SAS BI & Analytics
In this piece we present a concise summary of our 100% vendor-independent BI & Analytics survey about the software vendor SAS and its product portfolio (such as SAS Viya, SAS Visual Analytics and SAS Enterprise Guide). SAS BI & Analytics scores better in our study than SAP but quite worse than Microsoft. SAS is vigorous in analytics and the least strong in real-time analytics. Within the context of BI & Analytics, we have put together the main advantages and disadvantages of SAS Business Analytics, and listed them by theme (BI, Big Data, data analytics, AI and data science). We also point out the distinguishing features of the most popular products such as SAS Viya, SAS Visual Analytics and SAS Enterprise Guide et cetera.

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In our survey we also analyzed the various software products of SAS software. We examined no less than 710 aspects. The figure to the right illustrates the strengths and weaknesses of SAS Business Analytics. Please note that Passionned Group is 100% independent of the suppliers in the research. We do not sell licenses, we do not make deals or have any ties to the vendor. Among other things, we help and advise companies in the proper selection of BI tooling.
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SAS and their complete BI & Analytics product portfolio

The vendor SAS has (a minimum of) 89 products in the realm of BI & Analytics. In order of popularity, we list the most important ones here:
What is SAS Business Analytics?
Other names by which this software product is known: SAS Business Intelligence, sas platform
In this section, we provide a description of SAS Business Analytics, including some of its features and any related products. This product group consists of SAS Viya, SAS Visual Analytics, SAS Enterprise Guide, Dataflux, SAS/ACCESS, SAS Enterprise Miner, SAS Data Integration, SAS Event Stream Processing, SAS Customer Intelligence, SAS Visual Data Mining, SAS Cloud Analytic, SAS Business Rules Manager, SAS Data Management, SAS Data Quality, SAS Visual Text Analytics, SAS BI Dashboard, SAS Visual Statistics, SAS Mobile BI, SAS Web Report Studio, SAS Field Quality Analytics, SAS Enterprise BI, SAS Federation Server, SAS Grid Manager, SAS Text Miner, SAS OLAP Server, SAS Web Server, SAS Data Loader, SAS LASR Analytic Server, SAS Web Analytics, SAS Intelligent Decisioning, SAS Visual Investigator, SAS OLAP Cube Studio, SAS Real-time Decision Manager, SAS Forecasting, SAS Marketing Automation, SAS Master Data Management, SAS Energy Forecasting, SAS OLAP Cubes, SAS Data Preparation, Information Map Studio, SAS Data Surveyor, SAS Cloud AnalyticsSAS Information Delivery Portal, SAS Asset Performance Analytics, SAS Fraud Framework, SAS Office Analytics, SAS Deep Learning, SAS Analytics Platform, SAS Data Explorer, SAS Risk Modeling, SAS Data Science, SAS ETL Studio, SAS Text Analytics, SAS Data Governance, SAS Visual Data Discovery, SAS Sentiment Analysis Studio, SAS Advanced Analytics, SAS Production Quality Analytics, SAS Big Data, SAS Banking Analytics, SAS Business Intelligence Platform, SAS Data Integration Server, SAS Data Warehouse, SAS Machine Learning, SAS Predictive Analytics, SAS Artificial Intelligence, SAS Omnichannel Analytics, SAS Natural Language Processing, SAS Federal Data Management and SAS Visual Data Governance. This product / group of products can be defined by the following characteristics:
- analytics
- business intelligence
- data discovery > analysis
- business intelligence > reporting
- artificial intelligence
- data discovery > data visualization > visual analytics
- analytics > advanced analytics > predictive analytics
- data discovery > analysis > forecasting
- artificial intelligence > natural language processing > natural language
- artificial intelligence > data mining
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What is SAS Viya?
Other names by which this software product is known: Viya
In this paragraph, we describe SAS Viya, including some of its features and any related products. This product group consists of SAS Viya Visual Analytics. This product / group of products can be best characterized by the following features:
- analytics
- BI infrastructure > authentication > CAS
- artificial intelligence
- BI infrastructure > Application Programming Interface
- artificial intelligence > Python
- data governance > data management
- BI infrastructure > Application Programming Interface > REST APIs
- data discovery > data visualization > visual analytics
- BI infrastructure > authentication
- performance optimization > in-memory
Do you want to know the intricacies of all elements (100+) of SAS Viya? In that case open the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.



What is SAS Viya Visual Analytics?
In this section, we give you insight in the key behaviors of SAS Viya Visual Analytics, including some of its features and any related products. This product can be characterized by the following features:
- analytics
- data discovery > data visualization > visual analytics
- business intelligence > reporting
- BI infrastructure > SDK
- business intelligence > dashboards
- data connectivity > Microsoft Excel
- data discovery > analysis
- BI infrastructure > Application Programming Interface
- performance optimization > in-memory
- data discovery
Do you want to know the intricacies of all the functionalities (100+) of SAS Viya Visual Analytics? Download directly our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.



What is SAS Visual Analytics?
Other names by which this software product is known: Visual Analytics SAS
We do not display here all the features but, in this paragraph, we display the details of SAS Visual Analytics, including some of its features and any related products. This product group consists of SAS Visual Analytics App, SAS Visual Analytics Designer and SAS Visual Analytics Hub. The SAS Visual Analytics can be best characterized by the following functionalities:
- analytics
- data discovery > data visualization > visual analytics
- business intelligence > reporting
- BI infrastructure > SDK
- data discovery > analysis
- business intelligence > dashboards
- analytics > advanced analytics > text analytics
- mobile business intelligence > Android
- artificial intelligence > natural language processing > natural language
- analytics > advanced analytics > text analytics > visual text analytics
Do you want to know the intricacies of all elements (100+) of SAS Visual Analytics? In that case open the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.



What is SAS Visual Analytics App?
In this part, we provide a description of SAS Visual Analytics App, including some of its features and any related products. The product SAS Visual Analytics App can be best characterized by the following features:
- analytics
- data discovery > data visualization > visual analytics
- business intelligence > reporting
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > iOS
- mobile business intelligence > Android
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > Windows
- BI infrastructure > SDK
- business intelligence
- data connectivity > Microsoft Excel
- mobile business intelligence
Do you want to know the intricacies of all characteristics (100+) of SAS Visual Analytics App? In that case order the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.



What is SAS Visual Analytics Designer?
In this paragraph, we provide a description of SAS Visual Analytics Designer, including some of its features and any related products. The SAS Visual Analytics Designer can be defined by the following characteristics:
- analytics
- data discovery > data visualization > visual analytics
- business intelligence > reporting
- business intelligence > dashboards
- artificial intelligence > R
- data discovery > analysis
- data discovery > notifications
- data discovery > data visualization > pie charts
- data discovery > data visualization > bar charts
- business intelligence > reporting > interactive reports
Are you curious about all elements (100+) of SAS Visual Analytics Designer? Download the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

What is SAS Visual Analytics Hub?
In this paragraph, we provide a description of SAS Visual Analytics Hub, including some of its features and any related products. SAS Visual Analytics Hub can be characterized by the following characteristics:
- analytics
- data discovery > data visualization > visual analytics
- business intelligence > reporting
- analytics > analytics hub
- artificial intelligence > R
- data discovery > analysis > forecasting
- BI infrastructure > operating systems
- data connectivity > Hadoop Distributed File System
- artificial intelligence > natural language processing > natural language
Do you want to know the intricacies of all elements (100+) of SAS Visual Analytics Hub? In that case open the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.
What is SAS Enterprise Guide?
Other names by which this software product is known: Enterprise Guide
In this paragraph, we give you insight in the key behaviors of SAS Enterprise Guide, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be best defined by the following features:
- business intelligence > reporting
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > Windows
- analytics
- multidimensional models > OLAP
- data discovery > analysis
- business intelligence
- regressions
- data discovery > analysis > forecasting
- data integration > data warehousing > ODS
- data connectivity > Microsoft Office
Are you now curious about all properties (100+) of SAS Enterprise Guide? In that case open the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.


