Is it possible to directly import a RData file into SAS?

[Patrick]

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@Visiting wrote:

It is close to get it work, thank you!

But I got an error: "The RLANG system option must be specified in the SAS configuration file or on the SAS invocation command line to enable the submission of R language statements".

How can I solve this issue?

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Suggest you read the info under the links provided. For example under the one already shared earlier it clearly states:

[Visiting]

Thank you remind me! I noticed that, but I use SAS EG, it is in cloud server, R is not installed there, probably that is why sample code doesn't work.

[SASKiwi]

In that case the administrator of your SAS cloud platform needs to add the RLANG option. This is not something you can do.

[Ksharp]

Check this to see how to build a connection between R and SAS:

https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Management/How-to-RUN-R-or-Python-in-SAS/m-p/330170
https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Communities-Library/The-Open-Source-Integration-node-installation...
https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-IML-Software-and-Matrix/How-can-I-run-R-code-in-SAS-OnDemand-for-...

[Rick_SAS]

SAS supports importing dataframes. So instead of using write.RData(), just import the dataframe directly:

proc iml;

submit / R;
library(datasets)
test<- mtcars
endsubmit;

call ImportDataSetFromR("MySASData", "test");
quit;

proc print data=MySASData; run;

[Tom]

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@Rick_SAS wrote:

SAS supports importing dataframes. So instead of using write.RData(), just import the dataframe directly:

proc iml;

submit / R;
library(datasets)
test<- mtcars
endsubmit;

call ImportDataSetFromR("MySASData", "test");
quit;

proc print data=MySASData; run;

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The requestor said they already have a disk file (Rdata file).  Is that the same thing as a data frame?  Or could it contain some other type of R object?  If what was saved in the Rdata file is not a data frame can you still use that same call routine? Or would they first need to run some R code to convert the object into a dataframe?

[Rick_SAS]

RData files can store multiple R objects. But SAS can import only data frames, which are rectangular and are analogous to SAS data sets. This is documented at 
SAS Help Center: IMPORTDATASETFROMR Call
and
SAS Help Center: Transferring Data between SAS and R Software