From Dashboard to Autopilot: How SAS Visual Analytics on SAS® Viya® Transforms the AI Data Journey

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Watch this Ask the Expert session to learn how the new Viya platform puts you in the fast lane of analytics innovation, speed and self-service.

Watch the Webinar

You will:

•  Understand the practical benefits of migrating to or starting fresh with SAS Viya.
• See live demos of new features such as natural language generation, modern visualization and tighter AI/machine learning (ML) integration.
• Learn how SAS is investing in the future of visual analytics with cloud-first thinking, open integration and automation.
• See and learn about the upcoming new Co-Pilot natural language interaction with SAS Visual Analytics

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

How do you move/migrate existing SAS Visual Analytics report(s) from SAS 9.4 to Viya?

https://go.documentation.sas.com/doc/en/vacdc/v_033/vareports/n0ysrhs91sch41n1hxnnm5jpb2rp.htm

Can you integrate SAS Visual Analytics for Viya with Microsoft Office?

Yes: https://communities.sas.com/t5/Ask-the-Expert/How-Does-SAS-Viya-Integrate-With-My-Favorite-Microsoft...

Ted mentioned SAS Studio briefly when talking about SAS Viya Jobs.  Are there other integration point(s) between SAS Studio for Viya and SAS Visual Analytics for Viya?

Yes: https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Communities-Library/Take-the-Low-Code-No-Code-SAS-Studio-plunge/t...

Does SAS VA’s mobile device support include the Analytical capabilities that Ted talked about and demonstrated as well?

Yes: https://support.sas.com/en/software/visual-analytics-apps-support.html

Where can I go to learn more about SAS Visual Analytics?

This course is free and available to all, https://learn.sas.com/course/view.php?id=6344

Where can I go to learn more about SAS Viya, not just Visual Analytics?

This course is free and available to all, https://learn.sas.com/course/view.php?id=214

Can we give path to SAS datasets to pick data for visualization? What formats of data can be loaded?

https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Communities-Library/Simplifying-SAS-Viya-Part-3-Loading-Data-into...

Can we customize dashboards with Open Source (e.g. Python/R) code?

The three “programmatic/coding” ways to integrate with SAS VA include:

• SAS Viya Jobs (built in SAS Studio and deployed within SAS Visual Analytics): https://go.documentation.sas.com/doc/en/vacdc/v_033/vaobj/p0i2cowtx1nglqn1iye9jgkp1zk0.htm
• Data Driven Content (e.g. built with Javascript and deployed within SAS Visual Analytics): https://go.documentation.sas.com/doc/en/vacdc/v_033/vaobj/n1tlhkaafz8e77n1xxc6de9iuv59.htm
• SAS Visual Analytics API support: https://developer.sas.com/rest-apis/visualAnalytics

Please see additional resources in the attached slide deck.

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