What is Dataflux?
We do not display here all the features but, in this paragraph, we report the (main) characteristics of Dataflux, including some of its features and any related products. This product group consists of Dataflux Data Management Studio, Dataflux Data Management Server and Dataflux Authentication Server. Dataflux can be best characterized by the following features:
- data governance > data management
- data governance > data quality
- real-time analytics > real-time
- BI infrastructure > authentication
- data connectivity > XML
- BI infrastructure > repository
- real-time analytics > real-time data
- artificial intelligence > business rules
- data connectivity > ODBC
- BI infrastructure > Application Programming Interface
Do you want to know everything about all elements (100+) of Dataflux? In that case order the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.


What is Dataflux Data Management Studio?
Under this heading, we describe Dataflux Data Management Studio, including some of its features and any related products. The Dataflux Data Management Studio can be characterized by the following characteristics:
- data governance > data management
- data governance > data quality
- real-time analytics > real-time
- data connectivity > ODBC
- real-time analytics > real-time data
- data integration
- BI infrastructure > WSDL
- data connectivity > Microsoft Excel
- BI infrastructure > Application Programming Interface
- data connectivity > XML
Are you now curious about all elements (100+) of Dataflux Data Management Studio? In that case open the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.


What is Dataflux Data Management Server?
In this section, we report the (main) characteristics of Dataflux Data Management Server, including some of its features and any related products. The product Dataflux Data Management Server can be characterized by the following features:
- data governance > data management
- BI infrastructure > Application Programming Interface > REST APIs
- real-time analytics > real-time
- data connectivity > ODBC
- real-time analytics > real-time data
- BI infrastructure > repository
- data connectivity > XML
- BI infrastructure > WSDL
- data integration
Do you want to know the intricacies of all elements (100+) of Dataflux Data Management Server? Then download our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

What is Dataflux Authentication Server?
We don’t reveal everything here but, in this paragraph, we portrait Dataflux Authentication Server, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be defined by the following features:
- BI infrastructure > authentication
- data governance > data management
- data integration
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > Unix > AIX
- data governance > data quality > data quality server
- artificial intelligence > R
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > Windows
- data discovery > analysis > network analysis > social network analysis
- data discovery > analysis > network analysis
Are you curious about all elements (100+) of Dataflux Authentication Server? In that case open the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.
What is SAS/ACCESS?
Under this heading, we provide a description of SAS/ACCESS, including some of its features and any related products. The SAS/ACCESS can be best defined by the following features:
- data governance > data management > SQL
- data connectivity > ODBC
- data connectivity > JDBC connectivity
- data connectivity > Teradata
- data connectivity > Google BigQuery
- data connectivity > Microsoft Excel
- data connectivity > Hadoop Spark
- data connectivity > Vertica DB
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > Unix
- data connectivity > PeopleSoft
Are you curious about all the functionalities (100+) of SAS/ACCESS? Download directly our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.
What is SAS Enterprise Miner?
In this paragraph, we portrait SAS Enterprise Miner, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be characterized by the following functionalities:
- artificial intelligence > data mining
- artificial intelligence > R
- analytics
- artificial intelligence > decision tree
- artificial intelligence > machine learning
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > Windows
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > java
- analytics > advanced analytics > PMML
- regressions
- data discovery > analysis
Do you want to know everything about all elements (100+) of SAS Enterprise Miner? Download the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.



What is SAS Data Integration?
Under this heading, we report the (main) characteristics of SAS Data Integration, including some of its features and any related products. This product group consists of SAS Data Integration Studio. This product / group of products can be best defined by the following characteristics:
- data integration
- data governance > data management
- data integration > Extract-Transform-Load
- analytics
- BI infrastructure > authentication > CAS
- artificial intelligence > R
- BI infrastructure > scalability > Amazon Web Services
- data connectivity > Amazon Redshift
- data governance > data management > SQL
- data governance > data quality
Are you curious about all characteristics (100+) of SAS Data Integration? Download directly our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

What is SAS Data Integration Studio?
Other names by which this software product is known: Data Integration Studio, SAS DI Studio
Under this heading, we describe SAS Data Integration Studio, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be best defined by the following functionalities:
- data integration
- data governance > data management
- data integration > Extract-Transform-Load
- BI infrastructure > authentication > CAS
- artificial intelligence > R
- data connectivity > Amazon Redshift
- data integration > data warehousing > slowly changing dimensions
- data governance > data quality > data cleansing
- data governance > data management > metadata management
- data governance > data quality > data quality server
Are you now curious about all properties (100+) of SAS Data Integration Studio? In that case open the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

What is SAS Event Stream Processing?
In this section, we provide a description of SAS Event Stream Processing, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be best characterized by the following features:
- big data > streaming > event stream
- big data > streaming > stream processing
- big data > streaming
- analytics
- stream analytics
- BI infrastructure > scalability > kubernetes
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > Windows
- real-time analytics > real-time
- artificial intelligence > machine learning
- artificial intelligence > Python
Do you want to know the intricacies of all characteristics (100+) of SAS Event Stream Processing? Then download our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.



What is SAS Customer Intelligence?
In this paragraph, we report the (main) characteristics of SAS Customer Intelligence, including some of its features and any related products. This product group consists of SAS Customer Intelligence 360. This product can be defined by the following features:
- business intelligence > CRM > customer intelligence
- analytics
- artificial intelligence > machine learning
- business intelligence > reporting
- real-time analytics > real-time
- analytics > customer analytics
- analytics > advanced analytics > predictive analytics
- big data > streaming > streaming data
- artificial intelligence > R
Do you want to know everything about all elements (100+) of SAS Customer Intelligence? Then download our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.



What is SAS Customer Intelligence 360?
Other names by which this software product is known: SAS 360
We don’t reveal everything here but, in this paragraph, we provide a description of SAS Customer Intelligence 360, including some of its features and any related products. SAS Customer Intelligence 360 can be best characterized by the following features:
- business intelligence > CRM > customer intelligence
- analytics
- artificial intelligence > machine learning
- data discovery > analysis
- business intelligence > reporting
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > iOS
- real-time analytics > real-time
- data discovery > analysis > forecasting
- data governance > data management
Are you now curious about all the functionalities (100+) of SAS Customer Intelligence 360? Download the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.



What is SAS Visual Data Mining?
In this paragraph, we provide a description of SAS Visual Data Mining, including some of its features and any related products. The product SAS Visual Data Mining can be best characterized by the following characteristics:
- artificial intelligence > data mining
- artificial intelligence > machine learning
- artificial intelligence > data mining > visual data mining
- analytics
- data discovery > data visualization > visual analytics
- BI infrastructure > open source
- artificial intelligence > algorithms
- performance optimization > in-memory
- artificial intelligence > machine learning > machine learning models
- business intelligence > reporting
Are you curious about all the functionalities (100+) of SAS Visual Data Mining? Then order the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.
What is SAS Cloud Analytic?
Other names by which this software product is known: SAS Cloud Analytics
In this paragraph, we provide a description of SAS Cloud Analytic, including some of its features and any related products. This product group consists of SAS Cloud Analytic Services. The SAS Cloud Analytic can be best characterized by the following functionalities:
- BI infrastructure > authentication > CAS
- analytics
- data governance > data management
- artificial intelligence > Python
- BI infrastructure > Application Programming Interface
- performance optimization > MPP
- data connectivity
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > java
- data connectivity > PostgreSQL
- artificial intelligence > R
Are you now curious about all properties (100+) of SAS Cloud Analytic? Open the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.



What is SAS Cloud Analytic Services?
In this paragraph, we provide a description of SAS Cloud Analytic Services, including some of its features and any related products. This product can be best characterized by the following properties:
- BI infrastructure > authentication > CAS
- analytics
- data governance > data management
- artificial intelligence > Python
- performance optimization > MPP
- BI infrastructure > Application Programming Interface
- data connectivity > CSV
- BI infrastructure > authentication
- artificial intelligence > machine learning
- BI infrastructure > SaaS
Do you want to know the intricacies of all features (100+) of SAS Cloud Analytic Services? In that case order the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.



