What's New in SAS Data Integration Studio 4.8

The Enterprise Decision Management transformation incorporates SAS Decision Manager flows into jobs. The transformation maps physical data to decision flows. The results tables produce decision-making results from the mapped input data. For an example of how this transformation can be used, see Generating Enterprise Decision Management Output.

The Conditional Start and Conditional End transformations support conditional processing within jobs through the use of SAS macro %IF logic. Distinct portions of a job can be defined to run conditionally, based on whether the associated defined condition is determined to be true or false. Job flow is sequential. Multiple conditions can be defined within the same job. These conditions can be logically related to one another. Each conditional definition block starts and ends a task or series of tasks that run if the defined condition is true. For an example of how these transformations can be used, see Running Conditional Processes.

Source designer wizards enable you to register tables on the SAS Metadata Server. Registered tables are available to SAS applications that use the metadata server. New source designers enable you to register tables in a Vertica database or an SAP HANA database.

If your site has licensed SAS Environment Manager and SAS Job Monitor, then you can use a web browser to display run-time statistics for SAS Data Integration Studio jobs. For more information, see Displaying Run-Time Statistics in SAS Job Monitor.

If your site has licensed SAS Visual Process Orchestration, then you can use a web browser to integrate SAS Data Integration Studio jobs into a larger process flow. SAS Visual Process Orchestration enables you to build orchestration jobs, which are process jobs that run other jobs. An orchestration job can integrate executable files from various systems into a single process flow. A single orchestration job can run one or more executable files, such as SAS Data Integration Studio jobs, DataFlux Data Management Studio jobs, SAS code files, third-party programs, scripts, and web services. For more information, see Using a Web Client to Orchestrate Jobs.