SAS Viya Copilot for Augmented Analytics Now Available in SAS Visual Analytics

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Transform business questions into analytical actions with conversational AI embedded directly in your dashboards

Introducing SAS Viya Copilot for Augmented Analytics

With the 2026.02 release of SAS Visual Analytics, SAS Viya Copilot for Augmented Analytics is now available to transform how users explore data, create reports, and interpret insights. This conversational AI assistant is embedded directly in SAS Visual Analytics, helping users turn questions into answers faster by translating natural language into analytical actions, recommendations, and explanations. Built on Microsoft Azure AI Foundry and included at no extra cost with your SAS Viya 4 subscription, SAS Viya Copilot makes it easier to find the story in your data and make better business decisions.

How Copilot Transforms Your Analytics Experience

Key Capabilities and Benefits

SAS Viya Copilot for Augmented Analytics delivers powerful capabilities designed to accelerate productivity and democratize data-driven decision-making.

• Natural Language Querying: Ask questions in everyday language and receive instant answers with relevant visualizations, saving analysts hours.
• AI-Driven Data Enrichment: Prepare data fit-for-purpose with suggestions for transformations, creating hierarchies, and preparing data items for time-based or geospatial analysis [1].
• Automated Visualization Generation: Create charts and dashboards based on your conversational prompts, with intelligent recommendations for the most relevant visualizations [2].
• Insight Interpretation: Receive clear explanations of what your data means, helping you understand the "why" behind trends and patterns with natural language explanations [1].
• Human-in-the-Loop Approach: Maintain complete control with transparent AI decision-making that meets governance standards and secure data storage that keeps your information protected.

These capabilities work together to transform complexity into clarity, enabling faster data and AI development for higher user productivity across your entire organization [2].

References

[1] From question to clarity: how SAS Viya Copilot changes the ... - SAS Blogs

[2] SAS Viya Copilot

[4] Where insight keeps moving: Augmented analytics inside SAS Visual ...