Upon completing this course, you will be able to support parts of Data Governance initiatives with SAS Information Catalog on SAS Viya. SAS Information Catalog is relatively new, and RD is adding many exciting new features! In the same workshop you will look at the integration points between the SAS Information Catalog and SAS Lineage. SAS Lineage interface has been completely re-designed. The integration with the Catalog is tighter than ever.
You will also learn how to use REST APIs to interact with the SAS Information Catalog and SAS Lineage objects.
Learn How To
Play two distinct roles;
The Catalog User who will
Explore assets automatically indexed and inserted into the catalog. Make use of discovery agents to analyse data and information assets. Search using free-text or facets to isolate and understand the assets. Understand the calculated metrics. Understand the information privacy classification.
The Catalog Administrator, who will:Create and Run discovery agents.Monitor the agents.Schedule the agents.Control authorizations and access to features, and delegate roles.Time permitting, look at in-depth topics such as CAS Events or Database assets. Who Should Attend
Customer Advisory, to gain in-depth knowledge of the product, know how to match product features with customer expectationsProfessional Services, to know how to implement and configure the product on-site.in-depth knowledge of the product and know how to configure the product.Prerequisites
Before attending this course, you should:;
Be familiar with SAS Viya platform and products.Know the basics of SAS Viya Programming: CAS actions, PROC CASUTIL, etc.Have basic knowledge of the SAS Viya CLI, shell scriptsHave a basic knowledge of working with the QKB Quality Knowledge Base.Have a basic understanding of Python for the REST API optional exercises.Course Outline
SAS Information Catalog
SAS Information Catalog overview. Who is the Catalog for? (Roles) Features and licensingDiscovery agents (CASLIBs, SAS Compute libraries, and International Data). Monitor. Schedule. Analysis History. Search. Free searchFaceted search. Automatic indexingImport SAS objects. Catalog after import.Metrics (classic and graphical)Delegate roles. Authorizations CASLIBs. Custom groups (subject matter experts, maintainers, and ad-hoc). Knowledge share. Contacts and tags. Maintain the catalog. Ad-hoc analysis. CAS events. Database assets. SAS Lineage and Information CatalogLineage Objects. Generated lineage.SAS Viya REST APIsPrinciples. Get relationships. Get catalog search results. Call the REST APIs from Python.
