To search for tweets
and import them:
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The first time you import tweets, you are directed to the Twitter website to
log on to your account and authorize SAS Visual Analytics. After you enter your logon information
and click
Authorize app, the
SAS product page opens. Close this page and navigate back to SAS Visual
Analytics.
After the initial logon, SAS Visual Analytics uses
authorization tokens for accessing Twitter instead of requiring you to log on each time. If you
would like to change users or remove authorization after completing
this step, click
Clear Sign In Information on the lower left-hand side of the
Import Twitter Data window.
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Enter a
search term and the maximum number of tweets to return.
Note: SAS does not support the
following:
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searches in languages other than
English. Requests in other languages (such as specifying lang=fr)
return no tweets.
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search terms cannot include
double-
byte characters.
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(Optional) In the
LASR Table section, enter the name for the table and a description. Review the
library and location settings by clicking
Advanced.
Make any necessary changes.
You do not have access
to the
Advanced section if you are using the explorer or designer and do not have the Build Data
capability. Instead, you can import the data to a general-purpose area or select
Store
the table in a private location to prevent other users
from accessing the data.
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(Optional) Review the
Proxy Server section. Make any necessary changes.
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The search results from a Twitter import in SAS Visual Analytics and the search results
from Twitter’s own
search interface do not match exactly. Each uses a different mechanism to download tweets. A Twitter
import in SAS Visual Analytics uses Twitter’s public search API. There are limits
on what data and how much data that SAS can download using Twitter’s public search
API. These limits might not apply to Twitter’s own search interface. For more information,
see
https://dev.twitter.com/rest/reference/get/search/tweets.
Note: Rate limits apply to the
Twitter service. Such limits are beyond the control of SAS Visual
Analytics. You are required to follow all applicable terms of use
that Twitter and others might promulgate for Twitter data.
Note: Certain functionality in
SAS Visual Analytics enables you to invoke external third-party resources.
Be aware that use of these resources might result in disclosure and
transmission of information that you submit to these resources.