What is SAS Business Rules Manager?
Other names by which this software product is known: Business Rules Manager
In this paragraph, we describe the key elements of SAS Business Rules Manager, including some of its features and any related products. This product can be characterized by the following characteristics:
- artificial intelligence > business rules
- artificial intelligence > R
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > Linux
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > Windows
- data integration
- data connectivity > Hadoop Distributed File System
- BI infrastructure > repository
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > Unix > Solaris
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > z/OS
- big data
Do you want to know the intricacies of all the functions (100+) of SAS Business Rules Manager? Download the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.
What is SAS Data Management?
We do not display here all the features but, in this paragraph, we display the details of SAS Data Management, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be characterized by the following properties:
- data governance > data management
- analytics
- data governance > data quality
- data connectivity > Microsoft Excel
- data integration
- data governance > data management > MDM
- BI infrastructure > Application Programming Interface
- big data
- business intelligence > reporting
Are you now curious about all elements (100+) of SAS Data Management? Download directly our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.


What is SAS Data Quality?
In this part, we describe SAS Data Quality, including some of its features and any related products. This product group consists of SAS Data Quality Server. The SAS Data Quality can be characterized by the following functionalities:
- data governance > data quality
- data governance > data management
- data governance > data quality > data quality server
- data connectivity > Teradata
- data governance > data quality > data quality management
- business intelligence > reporting
- BI infrastructure > authentication > CAS
- data governance > data management > SQL
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > Linux
Do you want to know the intricacies of all the functions (100+) of SAS Data Quality? Then order the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.


What is SAS Data Quality Server?
In this section, we report the (main) characteristics of SAS Data Quality Server, including some of its features and any related products. The SAS Data Quality Server can be best characterized by the following functionalities:
- data governance > data quality > data quality server
- data governance > data management
- data integration
- data governance > data quality > data cleansing
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > z/OS
- artificial intelligence > R
- analytics
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > Linux
- data connectivity > ODBC
Are you curious about all characteristics (100+) of SAS Data Quality Server? Download directly our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.
What is SAS Visual Text Analytics?
We don’t reveal everything here but, in this paragraph, we describe the key elements of SAS Visual Text Analytics, including some of its features and any related products. SAS Visual Text Analytics can be best characterized by the following functionalities:
- analytics > advanced analytics > text analytics > visual text analytics
- artificial intelligence > machine learning
- data discovery > analysis
- artificial intelligence > natural language processing > natural language
- data discovery > data visualization > visual analytics
- BI infrastructure > authentication > CAS
- big data > unstructured data
Are you now curious about all features (100+) of SAS Visual Text Analytics? In that case open the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.


What is SAS BI Dashboard?
We do not display here all the features but, in this paragraph, we describe the key elements of SAS BI Dashboard, including some of its features and any related products. The SAS BI Dashboard can be characterized by the following features:
- business intelligence > dashboards
- business intelligence
- performance optimization > caching
- artificial intelligence > R
- decision management > performance management > KPI
- analytics
- business intelligence > reporting
- data discovery > data visualization > visual analytics
- business intelligence > enterprise business intelligence
- data discovery > analysis
Are you now curious about all characteristics (100+) of SAS BI Dashboard? In that case open the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.


What is SAS Visual Statistics?
We do not display here all the features but, in this paragraph, we provide a description of SAS Visual Statistics, including some of its features and any related products. SAS Visual Statistics can be best characterized by the following features:
- analytics
- data discovery > data visualization > visual analytics
- data discovery > analysis
- business intelligence > reporting
- artificial intelligence > decision tree
- analytics > advanced analytics > predictive modeling > predictive models
- regressions
- data discovery > analysis > cluster analysis
- artificial intelligence > data science
- artificial intelligence > machine learning
Are you now curious about all elements (100+) of SAS Visual Statistics? Open the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.



What is SAS Mobile BI?
In this paragraph, we report the (main) characteristics of SAS Mobile BI, including some of its features and any related products. SAS Mobile BI can be best defined by the following properties:
- business intelligence
- mobile business intelligence
- business intelligence > reporting
- analytics
- data discovery > data visualization > visual analytics
- mobile business intelligence > iPad
- mobile business intelligence > Android
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > Windows
- BI infrastructure > authentication
- data discovery > notifications
Are you curious about all elements (100+) of SAS Mobile BI? In that case open the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.
What is SAS Web Report Studio?
We don’t reveal everything here but, in this paragraph, we report the (main) characteristics of SAS Web Report Studio, including some of its features and any related products. The SAS Web Report Studio can be characterized by the following features:
- business intelligence > reporting
- analytics
- data connectivity > XML
- performance optimization > caching
- artificial intelligence > R
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > java
- business intelligence > CRM > customer intelligence
- business intelligence
- data discovery > data visualization > visual analytics
- data connectivity > Microsoft Excel
Are you now curious about all the functions (100+) of SAS Web Report Studio? Then download our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.



What is SAS Field Quality Analytics?
We don’t reveal everything here but, in this paragraph, we display the details of SAS Field Quality Analytics, including some of its features and any related products. This product can be characterized by the following features:
- analytics > quality analytics
- analytics > field quality analytics
- data discovery > analysis
- big data > IoT
- business intelligence > reporting
- big data > IoT analytics
- analytics > asset performance analytics
- analytics > performance analytics
- big data > streaming
Do you want to know everything about all elements (100+) of SAS Field Quality Analytics? Open the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.



What is SAS Enterprise BI?
In this part, we report the (main) characteristics of SAS Enterprise BI, including some of its features and any related products. This product group consists of SAS Enterprise BI Server. The SAS Enterprise BI can be best characterized by the following properties:
- business intelligence > enterprise business intelligence
- business intelligence > reporting
- business intelligence > dashboards
- BI infrastructure > infrastructure
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > Windows
- analytics
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > Linux
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > Unix > Solaris
- data connectivity > Microsoft Office
Do you want to know everything about all the functionalities (100+) of SAS Enterprise BI? Download directly our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.
What is SAS Enterprise BI Server?
Under this heading, we display the details of SAS Enterprise BI Server, including some of its features and any related products. The product SAS Enterprise BI Server can be best characterized by the following functionalities:
- business intelligence > enterprise business intelligence
- business intelligence > reporting
- business intelligence > dashboards
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > Windows
- data integration
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > Linux
- analytics
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > Unix > Solaris
- BI infrastructure > infrastructure
Are you now curious about all the functions (100+) of SAS Enterprise BI Server? Download directly our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.
What is SAS Federation Server?
In this part, we display the details of SAS Federation Server, including some of its features and any related products. The SAS Federation Server can be best characterized by the following functionalities:
- BI infrastructure > authentication
- data connectivity > ODBC
- data connectivity > Hadoop Distributed File System
- data governance > data management > SQL
- data connectivity > XML
- BI infrastructure > authentication > Single Sign-On
- data integration > data virtualization
- big data
- artificial intelligence > R
- real-time analytics > real-time
Are you curious about all characteristics (100+) of SAS Federation Server? Then order the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.
What is SAS Grid Manager?
In this part, we report the (main) characteristics of SAS Grid Manager, including some of its features and any related products. SAS Grid Manager can be defined by the following functionalities:
- data connectivity > Hadoop Distributed File System
- BI infrastructure > high availability
- BI infrastructure > authentication > CAS
- BI infrastructure > authentication > Kerberos
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > Windows
- BI infrastructure > high availability > load balancing
- BI infrastructure > authentication
- BI infrastructure > infrastructure
- big data > massive volumes
- BI infrastructure > scalability
Are you now curious about all characteristics (100+) of SAS Grid Manager? Download directly our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.



