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SAS/IML Studio Comparison with SAS/INSIGHT

SAS/INSIGHT will not be available after the SAS 9.2 release. SAS/IML Studio may be an alternative for some SAS/INSIGHT users.

There are three major differences between the two products. The first is that SAS/IML Studio runs on a PC in the Microsoft Windows operating environment. It is client software that can connect to SAS servers (in later phases of SAS 9.2). The SAS server might be running on a different computer than SAS/IML Studio. In contrast, SAS/INSIGHT runs on the same computer on which SAS is installed.

A second major difference is that SAS/IML Studio is programmable, and therefore extensible. SAS/INSIGHT contains standard statistical analyses that are commonly used in data analysis, but you cannot create new analyses. In contrast, you can write programs in IML Studio that call any licensed SAS procedure, and you can include the results of that procedure in graphics, tables, and data sets.

A third major difference is that the SAS/IML Studio statistical graphics are programmable. You can add legends, curves, and other features to the graphics in order to better analyze and visualize your data.

SAS/IML Studio contains many features that are not available in SAS/INSIGHT. General features that are unique to SAS/IML Studio include the following:

The following list presents features of SAS/IML Studio data views (tables and plots) that are not included in SAS/INSIGHT:

SAS/IML Studio also provides the following analyses and options that are not included in SAS/INSIGHT: