Explore a Data Source

To explore a data source:

In a web browser, open the SAS Visual Analytics home page (at your equivalent of http://<serverName>:<portNumber>/SASVisualAnalyticsHub).
In the Create Content area, click Create Exploration.
In the SAS Visual Analytics Explorer window, click Select a Data Source.
In the Open Data Source window, select a data source or click a link in the Import Data panel to add a new data source. Click Open.

Note: For more details about importing data, see the SAS Visual Analytics: User's Guide.
Drag any data item from the left pane onto the center of the screen. The explorer assigns the data item to a role and displays an initial chart as the new exploration’s first visualization.

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An exploration contains all of the visualizations, filters, and data settings from an explorer session.
Extend, enhance, and refine the exploration (as little or as much as you like). For ideas, see Cheat Sheet for Explorations.

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In exploration and reporting, access to data is always Read-Only, so feel free to experiment—you will not break anything.

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If your session times out due to inactivity, any unsaved changes are lost. It is a good idea to save your work frequently.
To save the exploration, select FileSave from the main menu. In the Save As window, select My Folder, and enter a name. Click Save.

Tip
Each data exploration is saved in its own project, which is called an exploration.
In the upper left corner of the explorer, click .
On the home page, notice that the new exploration is in the Recent list in the My Content area.