What is SAS Text Miner?
We don’t reveal everything here but, in this paragraph, we describe the key elements of SAS Text Miner, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be best defined by the following functionalities:
- analytics > advanced analytics > text mining
- artificial intelligence > data mining
- artificial intelligence > R
- analytics
- big data > unstructured data
- analytics > advanced analytics > text analytics
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > Windows
- data discovery > analysis
- BI infrastructure > operating systems
- artificial intelligence > algorithms
Are you curious about all features (100+) of SAS Text Miner? Download the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.
What is SAS OLAP Server?
We do not display here all the features but, in this paragraph, we report the (main) characteristics of SAS OLAP Server, including some of its features and any related products. The SAS OLAP Server can be best characterized by the following properties:
- multidimensional models > OLAP
- multidimensional models > cube
- multidimensional models > OLAP > OLAP cubes
- multidimensional models > MDX
- BI infrastructure > scalability
- business intelligence
- data governance > data management > SQL
- artificial intelligence > R
- analytics > banking analytics
Are you curious about all characteristics (100+) of SAS OLAP Server? Download the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.



What is SAS Web Server?
Other names by which this software product is known: SAS Web Application Server
We don’t reveal everything here but, in this paragraph, we describe SAS Web Server, including some of its features and any related products. This product can be characterized by the following properties:
- BI infrastructure > web server
- BI infrastructure > authentication
- BI infrastructure > infrastructure
- analytics
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > Windows
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > z/OS
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > Unix
- real-time analytics > real-time
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > java
- BI infrastructure > authentication > web authentication
Are you curious about all the functions (100+) of SAS Web Server? Download directly our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.


What is SAS Data Loader?
In this section, we report the (main) characteristics of SAS Data Loader, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be best characterized by the following functionalities:
- data connectivity > Hadoop Distributed File System
- data governance > data quality
- big data
- data integration
- data governance > data management > data preparation
- artificial intelligence > R
- data connectivity > Hadoop Spark
- data discovery > analysis
- data connectivity > Impala
- analytics
Do you want to know the intricacies of all the functions (100+) of SAS Data Loader? Then download our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.



What is SAS LASR Analytic Server?
We don’t reveal everything here but, in this paragraph, we portrait SAS LASR Analytic Server, including some of its features and any related products. SAS LASR Analytic Server can be best characterized by the following features:
- analytics
- data discovery > data visualization > visual analytics
- performance optimization > in-memory
- data connectivity > Hadoop Distributed File System
- BI infrastructure > scalability > distributed computing
- artificial intelligence > R
- data discovery > analysis
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > Linux
- BI infrastructure > authentication > CAS
- analytics > advanced analytics > text analytics
Are you now curious about all characteristics (100+) of SAS LASR Analytic Server? Download directly our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.


What is SAS Web Analytics?
Under this heading, we provide a description of SAS Web Analytics, including some of its features and any related products. The product SAS Web Analytics can be characterized by the following functionalities:
- analytics > web analytics
- business intelligence > reporting
- data discovery > analysis
- business intelligence > CRM > customer intelligence
- business intelligence
- real-time analytics > real-time
- data integration > Extract-Transform-Load
- decision management > performance management > KPI
- data discovery > data visualization > visual analytics
Are you curious about all the functionalities (100+) of SAS Web Analytics? Then order the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.


What is SAS Intelligent Decisioning?
In this paragraph, we report the (main) characteristics of SAS Intelligent Decisioning, including some of its features and any related products. The product SAS Intelligent Decisioning can be defined by the following functionalities:
- real-time analytics > real-time
- analytics
- artificial intelligence > business rules
- artificial intelligence > Python
- decision management > decision flow
- decision management
- BI infrastructure > Application Programming Interface
- data governance > data management > SQL
- BI infrastructure > Application Programming Interface > REST APIs
- decision management > real-time decisioning
Are you curious about all characteristics (100+) of SAS Intelligent Decisioning? Then download our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.


What is SAS Visual Investigator?
We don’t reveal everything here but, in this paragraph, we give you insight in the key behaviors of SAS Visual Investigator, including some of its features and any related products. SAS Visual Investigator can be best characterized by the following features:
- analytics
- data discovery > analysis
- BI infrastructure > Application Programming Interface
- business intelligence > dashboards
- data connectivity > Microsoft Excel
- data discovery > data visualization > visual analytics
- BI infrastructure > authentication
- big data > unstructured data
- BI infrastructure > Application Programming Interface > REST APIs
- data governance > data management > data preparation
Are you curious about all features (100+) of SAS Visual Investigator? Then order the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.


What is SAS OLAP Cube Studio?
We do not display here all the features but, in this paragraph, we provide a description of SAS OLAP Cube Studio, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be best defined by the following functionalities:
- multidimensional models > cube
- multidimensional models > OLAP > OLAP cubes
- data integration > data warehousing > star schema
- data integration
- artificial intelligence > R
- business intelligence > reporting
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > Windows
- BI infrastructure > authentication
- data governance > data management
Do you want to know the intricacies of all the functionalities (100+) of SAS OLAP Cube Studio? In that case open the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.



What is SAS Real-time Decision Manager?
In this paragraph, we display the details of SAS Real-time Decision Manager, including some of its features and any related products. The product SAS Real-time Decision Manager can be best characterized by the following features:
- real-time analytics > real-time
- business intelligence > CRM > customer intelligence
- business intelligence > reporting
- analytics
- artificial intelligence > R
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > Windows
- business intelligence
- BI infrastructure > repository
- BI infrastructure > web services
- data connectivity > IBM Netezza
Do you want to know everything about all features (100+) of SAS Real-time Decision Manager? Download directly our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.



What is SAS Forecasting?
In this part, we describe SAS Forecasting, including some of its features and any related products. This product group consists of SAS Forecast Server, SAS Visual Forecasting, SAS Forecast Studio, SAS Forecast Analyst Workbench and SAS High-Performance Forecasting. This product can be best defined by the following functionalities:
- data discovery > analysis > forecasting
- data discovery > time series
- analytics
- data discovery > analysis > forecast > forecast server
- data discovery > analysis
- data discovery > time series > time series analysis
- data discovery > data visualization > visual analytics
- artificial intelligence > machine learning
- data discovery > analysis > forecasting > time series forecasting
- BI infrastructure > open source
Are you curious about all elements (100+) of SAS Forecasting? Then download our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.


What is SAS Forecast Server?
In this section, we describe SAS Forecast Server, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be defined by the following features:
- data discovery > analysis > forecasting
- data discovery > analysis > forecast > forecast server
- data discovery > time series
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > Windows
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > java
- analytics
- data discovery > analysis
- BI infrastructure > open source
- artificial intelligence > algorithms
- data discovery > time series > time series analysis
Do you want to know everything about all characteristics (100+) of SAS Forecast Server? Then download our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.



What is SAS Visual Forecasting?
In this section, we portrait SAS Visual Forecasting, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be characterized by the following features:
- data discovery > analysis > forecasting
- data discovery > time series
- BI infrastructure > authentication > CAS
- data discovery > analysis
- analytics
- data discovery > data visualization > visual analytics
- data discovery > time series > time series analysis
- BI infrastructure > open source
- data discovery > analysis > forecast > forecast server
- artificial intelligence > R
Are you now curious about all the functionalities (100+) of SAS Visual Forecasting? Then download our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.
What is SAS Forecast Studio?
Under this heading, we provide a description of SAS Forecast Studio, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be best defined by the following features:
- data discovery > analysis > forecasting
- data discovery > analysis > forecast > forecast server
- data discovery > time series
- analytics
- business intelligence > reporting
- artificial intelligence > algorithms
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > Unix > Solaris
- artificial intelligence > data mining
- big data > IoT
- data integration > data warehousing > ODS
Are you curious about all the functionalities (100+) of SAS Forecast Studio? In that case open the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.


