Overview

The key applications for data integration in SAS data management include:
These approaches of these applications are summarized in the following table:
Application
Approach to Data Integration
SAS Data Loader for Hadoop
Provides directive-based data processing in Hadoop
SAS Data Integration Studio
Provides better data access capabilities, can run code in-database, is fully integrated into the SAS metadata layer, and has more options for interacting with Hadoop.
DataFlux Data Management Studio
Provides user interfaces for performing data exploration and data profiling. Includes a business rules component.
SAS Visual Process Orchestration
Provides a web-based design environment that pulls together SAS, DataFlux, and external jobs in logical flows.
DataFlux Data Management Server also performs data integration functions. For more information, see DataFlux Data Management Server.