Discover New SAS Viya Features & SAS Innovate Highlights | SAS Viya January 2025 Release

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THE RUNDOWN

This release introduces several exciting new features, such as enhanced open-source model scoring in SAS Model Manager, additional steps in SAS Studio, and greater flexibility in SAS Information Catalog with the ability to link external content to column annotations.

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NEW VIYA FEATURES

Check out these new features and what they mean for you.

SAS Model Manager

Improved Performance for Open-Source Model Scoring

SAS Model Manager now leverages the capabilities of Proc Gateway, enabling the scoring of open-source models multiple threads and reducing data movement, leading to big performance improvements. Learn more.

SAS Studio

New Steps

In this release six new steps have been added to SAS Studio: ANOVA Statistical Power and Logistic Regression (Generating Statistics), Panel Data Models and Spatial Regression Models (Working with Econometrics) and Partition Data and Unique Identifier (Preparing Data). Learn more.

SAS Information Catalog

Add Links to Column Annotations

In addition to the capability to add simple text annotations to a column inside of SAS Information Catalog, we can now add links to external content to these annotations as well. Learn more.

SPOTLIGHT USE CASE

Improved Performance for Open-Source Model Scoring

Imagine scoring a model built in Python against hundreds of thousands (or even millions) of rows. In a single-threaded environment, this could take forever. But with the new multi-threaded scoring, you can process data directly on the CAS server, dramatically speeding up the process and reducing data movement.

TIP OF THE MONTH

Brought to you by David Weik, Senior Software Development Engineer, SAS

  

Quick Tip: Did you know there are three simple ways to add tables to a step in your SAS Studio flow?

1. Drag & Drop from the Libraries Pane – Simply drag a table from the Libraries pane and connect it to the step's input port.
2. Right-click to Add a Table – Right-click the ports of a step, select Add a table, and then choose your target table to add it to the flow.
3. Drag & Drop Directly onto the Step – The easiest option: drag and drop a table directly onto the step. The system will automatically connect the tables to the correct ports, filling all input ports first, followed by output ports. For example, if there’s one input and one output port, drop the input table first, then the output table.

My favorite method is the third one—it’s the quickest and requires the least amount of manual work!