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SAS Viya
Formerly SAS Advanced Analytics

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What is SAS Viya?

An end-to-end platform for AI, data science, and analytics, used for modeling, as well as management and deployment of AI models.

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Users have found SAS to be a versatile tool for a wide range of use cases. One prominent use case is the construction and implementation …
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SAS Analytics: Review

7 out of 10
February 05, 2015
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SAS Analytics is being used by the marketing department in the organization. It is used for building a predictive model which eventually …
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What is SAS Viya?

An end-to-end platform for AI, data science, and analytics, used for modeling, as well as management and deployment of AI models.

Automatically generated insights enable users to identify the most common variables across all models, the most important variables selected across models and assessment results for all models. Natural language generation capabilities are used to create project summaries written in plain language, to generate interpretable reports. Analytics team members can add project notes to the insights report to facilitate communication and collaboration among team members.

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An end-to-end platform for AI, data science, and analytics, used for modeling, as well as management and deployment of AI models.

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The most common users of SAS Viya are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Users have found SAS to be a versatile tool for a wide range of use cases. One prominent use case is the construction and implementation of multiple predictive models across various business units. Users appreciate the software's ability to quickly and easily construct models, regardless of dataset size. SAS Office Analytics is particularly useful for creating an intelligent reporting platform, allowing organizations to share important data with non-SAS users through automated processes.

Another key use case is the utilization of SAS Enterprise Guide, which serves as a point-and-click interface, providing power users with access to the full potential of SAS without requiring coding knowledge. This feature empowers users to explore and analyze data efficiently. Additionally, SAS Office Analytics enables users to access any datasource using the ODBC connection, ensuring easy retrieval of data from servers or databases.

SAS Advanced Analytics is highly valued for its capabilities in data mining, text analyses, support vector machines modeling, ensemble modeling, neural network modeling, and other advanced analytic processes. It proves particularly useful for new modeling projects during the development process. The software is also widely used in departments such as human capital and information management for predictive modeling, data manipulation, clustering, and optimization.

Users have compared SAS Advanced Analytics with other free software tools and found it impressive, especially in terms of visual display. They appreciate that SAS offers built-in models for statistical and events-based forecasting through its Forecasting Studio for Desktop. This allows organizations to analyze customer engagement data and forecast customer engagement patterns accurately.

Furthermore, SAS plays a crucial role in integrating data from across an organization into an end customer marketing and sales database. This facilitates reporting and analysis processes while supporting the needs of multiple departments, such as addressing data quality issues, conducting summary analytics, predictive modeling, and insurance rate setting.

In addition to these applications, users rely on SAS Analytics for various tasks like data visualization to create quick and highly responsive dashboards. Some even leverage SAS Advanced Analytics for analyzing complex survey data, such as the Behavioral Health Risk Factor Surveillance System and the Youth Risk Behavior Survey. The user-friendly nature of SAS, combined with its excellent online support, is highly appreciated by users as well.

The marketing department benefits greatly from SAS Analytics, utilizing it to build predictive models that increase the return on investment for marketing campaigns. Overall, the versatility and ease-of-use of SAS make it a valuable tool for businesses across a wide range of industries and departments.

User-Friendly Interface: Users have consistently praised the user interface of SAS Advanced Analytics, with many stating that it is one of the easiest they have used. This has made it convenient for professionals to self-learn and navigate through the software without much difficulty.

Accessible Web Interface: The web interface of SAS Advanced Analytics has been highly appreciated by reviewers for its accessibility. Users can access and use the software from any computer anywhere in the world, allowing them to produce analyses on-the-go.

Wide Range of Simulation Options: Reviewers have commended SAS Advanced Analytics for offering a wide range of options for simulations. Many users consider these simulation capabilities to be world-class, providing them with ample flexibility and versatility in their analytical work.

Some users have found the startup process of SAS Advanced Analytics to be slow and have suggested that it could be improved. They believe that a faster startup time would greatly enhance their user experience.

Several reviewers have expressed their dislike for the default color schemes in Advanced Analytics, finding them unappealing. They feel that more visually appealing and customizable color options would enhance the overall aesthetics of the software.

Users have mentioned that although the analytics steps in Advanced Analytics are generally simpler than other tools, they still feel that SAS could make the process of learning these steps even simpler. They suggest providing more intuitive tutorials or interactive guides to help new users navigate through the software more easily.

