Integration between Hadoop and SAS Visual Analytics - 5 Ways to get the Data from Hadoop

[Rodgers_125]

Hi,

I'm analyzing ways to get data from Hadoop to put into SAS Visual Analytics. I already read that I can access data from Hadoop with:
1) Base SAS
2) SAS Scalable
3) SAS/ACCESS Interface
4) SAS LASR
5) SAS In-Database Products

But I already read that I can get data from hadoop via JDBC to SAS Visual Analytics... My question is: If I can get data directly to Visual Analytics why I need the five options that I post above?

I've some urgency on this topic. Thanks for your response!!! 🙂

[LinusH]

You always need LASR, that's a part of the VA infrastructure.

License wise, Base SAS libname engine is always accessible.

The same I would assume goes for SPDE (if that's what you mean my "SAS Scalable"?)

JDBC data would be accessible via the SAS/ACCERSS to ODBC license.

Not sure why you formulate your question this way. Can you rephrase/elaborate some. so we can understand your issue?

[Rodgers_125]

Hi LinusH, thanks for your response.

I'm doing my master thesis and already have the data inside Hadoop. I want to explore the data using SAS, and I'm doing a research to know what are the solutions to access and extract from Hadoop to SAS or how can SAS explore data from Hadoop. When I start the research I see amount of options to achieve this, that's why I'm getting a little bit confuse about the relationship between Hadoop Procedure (SAS), SAS Data Loader for Hadoop, Base (SAS), SAS SPD, SAS/Access Interface, etc, etc... 

Sorry my confusing...

[LinusH]

So this is some kind of product evaluation?

Apart from your thesis, is there any other receivers of your work (and what's their angle on this)?

I would definitely start with your local SAS office to get some kind of solid foundation in your work.

Then you could get back to us on more specific question.

[Rodgers_125]

Only me, what my prof said is to search about how can SAS works on Hadoop. That's the reason from my questions... I wanna share with them the possibilities that we have to connect SAS and Hadoop to do some data science jobs.