What is SAS Forecast Analyst Workbench?
In this paragraph, we describe SAS Forecast Analyst Workbench, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be best characterized by the following features:
- data discovery > analysis > forecasting
- data discovery > analysis
- analytics
- data discovery > data visualization > visual analytics
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > Windows
- data discovery > notifications
- BI infrastructure > infrastructure
- data discovery > time series
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > Unix > AIX
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > Linux
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What is SAS High-Performance Forecasting?
In this section, we give you insight in the key behaviors of SAS High-Performance Forecasting, including some of its features and any related products. The product SAS High-Performance Forecasting can be best defined by the following properties:
- data discovery > analysis > forecasting
- data discovery > analysis > forecast > forecast server
- data discovery > time series
- analytics
- artificial intelligence > data mining
- data connectivity > Hadoop Distributed File System
- analytics > performance analytics > high-performance analytics
- artificial intelligence > R
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > Linux
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > Windows
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What is SAS Marketing Automation?
We do not display here all the features but, in this paragraph, we provide a description of SAS Marketing Automation, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be defined by the following functionalities:
- business intelligence > CRM > customer intelligence
- analytics
- business intelligence > reporting
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > java
- artificial intelligence
- data connectivity > Amazon Redshift
- data governance > data management > MDM
- data discovery > data visualization > visual analytics
- business intelligence > CRM
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What is SAS Master Data Management?
Other names by which this software product is known: SAS MDM
In this paragraph, we provide a description of SAS Master Data Management, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be defined by the following characteristics:
- data governance > data management > MDM
- data governance > data quality
- analytics
- data integration
- data governance
- BI infrastructure > repository
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > Linux
- big data
- artificial intelligence > R
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What is SAS Energy Forecasting?
In this paragraph, we provide a description of SAS Energy Forecasting, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be best characterized by the following properties:
- data discovery > analysis > forecasting > energy forecasting
- analytics
- data discovery > analysis
- data discovery > time series
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > Linux
- big data > streaming > event stream
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > Windows
- big data > IoT
- performance optimization > in-memory
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What is SAS OLAP Cubes?
In this paragraph, we provide a description of SAS OLAP Cubes, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be best defined by the following features:
- multidimensional models > OLAP
- multidimensional models > cube
- multidimensional models > OLAP > OLAP cubes
- multidimensional models > MDX
- data discovery > data visualization > pivot charts
- multidimensional models > MOLAP
- data connectivity > Microsoft Excel
- business intelligence > reporting
- data governance > data management > SQL
- data discovery > analysis
Are you curious about all the functions (100+) of SAS OLAP Cubes? Open the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.
What is SAS Data Preparation?
In this paragraph, we describe SAS Data Preparation, including some of its features and any related products. This product can be defined by the following properties:
- data governance > data management > data preparation
- analytics
- data governance > data quality
- data governance > data management
- business intelligence > reporting
- self-service BI > self-service data preparation
- data integration
- data discovery > analysis
- business intelligence
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > Windows
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What is Information Map Studio?
In this section, we provide a description of Information Map Studio, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be best characterized by the following properties:
- business intelligence > reporting
- artificial intelligence > R
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > Windows
- data connectivity > XML
- analytics
- multidimensional models > cube
- data integration > data warehousing
- business intelligence > reporting > ad hoc reporting
- data governance > data management > SQL
- data integration > data warehouse
Are you curious about all the functions (100+) of Information Map Studio? Then order the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.



What is SAS Data Surveyor?
In this paragraph, we provide a description of SAS Data Surveyor, including some of its features and any related products. This product group consists of SAS Data Surveyor SAP. The product SAS Data Surveyor can be best characterized by the following functionalities:
- data integration
- artificial intelligence > R
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > Windows
- analytics
- data connectivity > Salesforce
- data discovery > data visualization > visual analytics
- data integration > Extract-Transform-Load
- data governance > data quality > data quality server
- business intelligence > CRM
- real-time analytics > real-time
Are you curious about all the functions (100+) of SAS Data Surveyor? Then download our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.


What is SAS Data Surveyor SAP?
In this paragraph, we provide a description of SAS Data Surveyor SAP, including some of its features and any related products. SAS Data Surveyor SAP can be characterized by the following features:
- data integration
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > Windows
- data discovery > analysis
- data integration > data warehousing > ODS
- artificial intelligence > R
- data integration > data warehousing > fact tables
- data integration > data warehouse
- data governance > data management
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What is SAS Information Delivery Portal?
In this paragraph, we describe the key elements of SAS Information Delivery Portal, including some of its features and any related products. This product can be characterized by the following features:
- business intelligence > reporting
- business intelligence
- artificial intelligence > R
- analytics
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > java
- BI infrastructure > authentication
- business intelligence > dashboards
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > Windows
- data discovery > data visualization > visual analytics
- data discovery > analysis
Are you curious about all properties (100+) of SAS Information Delivery Portal? Then download our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.



What is SAS Asset Performance Analytics?
We do not display here all the features but, in this paragraph, we provide a description of SAS Asset Performance Analytics, including some of its features and any related products. This product can be characterized by the following features:
- analytics > performance analytics
- analytics > asset performance analytics
- analytics > quality analytics
- data discovery > analysis
- analytics > field quality analytics
- big data > sensor data
- big data > IoT
- analytics > advanced analytics
- big data > streaming > event stream
Do you want to know everything about all the functionalities (100+) of SAS Asset Performance Analytics? Then download our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.
What is SAS Fraud Framework?
In this paragraph, we describe SAS Fraud Framework, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be defined by the following features:
- analytics > fraud analytics > fraud framework
- data discovery > analysis > network analysis
- data discovery > analysis > network analysis > social network analysis
- analytics > fraud analytics > fraud detection
- analytics
- data integration
- real-time analytics > real-time
- data governance > data management
- analytics > fraud analytics
Do you want to know the intricacies of all the functionalities (100+) of SAS Fraud Framework? Then download our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.
What is SAS Office Analytics?
In this section, we portrait SAS Office Analytics, including some of its features and any related products. The SAS Office Analytics can be characterized by the following features:
- analytics
- business intelligence > reporting
- data connectivity > Microsoft Office
- data connectivity > Microsoft Excel
- data discovery > analysis
- data discovery > data visualization > visual analytics
- business intelligence
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > Windows
- data discovery > data visualization > pivot charts
- analytics > advanced analytics > predictive analytics
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What is SAS Deep Learning?
Under this heading, we give you insight in the key behaviors of SAS Deep Learning, including some of its features and any related products. The SAS Deep Learning can be best defined by the following characteristics:
- artificial intelligence > machine learning > deep learning
- artificial intelligence > machine learning > deep learning > deep learning models
- artificial intelligence > Python
- artificial intelligence > data mining > visual data mining
- BI infrastructure > authentication > CAS
- analytics
- artificial intelligence > computer vision
- artificial intelligence > machine learning > deep learning > deep learning programming
Are you curious about all the functionalities (100+) of SAS Deep Learning? Download directly our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.


