Contents
About
What’s New In SAS LASR Analytic Server
Introduction to the SAS LASR Analytic Server
What is SAS LASR Analytic Server?
How Does the SAS LASR Analytic Server Work?
Benefits of Using the Hadoop Distributed File System
Components of the SAS LASR Analytic Server
Administering the SAS LASR Analytic Server
Memory Management
Data Partitioning and Ordering
SAS LASR Analytic Server Logging
Non-Distributed SAS LASR Analytic Server
About Non-Distributed SAS LASR Analytic Server
Starting and Stopping Non-Distributed Servers
Loading and Unloading Tables for Non-Distributed Servers
LASR Procedure
Syntax: LASR Procedure
PROC LASR Statement
PERFORMANCE Statement
REMOVE Statement
SAVE Statement
Overview: LASR Procedure
Examples: LASR Procedure
Example 1: Start a Server
Example 2: Starting a Server with Logging Options
Example 3: Using the SAS Data in HDFS Engine
Example 4: Load a Table from Teradata to Memory
Example 5: Load a Table from Greenplum to Memory
Example 6: Unload a Table from Memory
Example 7: Stopping a Server
Example 8: Working with User-Defined Formats
Example 9: Working with User-Defined Formats and the FMTLIBXML= Option
Example 10: Saving a Table to HDFS
IMSTAT Procedure
Syntax: IMSTAT Procedure
PROC IMSTAT Statement
BALANCE Statement
COLUMNINFO Statement
COMPUTE Statement
DELETEROWS Statement
DISTRIBUTIONINFO Statement
DROPTABLE Statement
FETCH Statement
FREE Statement
IMPORTCUBE Statement
LIFETIME Statement
NUMROWS Statement
PARTITION Statement
PARTITIONINFO Statement
PROMOTE Statement
PURGETEMPTABLES Statement
REPLAY Statement
SAVE Statement
SCHEMA Statement
SCORE Statement
SERVERINFO Statement
SERVERPARM Statement
SERVERTERM Statement
SERVERWAIT Statement
SET Statement
STORE Statement
TABLE Statement
TABLEINFO Statement
UPDATE Statement
QUIT Statement
Overview: IMSTAT Procedure
Concepts: IMSTAT Procedure
Examples: IMSTAT Procedure
Example 1: Partitioning a Table into a Temporary Table
Example 2: Promoting Temporary Tables to Regular Tables
Example 3: Rebalancing a Table
Example 4: Deleting Rows and Saving a Table to HDFS
Example 5: Creating a Star Schema
Example 6: Appending Tables
Example 7: Appending a Non-Partitioned Table to a Partitioned Table
Example 8: Storing Temporary Variables
IMXFER Procedure
Syntax: IMXFER Procedure
PROC IMXFER Statement
SERVER Statement
TABLE Statement
QUIT Statement
Overview: IMXFER Procedure
Examples: IMXFER Procedure
Example 1: Copying Tables from One Server to Another
Example 2: Copying Tables from One Cluster to Another
OLIPHANT Procedure
Syntax: OLIPHANT Procedure
PROC OLIPHANT Statement
ADD Statement
REMOVE Statement
DETAILS Statement
Overview: OLIPHANT Procedure
Concepts: OLIPHANT Procedure
Examples: OLIPHANT Procedure
Example 1: Adding and Removing Files in HDFS
Example 2: Querying File Details from HDFS
VASMP Procedure
Syntax: VASMP Procedure
PROC VASMP Statement
SERVERINFO Statement
SERVERPARM Statement
SERVERTERM Statement
SERVERWAIT Statement
TABLEINFO Statement
QUIT Statement
Overview: VASMP Procedure
Example: Copying Tables from One Hadoop Installation to Another
Using the SAS LASR Analytic Server Engine
What Does the SAS LASR Analytic Server Engine Do?
Understanding How the SAS LASR Analytic Server Engine Works
Understanding Server Tags
Comparing the SAS LASR Analytic Server Engine with the LASR Procedure
What is Required to Use the SAS LASR Analytic Server Engine?
What is Supported?
LIBNAME Statement for the SAS LASR Analytic Server Engine
LIBNAME Statement Syntax
Data Set Options for the SAS LASR Analytic Server Engine
APPEND= Data Set Option
ARRAY= Data Set Option
AUTOCOMMIT= Data Set Option
FORMATEXPORT= Data Set Option
HASH= Data Set Option
NODEFAULTFORMAT= Data Set Option
ORDERBY= Data Set Option
PARTITION= Data Set Option
PERM= Data Set Option
SIGNER= Data Set Option
TAG= Data Set Option
TEMPNAMES= Data Set Option
UCA= Data Set Option
Using the SAS Data in HDFS Engine
What Does the SAS Data in HDFS Engine Do?
Understanding How the SAS Data in HDFS Engine Works
What is Required to Use the SAS Data in HDFS Engine?
What is Supported?
LIBNAME Statement for the SAS Data in HDFS Engine
LIBNAME Statement Syntax
Data Set Options for the SAS Data in HDFS Engine
BLOCKSIZE= Data Set Option
COLUMNS= Data Set Option
COPIES= Data Set Option
FILETYPE= Data Set Option
GETNAMES= Data Set Option
GETOBS= Data Set Option
GUESSROWS= Data Set Option
HASH= Data Set Option
LOGUPDATE= Data Set Option
ORDERBY= Data Set Option
PARTITION= Data Set Option
PATH= Data Set Option
PERM= Data Set Option
REPLACE= Data Set Option
UCA= Data Set Option
Programming with SAS LASR Analytic Server
About Programming
DATA Step Programming for Scoring In SAS LASR Analytic Server
Removing a Machine from the Cluster
About Removing a Machine from the Cluster
Which Servers Can I Leave Running When I Remove a Machine?
Remove the Host Name from the grid.hosts File
Remove the Host Name from the Hadoop Slaves File
Restart Servers
Adding Machines to the Cluster
About Adding Machines to the Cluster
Which Servers Can I Leave Running When I Add a Machine?
Configure System Settings
Add Host Names to Gridhosts
Propagate Operating System User IDs
Configure SAS High-Performance Deployment of Hadoop
Configure SAS High-Performance Analytics Infrastructure
Restart SAS LASR Analytic Server Monitor
Restart Servers and Redistribute HDFS Blocks
View Explorations and Reports
Glossary
Product
Release
SAS LASR Analytic Server
2.3
2.1_M1
2.1
Type
Usage and Reference
Copyright Date
December 2013
Last Updated
17Dec2013