Users highly recommend giving SAS Advanced Analytics a chance and suggest taking a course or finding a user to guide you when using the software. They also emphasize the need for expanding the capacity to analyze huge datasets and providing more coding tutoring on the SAS website or YouTube. Furthermore, users suggest thoroughly reviewing tutorials, training, and information on the best ways to utilize SAS Advanced Analytics in order to maximize its potential. Additionally, they recommend considering SAS Advanced Analytics for companies with large datasets and complicated analyses, but also suggest considering other options.

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February 05, 2015

SAS Analytics: Review

Score 7 out of 10
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Incentivized
SAS Analytics is being used by the marketing department in the organization. It is used for building a predictive model which eventually increases the return on investment on marketing campaigns.
  • Base SAS is very helpful for people who are proficient in SAS programming.
  • SAS Enterprise Miner is very helpful for people who are not so proficient in SAS programming.
  • Using SAS Enterprise Miner you can develop complex Machine Learning algorithms.
  • Accessing the data from the database directly.
  • Speed of response for SAS codes.
I will opt for ease of using it. SAS Enterprise Miner enables any individual to become proficient in advanced analytics.
  • Increase return on investment on marketing campaigns.
  • Understand the customer segments in better way.
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Ease of building complex models using Machine Learning Algorithm.
Nathan Och | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
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We utilize SAS first and foremost to construct and implement multiple predictive models across our business units. Not only does it allow for quick and easy model construction, but the time it takes to cleanse the data between large or small datasets is relatively similar so dataset size is not an issue. In addition, we are also in the early stages of using SAS and SAS Office Analytics to create an intelligent reporting platform via Microsoft Office products and the SAS Web Portal. This allows our organization to traffic important data and information to non-SAS users through automated processes. SAS also has impeccable format style making the final drafts look very nice and easy to understand. SAS Enterprise Guide is our point and click interface that allows power users to access the full potential of SAS without needing to know coding off hand, but can also choose to do so if need be. We can also access any datasource using the ODBC connection that comes with SAS Office Analytics so accessing the data from any server or database is not an issue at all.
  • Predictive Analytics
  • Business Intelligence
  • Report Automation
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Expanded point and click options under the data tab.
  • Better resource information to help with circumstantial issues (i.e. graphing).
Key questions would center around what the user wants to do with SAS. For instance, before asking about SAS capabilities a user must be able to make sure SAS is compatible with their database setup or schema. After assessing the compatibility the user should ask if SAS has the ability to transform or manipulate the necessary data to get it into presentable form. It is really important that SAS demonstrates that it can add value to your data. Finally, after concluding that SAS is the right fit for how an organization wants to represent their data it is vital that the end user understand the limitations with SAS in regards to how their final product can be represented. Because SAS has many different modules and software a company can purchase the end user must find the most compatible package. For instance, if presenting data in Excel is a high priority the end user must be required to have the SAS MS Office Add-in that allows direct access to all of Microsoft's Office products. WIthout this, the end user may be limited in how they will be able to present information.
  • Better scoring, better work sloping, better ROI for every dollar spent.
  • Automation of information through Task Scheduler.
  • Increased professionalism of final reports.
  • Shorter time having to cleanse data.
SAS allows the user a wider range of capabilities to cleanse and manipulate the data. Not only can the data be pulled directly into SAS, but before it is finalized it can be transposed, graphed, or altered in any way imaginable which puts it a step above the Business Objects and Crystal Reports. Not only that, but full reports can be created in SAS allowing the user to expand on the presentation of the data using charts, graphs, or lists. In addition, all SAS projects can be automated to update at a time chosen by the user which allows them to focus on other projects rather than on manually running projects repeatedly.
Not only does SAS become easier to use as the user gets more familiar with its capabilities, but the customer service is excellent. Any issues with SAS and their technical team is either contacting the user via email, chat, text, WebEx, or phone. They have power users that have years of experience with SAS there to help with any issue.
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Predictive Analytics, Business Intelligence, and Reporting.
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Experience is everything. It takes a long time to become familiar with SAS. Not to mention, that this is a product that is changing on a quarterly basis so users must keep up with the education. However, doing so will only benefit the organization. There are more online resources than one can count, so users can also go to the web for a lot of the help they would need.
  • Predictive Analytics
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Reporting Automation
  • Utilize SAS Web Portal to automate tasks once done by hand.