What is SAS Analytics Platform?
We do not display here all the features but, in this paragraph, we describe the key elements of SAS Analytics Platform, including some of its features and any related products. The product SAS Analytics Platform can be best characterized by the following functionalities:
- analytics > analytics platform
- business intelligence > reporting
- data discovery > analysis
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > Windows
- BI infrastructure > open source
- artificial intelligence
- data governance > data management
- artificial intelligence > R
- analytics > advanced analytics
Do you want to know everything about all elements (100+) of SAS Analytics Platform? Then order the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.
What is SAS Data Explorer?
We do not display here all the features but, in this paragraph, we give you insight in the key behaviors of SAS Data Explorer, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be characterized by the following functionalities:
- BI infrastructure > authentication > CAS
- data governance > data management > data preparation
- analytics
- business intelligence > reporting
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > Windows
- data discovery > analysis
- data discovery
- data connectivity > CSV
- data connectivity > Google Analytics
- data discovery > analysis > exploratory data analysis
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What is SAS Risk Modeling?
We do not display here all the features but, in this paragraph, we provide a description of SAS Risk Modeling, including some of its features and any related products. The SAS Risk Modeling can be defined by the following characteristics:
- analytics > risk analytics > risk modeling
- analytics
- BI infrastructure > authentication > CAS
- data governance > data management
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > Linux
- artificial intelligence > data mining > visual data mining
- data discovery > time series > time series analysis
- artificial intelligence > machine learning
- data discovery > analysis
- artificial intelligence > data mining
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What is SAS Data Science?
In this paragraph, we report the (main) characteristics of SAS Data Science, including some of its features and any related products. This product can be characterized by the following characteristics:
- artificial intelligence > data science
- analytics
- artificial intelligence > machine learning
- artificial intelligence
- analytics > advanced analytics
- data discovery > analysis > forecasting
- artificial intelligence > Python
- artificial intelligence > data mining
- big data
- BI infrastructure > open source
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What is SAS ETL Studio?
Under this heading, we report the (main) characteristics of SAS ETL Studio, including some of its features and any related products. The SAS ETL Studio can be defined by the following characteristics:
- data integration > Extract-Transform-Load
- data integration > data warehouse
- multidimensional models > OLAP
- BI infrastructure > repository
- data integration > data warehousing > data mart
- multidimensional models > cube
- data governance > data quality > data quality server
- data connectivity > XML
Are you now curious about all elements (100+) of SAS ETL Studio? Then download our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.
What is SAS Text Analytics?
We don’t reveal everything here but, in this paragraph, we describe SAS Text Analytics, including some of its features and any related products. The product SAS Text Analytics can be characterized by the following features:
- analytics > advanced analytics > text analytics > visual text analytics
- data discovery > analysis
- analytics > advanced analytics > text mining
- data discovery > data visualization > visual analytics
- artificial intelligence > machine learning
- big data > unstructured data
- artificial intelligence > natural language processing
- data discovery > data visualization > word cloud
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What is SAS Data Governance?
In this section, we provide a description of SAS Data Governance, including some of its features and any related products. This product can be best characterized by the following characteristics:
- data governance > data management
- data governance > data quality
- analytics
- artificial intelligence > business rules
- data governance > data management > MDM
- business intelligence > reporting
- data integration
- data discovery > data visualization > visual analytics
- data connectivity > Hadoop Distributed File System
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What is SAS Visual Data Discovery?
In this paragraph, we report the (main) characteristics of SAS Visual Data Discovery, including some of its features and any related products. The product SAS Visual Data Discovery can be best defined by the following characteristics:
- data discovery
- analytics
- data discovery > analysis
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > Windows
- data discovery > data visualization
- analytics > advanced analytics
- BI infrastructure > operating systems
- data discovery > analysis > exploratory data analysis
- business intelligence > reporting
- data governance > data management
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What is SAS Sentiment Analysis Studio?
We don’t reveal everything here but, in this paragraph, we describe the key elements of SAS Sentiment Analysis Studio, including some of its features and any related products. SAS Sentiment Analysis Studio can be defined by the following functionalities:
- data discovery > analysis > sentiment analysis
- analytics > advanced analytics > text analytics > visual text analytics
- analytics > advanced analytics > text mining
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > Windows
- artificial intelligence > natural language processing
- mobile business intelligence > Android
- big data > unstructured data
Do you want to know everything about all properties (100+) of SAS Sentiment Analysis Studio? Download the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.



What is SAS Advanced Analytics?
We do not display here all the features but, in this paragraph, we report the (main) characteristics of SAS Advanced Analytics, including some of its features and any related products. This product can be characterized by the following properties:
- analytics > advanced analytics
- data discovery > analysis
- artificial intelligence > data science
- artificial intelligence > machine learning
- artificial intelligence
- analytics > advanced analytics > predictive modeling
- analytics > advanced analytics > predictive analytics
- business intelligence > reporting
- artificial intelligence > data mining
Are you curious about all characteristics (100+) of SAS Advanced Analytics? Download directly our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.


What is SAS Production Quality Analytics?
Under this heading, we describe SAS Production Quality Analytics, including some of its features and any related products. SAS Production Quality Analytics can be best characterized by the following functionalities:
- analytics > quality analytics
- big data > IoT
- analytics > production quality analytics
- analytics > field quality analytics
- data discovery > analysis
- analytics > performance analytics
- analytics > asset performance analytics
- big data > streaming
- artificial intelligence
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What is SAS Big Data?
In this section, we describe the key elements of SAS Big Data, including some of its features and any related products. This product can be characterized by the following functionalities:
- big data
- analytics
- data connectivity > Hadoop Distributed File System
- big data > big data analytics
- artificial intelligence > data science
- data governance > data management > data preparation
- data governance > data management
- artificial intelligence > machine learning
- data governance
- analytics > advanced analytics
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What is SAS Banking Analytics?
We do not display here all the features but, in this paragraph, we describe SAS Banking Analytics, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be best defined by the following characteristics:
- analytics > banking analytics
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > Linux
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > Windows
- data discovery > analysis
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > Unix > Solaris
- data integration
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > Unix > AIX
- data governance > data quality
- analytics > advanced analytics
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What is SAS Business Intelligence Platform?
In this section, we display the details of SAS Business Intelligence Platform, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be best characterized by the following characteristics:
- business intelligence > business intelligence platform
- analytics
- business intelligence > reporting
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > Windows
- data discovery > analysis
- BI infrastructure > authentication
- business intelligence > CRM > customer intelligence
- multidimensional models > OLAP
- analytics > web analytics
Do you want to know everything about all properties (100+) of SAS Business Intelligence Platform? Download the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.



What is SAS Data Integration Server?
In this part, we give you insight in the key behaviors of SAS Data Integration Server, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be characterized by the following characteristics:
- data integration
- data governance > data management
- data governance > data quality
- artificial intelligence > R
- BI infrastructure > scalability > Amazon Web Services
- business intelligence
- analytics
- data governance
- business intelligence > reporting
- BI infrastructure > operating systems > Linux
Do you want to know the intricacies of all elements (100+) of SAS Data Integration Server? Then order the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.
What is SAS Data Warehouse?
We do not display here all the features but, in this paragraph, we portrait SAS Data Warehouse, including some of its features and any related products. This product can be best defined by the following functionalities:
- data integration > data warehouse
- data integration > data warehousing
- data governance > data management
- analytics
- artificial intelligence > R
- data connectivity > Hadoop Distributed File System
- data integration
- business intelligence > reporting
- multidimensional models > OLAP
- data discovery > analysis > forecasting
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What is SAS Machine Learning?
Under this heading, we give you insight in the key behaviors of SAS Machine Learning, including some of its features and any related products. The SAS Machine Learning can be characterized by the following characteristics:
- artificial intelligence > machine learning
- artificial intelligence
- analytics
- artificial intelligence > algorithms
- artificial intelligence > data mining > visual data mining
- artificial intelligence > Python
- data discovery > analysis
- artificial intelligence > machine learning > machine learning models
- artificial intelligence > data science
Are you now curious about all features (100+) of SAS Machine Learning? Open the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.
What is SAS Predictive Analytics?
We do not display here all the features but, in this paragraph, we provide a description of SAS Predictive Analytics, including some of its features and any related products. This product can be characterized by the following properties:
- analytics > advanced analytics > predictive analytics
- analytics > advanced analytics > predictive modeling
- artificial intelligence > machine learning
- artificial intelligence > data mining
- business intelligence > reporting
- data discovery > analysis
- analytics > advanced analytics
- artificial intelligence
- big data
Are you curious about all properties (100+) of SAS Predictive Analytics? Then download our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.
What is SAS Artificial Intelligence?
In this paragraph, we provide a description of SAS Artificial Intelligence, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be best characterized by the following features:
- artificial intelligence > machine learning
- analytics
- artificial intelligence > machine learning > deep learning
- data discovery > analysis
- artificial intelligence > natural language processing > natural language
- artificial intelligence > computer vision
- big data > IoT
- artificial intelligence > natural language processing
- artificial intelligence > data mining
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What is SAS Omnichannel Analytics?
In this paragraph, we provide a description of SAS Omnichannel Analytics, including some of its features and any related products. This product can be defined by the following characteristics:
- analytics > omnichannel analytics
- business intelligence
- big data > massive volumes
- artificial intelligence > machine learning
- data connectivity > Hortonworks
- analytics > omnichannel analytics > retail omnichannel analytics
- analytics > retail analytics
- analytics > advanced analytics > predictive analytics
- data discovery > analysis > forecasting
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What is SAS Natural Language Processing?
In this paragraph, we describe the key elements of SAS Natural Language Processing, including some of its features and any related products. The SAS Natural Language Processing can be characterized by the following features:
- artificial intelligence > natural language processing > natural language
- analytics
- BI infrastructure > web services
- data discovery > analysis
- analytics > advanced analytics > text analytics
- business intelligence
- artificial intelligence
- big data > unstructured data
- artificial intelligence > algorithms
Are you curious about all properties (100+) of SAS Natural Language Processing? Then download our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.



What is SAS Federal Data Management?
We do not display here all the features but, in this paragraph, we report the (main) characteristics of SAS Federal Data Management, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be best defined by the following features:
- data governance > data management
- analytics
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Recent innovations of SAS Business Analytics-tools and the version history
Recently, we see a stable evolution in relation to BI & Analytics functionality and support for operating systems and connectivity. The latest innovations are in the areas of decision management > decision logic, decision management > decision optimization and BI infrastructure > authentication > SSO authentication.
We reviewed SAS’s latest versions of its product portfolio. Below you can see the respective version numbers of the various BI & Analytics products of SAS:
- Dataflux: 6.2 0.1.2
- Dataflux Authentication Server: 4.1m1 4.1 3.2
- Dataflux Data Management Server: 2.9 2.7 2.6 2.5
- Dataflux Data Management Studio: 2.9 2.7 2.6
- Information Map Studio: 4.31 4.4 4.2m2 4.2 3.1
- SAS Analytics Platform: 1.5 1.3
- SAS Asset Performance Analytics: 6.3 6.1
- SAS BI Dashboard: 4.41 4.4 4.3
- SAS Business Analytics: 9.4m7 9.4 ts1m8 9.4 9.3 5
- SAS Business Rules Manager: 3.3 3.1 1.2
- SAS Customer Analytics: 2016
- SAS Customer Intelligence: 6.6
- SAS Data Explorer: 2021.1 2021 2.5 2.2
- SAS Data Integration Studio: 2023 4.905 4.904 4.903 4.8 4.7m5 4.7 4.5 4.3 4.2 3.4
- SAS Data Loader: 3.1m1 3.1 2.3 2.2
- SAS Data Preparation: 2.5
- SAS Data Quality: 9.47
- SAS Data Quality Server: 9.47 9.46 9.45 9.21 9.2
- SAS Data Surveyor: 5.4 5.3 5.1 4.3 4.2
- SAS Energy Forecasting: 9.4m3 4.3 4.1 3.2m1 3.2
- SAS Enterprise BI Server: 9.45 9.4 4.4
- SAS Enterprise Guide: 8.3 8.2 8.1 7.13 6.1m1 6.1 4.305 4.3 4.2
- SAS Enterprise Miner: 15.2 15.1 14.3 14.2 13.1 12.3 12.1 7.1
- SAS ETL Studio: 3.3
- SAS Event Stream Processing: 7.1 6.2 6.1 5.1 4.3 3.2
- SAS Federation Server: 4.5 4.4 4.1
- SAS Field Quality Analytics: 6.3
- SAS Forecast Analyst Workbench: 5.4 5.3 5.2
- SAS Forecast Server: 15.3 15.2 15.1 14.3 14.2 14.1 13.1 12.3 12.1 4.1 3.1
- SAS Forecast Studio: 15.3 15.2 1.2
- SAS Grid Manager: 9.4
- SAS High-Performance Forecasting: 12.1 9.1 4.1 3.1 2.3 2.2
- SAS Information Delivery Portal: 9.41 9.1.3 4.31 4.4 4.3 4.2 2.0 1.1
- SAS LASR Analytic Server: 2.83 2.8 2.4 1.6
- SAS Marketing Automation: 6.6 6.5 6.4 6.3 5.1 4.4
- SAS Mobile BI: 8.15 8.2 8.1 7.33 7.32 7.31 7.21 7.20 7.3 7.1
- SAS OLAP Cube Studio: 4.4
- SAS OLAP Server: 9.4 9.1
- SAS Real-time Decision Manager: 6.6 6.4 6.3 5.41 5.1.1
- SAS Risk Modeling: 8.1
- SAS Sentiment Analysis Studio: 12.2.5 1.3
- SAS Text Miner: 15.1 14.3 14.1 12.1 5.1 4.2 3.1
- SAS Visual Analytics: 2021.2.1 2021 2020.1.5 2020 100 9.4 8.5 8.3 8.2 8.1 7.5 7.4 7.3 7.2 7.1 6.4 6.2
- SAS Visual Analytics App: 2022.10.0
- SAS Visual Analytics Designer: 7.51
- SAS Visual Forecasting: 2021.1.6 8.4
- SAS Visual Investigator: 10.8 10.7 10.2
- SAS Visual Statistics: 2021.1.2 2020.1.1 8.5 8.2
- SAS Visual Text Analytics: 2021.2 8.4 3.8
- SAS Viya: 2023.01 2022.11 2020.1 3.5 3.4
- SAS Web Analytics: 5.4 5.0
- SAS Web Report Studio: 4.31 4.4 4.3 4.2 3.1 2.1
- SAS Web Server: 9.46
- SAS/ACCESS: 9.2 9.0
Behind each product are the version numbers, the older the version the more backward the version is in the list.
What are the licensing costs of SAS Viya, SAS Visual Analytics and SAS Enterprise Guide?
It is difficult to determine exactly what a license of SAS Viya, SAS Visual Analytics and SAS Enterprise Guide costs because it depends on the country, the number of users (or the number of CPUs in the case of server software), the connectors to data sources, and at what point in the year you request a quote. And before the end of a fiscal quarter of SAS, you may be able to look forward to a decent discount. In addition, nowadays it is recommended running the software in the cloud, for the most part, you only pay for your consumption then. The purchase cost of SAS Viya, SAS Visual Analytics and SAS Enterprise Guide may not be the single largest expense, but maintenance and support do return each year.
What makes SAS BI & Analytics unique?
In our study, we see that SAS in the field of BI & Analytics software has a few specific features which are worth weighing in a tool selection. This makes SAS Business Analytics more or less unique: field quality analytics, forecast server, distribution analysis, quality analytics and risk modeling.
The advantages and disadvantages of SAS Business Analytics
Figure 197: Tag cloud of the developed and less developed aspects of SAS BI & Analytics
In the following sections, we describe all the advantages and disadvantages of SAS BI & Analytics, SAS Viya, SAS Visual Analytics and SAS Enterprise Guide, et cetera. These are not necessarily definitive because: SAS can currently work with partners to building on features that meet specific customer needs at this time (such as support for OData, gantt chart and API management). Or a certain feature is not (yet) (well) documented.
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1. SAS Analytics
The vendor SAS has an excellent score in our 100% vendor-independent BI & Analytics survey of the theme ‘Analytics’ (for this section SAS comes out as the absolute market leader in our research). The score amounts to 100%, relative to other vendors. We considered the following factors: customer analytics, sales analytics, process analytics, operations analytics, usage analytics, business process analytics and desktop analytics. In doing so, we analyzed the following five products: SAS Visual Forecasting, SAS Visual Statistics, SAS Visual Investigator, SAS Visual Data Discovery and SAS Field Quality Analytics. In total, we examined 130 criteria within this section. Would you like to delve further into the topic ‘Analytics’? Then download here our BI & Analytics Guide.
2. SAS Data Discovery
The company has an excellent score in our independent BI & Analytics survey on the subject ‘Data Discovery’ (for this section SAS comes out as the absolute market leader in our research), given that they score 100% on this, compared to other vendors. We considered the following factors: analysis, time series and data visualization. In doing so, we investigated the following four products: SAS Visual Data Discovery, Dataflux Data Management Studio, SAS Data Explorer and SAS Viya Visual Analytics. In total, we examined 400 selection criteria within this main theme. Are you excited about the topic ‘Data Discovery’? Then download here our BI & Analytics Guide. Or take a deep dive in the following content:
3. SAS Decision Management
The vendor SAS has an excellent rating in our 100% vendor-independent BI & Analytics survey on the subject ‘Decision Management’ (for this section SAS comes out as the absolute market leader in our research), given that they score 100% on this, compared to other vendors. We considered the following factors: decision support, decision-making platform, decision optimization and decision intelligence. In doing so, we assessed the following two products: SAS Customer Intelligence 360 and SAS Intelligent Decisioning. In total, we examined 30 criteria within this section. Are you planning to specialize further in the topic ‘Decision Management’? Then download here our BI & Analytics Guide 2023.
4. SAS BI Infrastructure
SAS has an excellent performance in our 100% vendor-independent BI & Analytics survey on the section ‘BI Infrastructure’, given that they score 98% on this, compared to other vendors. The following criteria were used: authentication, infrastructure and SDK. In total, we examined 162 aspects in this category. Would you like to learn more about the topic ‘BI Infrastructure’? Then download here our BI & Analytics Guide.
5. SAS Mobile Business Intelligence
