What's New in SAS Visual Analytics 7.2 :: SAS(R) Visual Analytics 7.2: User's Guide

General Enhancements to SAS Visual Analytics

The enhancements to importing data include the ability to do the following:

Import data from Google Analytics.
Import data from Facebook.
Import data from a MapR database.
Connect to an ODBC database using connection options.
Import multiple DBMS tables at the same time.
Import a local file as a ZIP file.

SAS Visual Analytics Explorer

General Enhancements for SAS Visual Analytics Explorer

Enhanced features in SAS Visual Analytics Explorer include:

Decision tree visualizations include an icicle plot of the nodes in the tree.
A new Rapid growth property for decision tree visualizations enables you to control information gain.
A new Outliers property for box plot visualizations enables you to control the appearance of outlier points and exclude outliers from the plot.

SAS Visual Statistics

The features of SAS Visual Statistics have been integrated into the explorer user interface. If SAS Visual Statistics is licensed at your site, then the following features are available:

An enhanced decision tree visualization, which includes interactive training and model assessment information.
A linear regression visualization, which creates predictive models for measure variables.
A logistic regression visualization, which creates predictive models for category variables.
A generalized linear model visualization, which creates predictive models for measure variables.
A cluster visualization, which segments the input data into clusters.
Model comparison, which compares two or more predictive models.
You can create interaction effects, which are used when the contribution of one variable to a model changes as another variable changes.

General Enhancements for SAS Visual Statistics

You can now derive predicted values for predictive models. This feature creates two variables from the predictive models that contain prediction information. These variables can be used in other visualizations.

SAS Visual Analytics Designer

New and enhanced features in SAS Visual Analytics Designer include:

A new default report theme, SAS Snow, has been added. Existing reports can be manually changed to the new report theme by using the Styles tab.
You can export an image of a report object.
New options (for example, adding page numbers) are available for printing to PDF.
You can attach a PDF of a report to an e-mail message.
When you add e-mail addresses to the To line in the E-mail window, the designer now provides suggestions as you type. (A user’s e-mail address must be stored in metadata for this feature to work.)
Parameterized URLs can be used for reports.
Calculated data items and grouped category data items can be changed into geographic data items and used in geo maps.
The Data tab has a new option that enables you to hide all data items that are not used in the current report.
A new Show Selected at Top option is available on the Data tab for basic filters.
The Data tab has a new Delete Filter option when you are editing individual filters. It also has a new Show Selected at Top option for basic filters.
A Remove All Data Items menu item is now available for crosstabs and list tables.
Text in the Location field on the Report Properties window is now selectable, which makes it easier for you to share the location of your report with other users.

SAS Visual Analytics Administration

For information about changes and enhancements in administration of SAS Visual Analytics, see the SAS Visual Analytics: Administration Guide.

Note: To request access to the SAS Visual Analytics: Administration Guide, see the instructions on the SAS Visual Analytics page on the SAS support site.

What’s New in SAS Visual Analytics 7.2