  • The ability to send the information to the people that require it, rather than them seeking it out.
  • Utilize its permanent libraries to create multiple stored processes accessible to non-users via the Web Portal.
  • Allow clients to view their data via the Web Portal.
Yes
Business Objects and Crystal Reports. They were replaced by SAS due to their lack of user functionality. They are not very dynamic tools and SAS allows us to dynamically manipulate the data in ways that we previously could not. As a result, we have views of data that was once inaccessible.
  • Product Features
  • Product Usability
  • Prior Experience with the Product
  • Vendor Reputation
When we were choosing a tool we mainly looked at what the tool could do for us 5 years down the line. Purchasing a data analysis tool can be costly, which makes it a long-term decision. We looked at how this tool could not only help us now, but what it can do to expand our business intelligence in the future. SAS is great because they have so many different modules and products that a company can simply add capabilities as they grow their internal business intelligence division.
I have worked previously with SAS, so we went right to them as an initial resource. Call it luck, but I didn't even realize their depth of capabilities. One thing I would change about the process is being more thorough. It is hard to translate your business needs to a SAS representative and things can get lost in translation. Be diligent in expressing your business needs since SAS has technical resources they can use to help navigate you to the right software.
  • Implemented in-house
  • Professional services company
Pinnacle performed all of the downloading and installing of SAS Office Analytics. They were very knowledgable and everything loaded without an issue. Plus, if there were any issue they were glad to take on any troubleshooting until they could fully hand of the software support to SAS. The installation is very IT friendly and requires minimal employee resources to perform. The only thing that is required at the time of install is the necessary hardware to store and run SAS, which is typical.
No
Change management was a big part of the implementation and was well-handled
The great part about SAS is that they utilize a third party to install everything your company will need. The only required of the company is to have the hardware necessary at the time of the install to support SAS. Otherwise, everything is handled through the third party installer until implementation and use is confirmed.
  • The only issues we saw were on our side, getting to know the new functionality and migrating projects.
  • SAS products are fully integrated with each other so upgrading and adding new software is seemless.
Ask as many questions you can before the install to understand the process. Since a third party does the installation your company is sort of a passanger and it is easy to get lost in the process. It also helps to have all users and IT support involved in the install to help increase the knowledge as to how SAS runs and what it needs to perform correctly.
  • Online training
  • Self-taught
SAS has regional and national conferences that are dedicated to expanding users' knowledge of the software and showing them what changes and additions they are making to the software. There are user groups in most of the major cities that also provide multi-day seminars that focus on specific topics for education. If online training isn't the best way for the user, there is ample in-person training available.
There are online videos, live classes, and resource material which makes training very easy to access. However, nothing is circumstantial so applying your training can get tricky if the user is performing complex tasks. When purchasing software, SAS will also allocate education credits so the user(s) can access classes and material online to help expand their knowledge.
Yes, I found it very easy to learn through Enterprise Guide. There are so many online resources like blogs and SAS tech support websites that the user has a neverending supply of examples and information to help them assess their issue. Education credits are also fairly cheap if users want to go one step further with their self-training.
SAS configures to just about any software the user could have. They have made it this way because their software reaches worldwide and must configure to an infinite amount of possible setups. It is this configurability that makes installation so easy and seemless. For our company, we have had zero issues with getting SAS to configure to our IT infrastructure.
We currently run SAS off of an internal server with the users accessing the server through SAS Enterprise Guide installed on their local machine. This allows the user to personal projects and save them where necessary, but also give the software the speed and power that comes with using a server.
No - we have not done any customization to the interface
Some - we have added small pieces of custom code
If the user has no experience with coding this may be an issue at first. However, given the amount of online resources SAS has available the user will find ample information to tell them how to proceed. If they do this enough times it will become very easy and they will be able to customize their projects with custom coding.
Not yet. SAS is such a vaste tool that it takes a long time to accumlate enough knowledge to be comfortable with customization. Not that it is hard to do, but simply because the user will be preoccupied with navigating the software to first figure out its capabilities before customizing those capabilities.
No
SAS has many channels that allows the user to utilize their technical support. Not only does this come with the yearly subscription, but the education of the technical support personnel is very high. They have worked with the tool for years and can discuss issues using SAS rhetoric allowing the user to fully describe their issue.
