Load from HDFS

SAS LASR Analytic Server can load data from the Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) that is co-located on the machines in the cluster. Before loading the data, you must add the data to HDFS. To load from HDFS:

Navigate to the SASHDAT file to use in the HDFS content explorer. Select the file and click .
On the General page, specify values for the Job name, Location, and Description if you intend to save this action as a job.

Select the Settings page and specify the SAS LASR Analytic Server and data parameters:

Field	Description
Configuration directory	This field specifies the location of the server description files.
Server description file	This field specifies the name of the server description file.
HDFS file	This path to the SASHDAT file is populated automatically.
Table description	Specify a description for the data. This description overrides the description that was associated with the data set before it was added to HDFS. The description is displayed beside the table name in the explorer interface.

Click Submit.

The following items provide additional information about loading from HDFS:

Before the data can be loaded from HDFS, it must be added to HDFS. For more information, see Prepare Data.
The data can also be added to HDFS with the OLIPHANT procedure from a SAS session.
SAS LASR Analytic Server reads SASHDAT files from HDFS only. It does not read any other data that is stored in HDFS such as the output of MapReduce jobs.