Introduction to SAS In-Database Processing

When using conventional processing to access data inside a data source, SAS asks the SAS/ACCESS engine for all rows of the table being processed. The SAS/ACCESS engine generates an SQL SELECT * statement that is passed to the data source. That SELECT statement fetches all the rows in the table, and the SAS/ACCESS engine returns them to SAS. As the number of rows in the table grows over time, network latency grows because the amount of data that is fetched from the data source to SAS increases.
SAS in-database processing integrates SAS solutions, SAS analytic processes, and third-party data providers. Using SAS in-database processing, you can run scoring models, some SAS procedures, DS2 thread programs, and formatted SQL queries inside the data source.
Note: For the sake of brevity, in this document, the term database is used to denote both relational database management systems and file systems.
The following table lists the SAS products needed to use these features.
In-Database Feature
Software Required
Supported Data Providers
format publishing and the SAS_PUT( ) function
Base SAS
SAS/ACCESS Interface to the data source
Aster
DB2 under UNIX
Greenplum
Netezza
Teradata
scoring models
Base SAS
SAS/ACCESS Interface to the data source
SAS Scoring Accelerator
SAS Enterprise Miner
SAS Factory Miner (analytic store scoring)1
SAS Scalable Performance Data Server (optional)
SAS Model Manager (optional)
Aster
DB2 under UNIX
Greenplum
Hadoop
Netezza
Oracle
SAP HANA
SPD Server
Teradata
Base SAS procedures:
FREQ
2RANK
REPORT
2SORT
SUMMARY/MEANS
TABULATE
3TRANSPOSE
Base SAS
SAS/ACCESS Interface to the data source
SAS In-Database Code Accelerator (PROC TRANSPOSE only)
Aster
DB2 (UNIX and z/OS)
Greenplum
Hadoop
Hawq
Impala
Oracle
Netezza
SAP HANA
Teradata
SAS/STAT procedures:
CORR
CANCORR
DMDB
DMINE
DMREG
FACTOR
PRINCOMP
REG
SCORE
TIMESERIES
VARCLUS
Base SAS (for CORR)
SAS/ACCESS Interface to Teradata
SAS/STAT (for CANCORR, FACTOR,PRINCOMP, REG, SCORE, VARCLUS)
SAS/ETS (for TIMESERIES)
SAS Enterprise Miner (for DMDB, DMINE, DMREG)
SAS Analytics Accelerator
Teradata
DS2 threaded programs
Base SAS
SAS/ACCESS Interface to the data source
SAS In-Database Code Accelerator
Greenplum
Hadoop
Teradata
DATA step scoring programs
Base SAS
SAS/ACCESS Interface to Hadoop
Hadoop
data quality operations
Base SAS
SAS/ACCESS Interface to Hadoop
SAS/ACCESS Interface to Teradata
SAS In-Database Code Accelerator
SAS Data Loader for Hadoop
SAS Data Quality Accelerator for Teradata
Hadoop
Teradata
extract and transform data
Base SAS
SAS/ACCESS Interface to Hadoop
SAS/ACCESS Interface to Teradata
SAS Data Loader for Hadoop
SAS Data Quality Accelerator for Teradata
Hadoop
Teradata
1Analytic store scoring is supported only on Hadoop, SAP HANA, and Teradata.
2In-database processing of PROC RANK and PROC SORT is not supported by Hadoop.
3In-database processing of PROC TRANSPOSE is preproduction only on Hadoop and Teradata. Additional licensing and configuration is required. For more information, see Running PROC TRANSPOSE inside the Database (Preproduction).