Simple. Their knowledge and accessibility. Support can be reached via email, text, chat, or phone. They can also utilize WebEx to tap into your machine and see what the user is seeing. SAS is dedicated to helping their users maximize their software.
No
We had just upgraded to SAS Office Analytics and could not get my SAS tasks to run on my Windows Task Scheduler. I reached out to SAS for help and this amazing representative named Tiffany helped me via phone and WebEx to not only solve the issue, but change the settings in SAS to be more user friendly on my local machine. She absolutely went the extra mile.
  • Any data analysis using SAS Enterprise Guide is very easy as it is a point and click interface.
  • Basic Graphing is also very easy.
  • If a user needs predictive analytics, SAS made model building a drag and drop system.
  • Coding can be quite difficult if the end user has had no experience with it.
  • Creating stored processes require ample knowledge of SAS.
If SAS Enterprise Guide is utilized any beginning user will be able to shorten the learning curve. This is allow the user a plethora of basic capabilities until they can utilize coding to expand their needs in manipulating and presenting data. SAS is also dedicated to expanding this environment so it is ever growing.
It all depends on the type of SAS product the user has. Scaleability differs from product to product, and if the user has SAS Office Analytics the scaleability is quite robust. This software will satisfy the majority of the company's analytic needs for years to come. In addition, if SAS is not meeting the users needs the company can easily find SAS solutions that will.
SAS probably has the most market saturation out of all of the analytics software worldwide. They are in every industry and they are knowledgable about every industry. They are always available to take questions, solve issues, and discuss a company's needs. A company that buys SAS software has a dedicated representative that is there for all of their needs.
Although nothing is perfect, SAS is almost there. The software can handle billions of rows of data without a glitch and runs at a quick pace regardless of what the user wants to perform. SAS products are made to handle data so performance is of their utmost important. The software is created to run things as efficiently as SAS software can to maximize performance.
  • Windows 7 64-bit
  • Windows 7 32-bit
The integration is basically seemless. SAS can anything from Windows to Linux, from 32-bit to 64-bit.
  • None
  • File import/export
SAS is basically an ETL tool in itself. The PROC SQL function allows the user to be integrated with any ODBC connection they choose. SAS can also handle any text file the user would like to import including Excel files. Exporting is easy too allowing the user to choose from many different formats that can be utilized in other software.
As far as we have used SAS, integration has been easy. However, we have not attempted to fully utilize complex integration capabilities as of yet.
If you are using basic Windows software and plan on using SAS for basic analysis and file creation you can assume that the integration will be absolutely seemless. However, if SAS will be used to integrate not only from but to databases more questions need to be asked to the SAS representative to make sure that capability is possible.
SAS has dedicated representatives that are there to answer any questions about their software that the potential user may have. The representatives also gather SAS professionals from the technical and software teams to give the users intelligent resources to answer any specific questions. SAS will make sure they do their part in making sure users are satisfied with their software.
Even after purchasing SAS software the dedicated representative will periodically keep in touch to see how their software is performing and if there are any issues thus far that can be addresses. In addition, they will familiarize the user with any updated software that the user could benefit from if the user's needs are not being met.
Most SAS subscriptions are comprised of an initial software purchase, and then yearly subscriptions thereafter that include unlimited support and software upgrades. The yearly subscriptions are never locked in and can rise due to inflation. However, the increases are never obscene and SAS is very flexible with small and medium businesses when it comes to purchase price.
Honestly, I do not besides to ask a lot of questions. Make sure you are comfortable with the products you are buying so the company does not buy too much software or limit themselves and buy too little. SAS is a great partner to work with and they fully understand the needs of a business.
Yes
Upgrades are totally seemless. A company's IT resource will receive any upgrades via email and they simply click on the link, enter the necessary credentials, and install the software. Every upgrade is automatically integrated with any older versions so no migrations are necessary. End users will not even notice the upgrade except for the augmentations SAS made to the interface.
  • SAS added a feature that allows you to select what dataset you want when coding.
  • Honestly, I do not know.
Yes
We upgraded from BASE SAS/GRAPH SAS/Analytics Pro to BASE SAS/GRAPH SAS Office Analytics. Office Analytics comes with MS Office integrations and Web Portal access which expands non-user data access. The only cost increase was the initial purchase price which SAS gave us a credit for our current licenses. Our capabilities became more robust with Office Analytics, and the change was very easy.
Yes
Eventually, we will need to upgrade software again as our business intelligence platform increases and our needs expand. SAS allows businesses to purchase only what they need with the capability of easily upgrading when the time comes. This gives companies the chance to look years ahead to determine what they will need rather than overpurchasing software and having it sit idle.
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