How do you move SAS 9 contents like saslibraries and groups from SAS 9 management console to SAS Viya using SAS Environment Manager or any programming or CLI methods in batches? Any relevant instruction or documentation?
Content Assessment will organize your data and libraries to load from SAS 9.4 to Viya 4 in bulk SAS 9 Content Assessment
How do you assess SAS Viya 3.5 contents and move to SAS Viya 4? Are there any tools available for SAS Viya 3.5, like we have one for SAS Content Assessment tool?
SAS Help Center: Full-System Migration from SAS Viya 3.X: Tasks
Since in SAS Environment, some users are given (assumed admin privilege) while logging in, what is special for core SAS admin in SAS Viya when using SAS EVM?
You can assume Superuser Role in Environment manager this will give you extended Admin rites , users will not have this option SAS Help Center: SAS Cloud Analytic Services: How To (SAS Environment Manager)
Assume the Superuser Role
In SAS Environment Manager, you become a Superuser only after you explicitly assume that role. For example, you might assume the role to troubleshoot and resolve an access issue or to manage format libraries. To assume the Superuser role:
- In the applications menu (
), select Administration
Manage Environment. In the navigation bar, select
. - In the list of servers, right-click the name of the server for which you want to assume the role, and select Assume the Superuser role.
The status message reminds you that you have assumed the role.
- After you perform the task that required the role, click Relinquish in the status bar.
Note: Use the Superuser role only when it is required
What is publishing destinations in SAS EVM console? How do I use it?
Here is documentation on what the publishing destinations in Viya Environment Manager and how to use it SAS Viya: Publishing Destinations
How do I configure Active Directory users to get it synced to SAS Environments using the SAS Environment Manager?
Tips for Configuring the SAS Viya Identities Service for LDAP
How do I create compute contexts using SAS Environment Manger console also using CLI? Are there step by step instructions?
You mentioned that Viya 4 uses Kubernetes. If you use an earlier version of SAS Viya and plan on upgrading to Viya 4, will administrative tasks change a lot? What does a SAS Viya admin need to know for such an upgrade to be as smooth as possible?
SAS Help Center: Full-System Migration from SAS Viya 3.X: Tasks
Kevin didn’t tick the ‘Save as in memory’ but it directly appears in ‘Available’. Do you know why?
This is Automatic when doing an import of data using the import page.
Does the server section show only the CAS type servers? Not the SCR, MAS, and SPRE servers.
SAS Help Center: SAS/ACCESS for Relational Databases: Reference
Are there any databases that require additional software to be installed on hosts, e.g., Oracle or ODBC software? Or does SAS Viya 4 provide all the required software on deployment?
There will still be some third-party software required for Viya SAS Help Center: System Requirements for the SAS Viya Platform
Do all users in SAS Environment Manager by default have a folder named “My Folder,” which is not visible to others users? Meaning my contents in MYFOLDER are not visible to another user’s MYFOLDER? Can the Admin view all the contents from all FOLDERS?
SAS Help Center: Folders: Overview
In the Import section, can we only import .spk (SAS Package or the SAS contents like .SAS, .egp, .sas7bdat, etc.)?
SAS Help Center: Import Using SAS Environment Manager
Will the DEV, TEST or prod environment be different URLs to connect to or different CAS servers?
Yes, you will have different URL’s for each environment’s Environment Manager. You can use the cat ~/urls.md command, and this will list the URL
How do I use SCIM for user management in SAS Viya?
Is the Import section to import all SAS contents? Be it from SAS 9, SAS Viya 3.5, or SAS Viya 4.
Yes, SAS Help Center: Import Using SAS Environment Manager
What does the GUID in the configuration plug-in show? Is this relevant information mapping?
|
GUID: |
unique-identifier |
A globally unique identifier for the configuration instance |
SAS Help Center: Configuration Properties: Concepts
What are those URLS for Logs plug-in?
/SASENVIRONMENTMANAGER/LOGS
Can we create multiple contexts and associate that context to different node pools in Kubernetes?
YES
Why do the Jobs and Flows plug-in show download option for logs? Is the log not available by default? Do we need to download the log every time and check?
If you are using SAS Studio then the Logs are available in Studio, if you are using VA then the logs are available under logs and flows.
Can we use SAS Studio with sasboot user?
This is documentation on how to use sasboot SAS Help Center: Sign In as the sasboot User
Recommended Resources
SAS Viya Administration: Getting Started - Self-Study
SAS® Viya® Administration Fast Track
Moving from SAS®9 to SAS® Viya®
Please see additional resources in the attached slide deck.
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