The
Import Data feature enables analysts to perform self-service ad hoc
data analysis. You can take a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet from your
desktop and transfer it to SAS data set, a database, SAS Data in HDFS,
or SAS LASR Analytic Server. You can also import data from
CSV files, tab-separated files, and other character delimited text
files.
The
imported data can be used to enrich existing data that is already
available in your SAS deployment. However, a valuable option is that
you can import data directly to memory on a SAS LASR Analytic Server.
Once
the data is in memory, you can explore the data and create visualizations
with SAS Visual Analytics Explorer. Likewise, you can use the impressive
reporting capabilities of SAS Visual Analytics Designer.