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pipposz
Calcite | Level 5

I am brand new and would like to access the data on my SAS server with the R program.

Is it possible to create such a connection with ODBC?

R Code:

library(odbc)

connection_string <- "DRIVER={SAS IOM Data Server};SERVER="...";PORT="...";TRUSTED_CONNECTION=YES;"  

con <- dbConnect(odbc::odbc(), .connection_string = connection_string)  

data_sources <- odbcListDataSources()

dbDisconnect(con)

 

If yes, how can i setup ODBC on my server, otherwise are there other options here?

Thanks in advance

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Sajid01
Meteorite | Level 14

Hello
If it is your intention to read SAS datasets (sas7bdat files) then you can read them directly without connecting to a SAS server.
The following link has the details with examples.

https://haven.tidyverse.org/reference/read_sas.html

Kurt_Bremser
Super User

You would need the SAS ODBC driver on the computer where you run R, and SAS/SHARE licensed and set up on the SAS server.

 

If you have SAS/IML licensed, you can use R from within SAS.

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