A demonstration by Sean Mealin of SAS Viya Copilot for Code Assistance, now available on the latest 2025.12 Release.
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What you will learn
Discover how SAS Viya Copilot Code Assistance—currently available as a Visual Studio Code extension—can streamline and enhance SAS programming tasks. The video, presented by Sean Mulan, guides you through several practical features:
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Automated Code Generation: Learn how to generate SAS code by simply writing commands in comments, selecting them, and using the Copilot to produce working code. (Examples include printing rows from the SASHELP.IRIS dataset and generating statistical descriptors.)
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Running and Managing Code: See how to execute generated code directly within Visual Studio Code and manage results efficiently, keeping your workspace organized.
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Modeling Tasks Made Easy: Explore how Copilot assists with more advanced analytics, such as performing logistic regression and building random forest models, including setting aside validation data—all with minimal manual coding.
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Code Annotation and Explanation: Discover the add comments feature, which automatically annotates code lines for clarity, and the explain code feature, which provides detailed explanations and summaries of SAS code blocks, making it easier to understand and maintain complex scripts.
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Workflow Integration: Experience the seamless integration of Copilot features—code generation, annotation, and explanation—within your SAS workflow in Visual Studio Code.
