NEW SAS® VIYA® FEATURES
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Into The Viya Verse
Get the full picture in minutes. David Weik walks you through this month’s SAS Viya highlights, so you can see what’s new and start exploring right away.
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SAS Information Catalog
The asset details view has been redesigned for improved usability, giving you a clear, at-a-glance overview of your asset information.
Asset overview
SAS Studio
SAS Studio now includes a color-coded editor for creating and editing R programs (*.r). Write, run and save R programs directly – no need to wrap your code in PROC R.
R code editor
SAS Environment Manager
SAS Viya Copilot for SAS Environment Manager helps administrators quickly navigate the interface and understand the tasks available to them.
Viya Copilot for Environment Manager
Use Case
SAS Studio: R Code Editor
The integrated R code editor in SAS Studio bridges open-source flexibility with enterprise governance, letting you develop and run R programs in a native, color-coded environment. Without the need to manually wrap code in PROC R or manage environment-specific options, you can skip the typical overhead of polyglot programming and focus on logic and analysis. This integration extends to SAS Studio Flows, where R scripts can be orchestrated alongside steps, SAS programs and Python scripts.
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Tip of the Month
Brought to you by David Weik
Senior Software Development Engineer, SAS
Quick tip: If you use tools like GitHub Copilot, Claude Code or other AI coding assistants, this one’s for you. The SAS MCP Server, available on GitHub, empowers these coding agents with SAS Viya tools. The available tools cover running SAS code, training models, scoring decisions and more.
To see it in action, check out this SAS Communities post — or go straight to the GitHub repository.
SAS Viya Copilot Tips and Tricks
Get more out of SAS Viya Copilot with a growing collection of demos, how-to guides and articles – all in one place on SAS Communities. Whether you’re just getting started or looking to level up, this is your go-to resource.
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