Curiousity about SAS Viya and what you normally do with Github?

[Phil_NZ]

Hi all SAS Experts,

I am quite new to SAS and normally I use SAS EG to deal with tasks. I can see a trend of experts using SAS Viya and some experts using GitHub quite a bit.

I have a look at the usefulness of SAS Viya and quite surprise about what they offer. I have two novice questions here:

1. How can I know that whether my school paid for SAS Viya ? And what is the main use of SAS Viya to you? And whether the code in SAS Viya is hard (different environment compared to that in SAS EG)

2. Why people normally store their code and example in Github? Is there any document for reference about the link between GitHub and SAS code as well?

Warmest regards,

Phil.

[sbxkoenk]

Hello,

Look at this blog for a starter:

Moving from SAS Enterprise Guide to SAS Studio

https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/2020/11/10/sas-eg-to-sas-studio/

It also contains a section on the integration between SAS/Studio and Git(Hub).

Here's more info on SAS Studio and Git:

How to organize your SAS projects in Git?

https://blogs.sas.com/content/sasdummy/2020/11/10/sas-projects-git/

SAS Studio also has the possibility to set up (parallel) Process Flows. SAS Studio Process Flows may be preferred over coding by prior Enterprise Guide users.

Good luck,

Koen

[Phil_NZ]

Hi @sbxkoenk 

Thank you for your suggestion and given document, I went through the second document already and it seems to me that Git (Hub) is mainly for team-work and the like, and now I still work by myself so I will come back to Git(Hub) later. I will read your other suggestion about SAS EG and SAS Studio.

Warm regards.

[SASKiwi]

@Phil_NZ  - Github is about software change control and versioning as well as for collaborating on team software development. It is equally as useful for individuals as as it is for teams. 

[Phil_NZ]

Hi @SASKiwi 

Thank you for your suggestion, I may need more time to see the benefits of working with GitHub personally. I am walking around on lexjansen to see if there is any interesting paper mentioning the usage of GitHub and the link to SAS EG for working not in a team so far.

Many thanks and warm regards.

[ChrisNZ · Accepted solution]

At an individual level, Git allows you to go back in time and have a documented history of your programs, and the changes made. If you haven't already wished you could do that, you will soon.

[Phil_NZ]

Hi @sbxkoenk .

After reading your first document, the thing most impressive to me is about SAS Enterprise Miner, I will have a look at that, what I expect is that this working environment can give me some hint about data summary statistic and some suggestions about which is the reasonable regression mode to deal with a large dataset.

It is available in my school but I have never touched it previously, what a shame!!

Warm regards.