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SAS® Viya® Administration: Platform Management
AD414W : AD414W
This hands-on workshop provides a look at platform administration tasks for SAS Viya administration using SAS Environment Manager and the sas-viya command-line interface. The focus is on administration topics that are performed or configured within the platform.
Learn How To
- Use SAS Environment Manager and the sas-viya CLI to administer a SAS Viya environment.
- Identify the primary responsibilities of a SAS Viya administrator.
- Manage users, groups, and memberships in SAS Viya.
- Create and manage credential domains.
- Create, update, and maintain credentials for external resources.
- Configure and manage connections to data sources.
- Manage data and content used throughout the SAS Viya platform.
- Create and manage caslibs.
- Load, access, and manage data in the CAS server.
- Manage the state and availability of CAS tables.
- Create and maintain user-defined formats for SAS Compute and CAS environments.
- Organize and manage SAS Viya content.
- Understand the fundamentals of migrating content between SAS Viya environments.
- Maintain security on SAS Viya content, data, and functionality.
- Troubleshoot authorization issues using SAS Viya authorization concepts.
- Use general authorization rules to control access to SAS Viya resources.
- Understand CAS authorization precedence and inheritance.
- Understand the basics of monitoring and observability for a SAS Viya environment.
Who Should Attend
SAS Administrators
Prerequisites
Before taking this course, you should have a working knowledge of Linux operating system commands. Familiarity with Kubernetes concepts is helpful but not required.
SAS Products Covered
SAS Viya
Course Outline
Introduction to SAS Viya Administration
- Tasks of a SAS Viya administrator.
- Users and groups.
- Domains and credentials.
- Data sources.
- CAS data management.
- Managing user-defined formats (SAS and CAS).
- Managing content in SAS Viya.
- Migration essentials.
- SAS Viya authorization fundamentals.
- General authorization precedence and inheritance.
- CAS authorization precedence and inheritance.
- Observability essentials.
Live Class Schedule
Duration: 14 hours
Step into our live classes and experience a dynamic learning environment where you can ask questions, share ideas, and connect with your instructor and classmates. With on-demand lab hours, you can explore the material at your own pace. Our globally acclaimed instructors will motivate you to think bigger, so you can take what you've learned and achieve your biggest goals.
This course isn't publicly scheduled, but private training and coaching may be available. Contact us to explore options.
Private Training
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Coaching Services
Take your training to the next level with personalized coaching. While private training offers structured coursework, coaching provides hands-on, real-time support from a subject matter expert. As you work with your own data, you'll receive expert guidance to help you uncover insights, unlock the full potential of your data, and make faster progress. Perfect for those looking to apply what they’ve learned and see quicker results.

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