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Overview of used variables in SAS VA report

Status: Suggestion Under Review Submitted by Obsidian | Level 7 on ‎03-01-2023 02:24 AM
3 Comments (3 New)

Hello, im suggesting that you implement some sort of overview of which variables that are used in a certain database for a SAS VA report.

 

For an example if you using a database with the paramaters a,b,c,d,e,f and are only using a,b,c, then a list that contains the used variables would be perfect (in this case only a,b,c). At the moment you have to go in on a report, click up the data and hover the mouse over each variable to see if it is used or not. 

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Stu_SAS
SAS Employee
SAS Employee
‎10-27-2023 10:57 AM
‎10-27-2023 10:57 AM
Status changed to: Suggestion Under Review

Hi @FilipAxelsson, thank you for entering this request. This is a great idea! We'll work on bringing this to a future version of Visual Analytics.

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flipdu
Calcite | Level 5
Calcite | Level 5
‎02-13-2026 03:00 AM
‎02-13-2026 03:00 AM

Hello @Stu_SAS, was this option developed? I am trying desperately to find news on that as I need to extract tens of variables from big report, but nothing except this request from 2 years ago.

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sashakar
SAS Employee
SAS Employee
‎02-20-2026 09:29 AM
‎02-20-2026 09:29 AM

Hi @flipdu You can use Viya Copilot in Visual Analytics (just released in 2026.02 in public preview) to get started with an overview of items being used in your report:

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An option in the UI has not been implemented yet. I was wondering - what is the problem you are trying to solve by getting a holistic list of the data items being used in a report? Are you wanting to export this list for governance purposes? Another use case? Any more details would help us prioritize this feature request. Thanks!

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