The December 2025 release of SAS Viya 4 (2025.12) is more than just an update—it’s a gift for every analytics enthusiast. Wrapped in innovation and tied with a ribbon of AI, this release introduces SAS Viya Copilot, your new generative AI assistant designed to make working with data, models, and code as joyful as the holiday season.
What’s Inside the Package?
For SAS Code Lovers: Copilot in Visual Studio Code
This holiday season, SAS users finally get their own coding elf! With SAS Viya Copilot for SAS Code Gen, you can:
- Generate SAS code quickly and accurately.
- To generate SAS code:
- Open a SAS program file, or create a new file using SAS language mode.
- Position the cursor in a SAS comment statement or select a comment block. SAS comments start with /* and end with */.
- Click Generate code.
- Explain complex scripts so even legacy code feels like a classic carol.
- To generate an explanation of a block of SAS code:
- Open a SAS program file, or create a new file using SAS language mode.
- Select a block of SAS code and click Explain.
- The explanation of the code block is displayed in the SAS Viya Copilot conversation pane on the left side of the application window.
- Add comments for better collaboration and readability.
- To add comments to an existing block of SAS code:
- Open a SAS program file, or create a new file using SAS language mode.
- Select a block of SAS code and click Add comments. The selected code block is replaced with a block of commented code.
From novice coders to seasoned experts, Copilot makes SAS coding as delightful as decorating a tree—organized, colorful, and stress-free.
Viya Copilot for Model Studio
Think of it as Santa’s helper for your analytics projects. Whether you’re building machine learning pipelines, interpreting model results, or exploring text analytics and forecasting, Copilot is there to guide you. It explains outputs, suggests next steps, and even answers your toughest documentation questions—making your analytics journey smoother than a sleigh ride. You can access it in Model Studio through a chat window in an expandable side pane.
AI-Powered Model Pipeline Development — Copilot helps you build and improve model pipelines effortlessly:
- Explain outputs at every stage for clarity and confidence.
- Suggest and add nodes to keep your pipeline shining bright.
- Accelerate development by answering questions and simplifying documentation.
The release also includes documentation help Copilot for Model Manager and Intelligent decisioning, which makes understanding various features much easier and quicker.
Why This Matters
Just like the holidays bring people together, SAS Viya Copilot connects you with your data in a more intuitive, efficient, and accessible way. It’s not just a feature—it’s a leap toward the future of analytics.
There are plenty of new features coming to Copilot next year, so this gift will just keep on giving.
