Managed Data Access

Many sites prepare data sources to be used by business analysts. This information can come from data sources such as data warehouses and transactional systems. A data administrator enables access by registering the tables and libraries in SAS metadata. A data administrator might use additional SAS products to provide advanced data governance, data quality, and data management support.

SAS/ACCESS engines can be used to access data in operational systems, transactional systems, or data warehouses. SAS offers a variety of SAS/ACCESS engines for accessing data from operational systems. These engines must be licensed and configured at your site to connect to the data. After a connection is set up, you can use SAS Management Console and SAS Visual Analytics Administrator for registering the libraries and tables from these data sources.