SAS has made the decision to no longer deliver or support CData JDBC drivers for Facebook, Google Analytics, Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, and YouTube Analytics (the “Drivers”) in SAS Viya, effective immediately. This decision was made due to limited usage and technical issues that have caused restricted capabilities for the Drivers.
SAS is removing these drivers from currently supported releases and all future releases of SAS Viya. For existing deployments that included the Drivers, SAS will continue to provide support in accordance with SAS Technical Support Policies. Please note that support documentation will remain accessible in accordance with SAS policies.
In releases of the offering already deployed before 2024.07, customers will see no immediate change; the Drivers will be available with the software. However, if the software is re-downloaded and re-deployed – or updated to the 2024.07 or newer release – the Drivers will no longer be available. After this point any code using the Drivers will return an error stating that the Drivers do not exist.
If you require the Drivers going forward, SAS recommends that you contact CData directly to obtain a license, work with another vender to obtain a license, to connect to these data sources. You can also learn how SAS connects with popular Microsoft 365 tools like Microsoft OneDrive, Teams and SharePoint.
SAS Viya 4 releases shown below are affected by the removal of the Drivers.
Current and 3 previous stable releases:
- 2024.06
- 2024.07
- 2024.08
- 2024.09 (Current)
Current and 3 previous Long-Term Stable releases:
- 2022.09 LTS
- 2023.03 LTS
- 2023.10 LTS
- 2024.03 LTS (Current)
