Watch this Ask the Expert session to learn the multiple pathway options when transitioning from SAS Enterprise Guide to SAS Viya. Plus, get a comparison of SAS Enterprise Guide and SAS Studio features.
You will learn:
What options are available to a SAS Enterprise Guide user transitioning to SAS Viya.
How SAS Enterprise Guide compares to SAS Studio.
About additional benefits gained with SAS Viya.
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
In SAS Enterprise Guide I can use keyboard shortcuts for most commonly used code, but in SAS Studio I can't. Why?
Since SAS Studio runs in a web browser, some keyboard shortcuts are controlled by the browser and cannot be redefined in the application. Please see the Keyboard Shortcut SAS Help page for information on managing keyboard shortcuts.
In the SAS Enterprise Guide version shown here, are all these different tools (e.g., Git repositories, tasks, etc.) only available with SAS Viya, or is it also available with SAS 9?
Git integration is available to both, Tasks are used in SAS Enterprise Guide process flows whilst steps are used in SAS Studio Flows. Here is a general feature comparison of the various versions of SAS Enterprise Guide and SAS Studio.
Is it possible to transform stored processes from SAS 9.4 to SAS Viya / SAS Studio including the prompts? What happens with Stored Process in Viya?
Is there a specific version of SAS Enterprise Guide that is required to run across 9.4, Viya, and Workbench? And are there limitations to using each of these with EG, assuming there was a use case that required this (for instance, could you have a flow running across all of these in the same EG session)?
The upcoming June release of SAS 9.4M9 will include SAS Enterprise Guide 8.6- which introduces integration with SAS Viya Workbench. This enhancement enables you to build process flows that use SAS 9, SAS Viya 4 and SAS Viya Workbench servers. If you already have SAS Enterprise Guide, you can upgrade to version 8.6 via the Help -> Check for Updates menu, once it’s available.
Can you run two jobs in parallel using SAS Studio on Viya?
Yes, you can submit multiple flows or programs in the background with SAS Studio. You can also create a SAS Viya job definition from a SAS Studio flow or SAS program and schedule it is using conditional logic, if needed. SAS Environment Manager can also be used to schedule these jobs to be run in parallel.
Python is an option on SAS Viya 4. What are the plans for R? What about these 2 analytical tools in SAS Viya Workbench? Can I build a custom node with R or Python running inside?
Proc Python is available in SAS Viya 4 and can be used when building SAS Studio custom steps-a user-defined point-and-click interface to execute code. Support for a similar procedure for running R code, is under consideration.
During a migration, will the projects developed in SAS Enterprise Guide be carried over? How much effort is involved?
We have a strong and robust migration path in place for importing SAS Enterprise Guide projects and creating SAS Studio flows with a range of tools available depending on the volume and complexity of the projects.
I have Viya 3.5 and I do not have "Flow", what am I missing on my environment?
SAS Studio flows are not available in SAS Viya 3.5; SAS Viya 4 is required to access this functionality. See the general feature comparison (SAS Studio 5.2 is used in SAS Viya 3.5).
How do we make sure we have same setting of SAS STAT version from EG to Viya?
The SAS/STAT procedures in SAS Viya work the same as they do in SAS 9, although in the newest versions of SAS Viya there may be some enhancements and fixes.
Are the steps available in Studio dependent on the type of Studio license, or are the steps shown available in SAS Studio with any Viya licence?
The SAS Studio license determines the steps available in SAS Studio. For more information see Summary of Flow Functionality.
Can EG projects be imported into SAS Studio for Viya 4?
Yes, we have a strong and robust migration path in place for importing SAS Enterprise Guide projects and creating SAS Studio flows with a range of tools available depending on the volume and complexity of the projects.
No, they are not the same. SAS Viya is a cloud-native, end-to-end data and AI platform that makes development easier and boosts productivity with tools that are friendly for everyone on your team. SAS Studio is a web application that allows you to build efficient data pipelines that run on SAS Viya with a world-class data engineering experience.
Please see additional resources in the attached slide deck.
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