SAS has an excellent rating in our objective BI & Analytics survey on the subject ‘Mobile Business Intelligence’. The score amounts to 94%, compared to other vendors. We considered the following factors: push notification, mobile server, mobile analytics, mobile dashboards and mobile push notifications. In doing so, we studied the following two products: SAS Visual Analytics App and SAS Mobile BI. In total, we examined 10 criteria in this category. Are you excited about the topic ‘Mobile Business Intelligence’? Then download here our BI & Analytics Study 2023.
6. SAS Artificial Intelligence
SAS has an excellent score in our study of the theme ‘Artificial Intelligence’, given that they score 94% on this, relative to other vendors. We used the following selection criteria: data science, algorithms, natural language processing, linear regression, business rules, cognitive services and computer vision. In doing so, we looked at the following five products: SAS Field Quality Analytics, SAS Business Analytics, SAS Banking Analytics, SAS Production Quality Analytics and SAS Data Management. In total, we examined 164 criteria within this section. Would you like to go into more depth with the topic ‘Artificial Intelligence’? Then download here our BI & Analytics Guide 2023. Or take a deep dive in the following content:
7. SAS Data Governance
The company has an excellent rating in our independent BI & Analytics survey on the section ‘Data Governance’. The company scores 82% on this topic, relative to other vendors. We looked at the following criteria, among others: data management, data quality, data catalog, data encryption, data lineage and data acquisition layer. In doing so, we investigated the following five products: SAS Data Preparation, SAS Data Management, SAS Data Warehouse, SAS Data Quality and SAS Big Data. In total, we examined 91 features within this discipline. Would you like to learn more about the topic ‘Data Governance’? Then download here our BI & Analytics Study.
8. SAS Big Data
The vendor SAS has an excellent performance in our objective BI & Analytics survey on the subject ‘Big Data’ with a score of 80%, relative to other vendors. We considered the following factors: streaming, big data analytics, unstructured data, sensors, data lakes, Blob storage and sensor data. In doing so, we analyzed the following five products: SAS Visual Statistics, SAS Business Analytics, SAS Data Preparation, SAS Banking Analytics and SAS Production Quality Analytics. In total, we examined 59 criteria in this category. Would you like to become more proficient in the topic ‘Big Data’? Then download here our BI & Analytics Guide. Or take a deep dive in the following content:
9. SAS Performance Optimization
The company has a good performance in our study of the theme ‘Performance Optimization’, given that they score 78% on this, relative to other vendors. We looked at the following criteria, among others: parallel processing, data pipelines, materialized views and cache settings. In total, we examined 29 aspects in this category. Would you like to delve further into the topic ‘Performance Optimization’? Then download here our BI & Analytics Study.
10. SAS Business Intelligence
SAS has a good performance in our independent BI & Analytics survey on the subject ‘Business Intelligence’ with a score of 75%, compared to other vendors. We looked at the following criteria, among others: reporting, dashboards and CRM. In doing so, we studied the following five products: SAS Business Analytics, SAS Data Preparation, SAS Banking Analytics, SAS Visual Analytics and SAS Visual Analytics App. In total, we examined 73 selection criteria within this main theme. Would you like to delve further into the topic ‘Business Intelligence’? Then download here our BI & Analytics Guide. Or take a deep dive in the following content:
11. SAS Data Integration
The company has a good score in our study on the subject ‘Data Integration’ with a score of 72%, compared to other vendors. The following criteria were used: data warehousing, cross-database joins, data integration jobs and Extract-Transform-Load. In doing so, we assessed the following five products: SAS Business Analytics, SAS Data Preparation, SAS Banking Analytics, SAS Data Management and SAS Fraud Framework. In total, we examined 76 selection criteria within this main theme. Are you planning to specialize further in the topic ‘Data Integration’? Then download here our BI & Analytics Guide 2023.
12. SAS Self-service BI
The vendor SAS has a good score in our study on the section ‘Self-service BI’. The score amounts to 72%, compared to other vendors. The following criteria were used: self-service data preparation, self-service reporting, self-service analysis, self-service data discovery, self-service data analytics, self-service data visualization and self-service data exploration. In total, we examined 14 aspects in this category. Would you like to learn more about the topic ‘Self-service BI’? Then download here our BI & Analytics Guide.
13. SAS Data Connectivity
The vendor SAS has a good rating in our objective BI & Analytics survey on the section ‘Data Connectivity’. The score amounts to 72%, relative to other vendors. The following criteria were used: ODBC, JSON and XML. In doing so, we studied the following two products: SAS/ACCESS and SAS Cloud Analytic. In total, we examined 91 criteria in this category. Would you like to delve further into the topic ‘Data Connectivity’? Then download here our BI & Analytics Guide 2023.
14. SAS Multidimensional Models
The vendor SAS has a good score in our current BI & Analytics survey on the section ‘Multidimensional Models’. The score amounts to 68%, relative to other vendors. We used the following selection criteria: OLAP, cube and MDX. In total, we examined 14 selection criteria within this main theme. Would you like to go into more depth with the topic ‘Multidimensional Models’? Then download here our BI & Analytics Guide 2023.
15. SAS Real-time Analytics
SAS has a good score in our current BI & Analytics survey of the theme ‘Real-time Analytics’. The company scores 56% on this topic, compared to other vendors. We looked at the following criteria, among others: data ingestion, real-time insights, real-time data warehousing, real-time streaming data, real time dashboard and real-time consolidation. In total, we examined 19 features within this discipline. Would you like to learn more about the topic ‘Real-time Analytics’? Then download here our BI & Analytics Study 2023.
In which sectors is SAS BI & Analytics most active?
In our recently updated, independent BI & Analytics research on, we also looked at which industries a software vendor moves to. These are the industries where SAS is on the road: banking, biotech, construction, energy, financial services, food, health care, higher education, hospitality, insurance, life sciences, manufacturing, pharma, public sector, retail, universities and utilities.
SAS software is most used by…
The BI & Analytics software from SAS is most often mentioned in combination with the following functions: analytics designer, business analysts, data engineers, data scientists, director, forecast analyst, marketers, platform administrator and product marketing.
Education and training course SAS BI & Analytics
The teachers of Passionned Group give various courses in the field of BI & Analytics but can also provide specific SAS training, for example as incompany. For example, you can think about the following software: SAS Viya, SAS Visual Analytics and SAS Enterprise Guide. Of course, such training is framed with the ideas of the intelligent, data-driven organization.
Final judgment: SAS Business Analytics scores eminent
SAS has a extensive product portfolio with which it scores eminent in our BI & Analytics survey. SAS BI & Analytics innovates (approximately) at an average rate of more than 15 features per year, is active (for now) in lots of different sectors, and is strongest in analytics.
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