SAS Viya Copilot: Tips and Tricks

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SAS Viya Copilot (introduced with SAS Viya 2025.12) is changing the way we work—bringing conversational AI into analytics, modeling, and coding to make complex tasks faster and more intuitive. This article collects a new series of practical tips designed to help you get the most out of SAS Viya Copilot. Check back often for more tips: including demos that showcase its versatility:

• Full Demo: SAS Viya Copilot for Augmented Analytics 
• Full Demo: SAS Viya Copilot in Model Studio 
• Full Demo: SAS Viya Copilot for Code Assistance 
• SAS Viya Copilot Tip: Generate Complete Model Pipelines Using Conversational Prompts in Model Studio

[Marry_Kloren]

One thing I’ve found really helpful is to be as specific as possible in your prompts. If you tell Copilot exactly what dataset, target, and variables you want, it usually generates a complete pipeline that actually works. It’s saved me a ton of time in Model Studio and even with code snippets.