SPRE -> SAS 9.4M?

[AllanBowe]

Is there any kind of correlation or mapping between the Viya versions in SPRE and the 9.4 maintenance versions?

The reason being, when building apps for SAS clients, we need to understand what SAS functionality will be available.  And which 'minimum version' should be targeted.

For instance, can one assume that Viya 3.2 -> M4,  Viya 3.3 -> M5, Viya 3.4 -> M6 or something like that?

[Rick_SAS · Accepted solution]

That's a good question. I was not able to find that information in the documentation. However, as I understand it, the answer is yes (with minor caveats).  The SPRE procedures in Viya 3.4 are essentially the v940M6 procedures plus additional CAS-enabled procedures. So if you want to know what features are in PROC FREQ or PROC GLM in SPRE, you can use the associated Base SAS or SAS/STAT documentation from the previous SAS 9 release.

Since the Viya releases tend to occur more frequently than SAS 9 releases, I assume it is theoretically possible that a SPRE procedure could support a "preview" of an option that will appear in a future release of SAS 9. I am not aware of a concrete example where that has happened, but it seems possible.