SAS VA

[SAS_1001]

Hi,

Can I be able to read Non-SAS Datasets such as text files, CSV, excel files into SAS VA.

Pl. advise.

Thanks

-S

[alexal · Accepted solution]

@SAS_1001,

Yes, you can load those files either by using the autoloading functionality or in SAS Visual Data Builder.

[JuanS_OCS]

Hello @SAS_1001,

This link should give you all the information

https://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/vaag/69958/HTML/default/viewer.htm#p0ehlxuj60aw6qn161pr...

But let me include the important part here:

Load Methods

Load methods vary by data source.

Load Method	Data Source
	Spreadsheet or Delimited	SAS Data Set	SASHDAT File1	Data Server	Other2
Interactive load
Run a data query
Import from server
Import a local file
Autoload
1 Co-located HDFS or NFS-mounted MapR. See Distributed Server: Parallel Load.
2Data from Twitter, Google Analytics, or Facebook.

[SAS_1001]

Thank you all ! This is really helpful...

[AnnaBrown]

Hi SAS_1001,

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Anna