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.