SAS® Data Accelerator and
SAS® In-Database Technologies

Instead of bringing data to the analytics, SAS takes analytics to where the data lives, using in-database processing. You can run scoring models, DATA step, some SAS procedures, and formatted SQL queries in supported data sources without moving the data to SAS. Many of the components of SAS Data Accelerator and SAS In-Database Technologies use SAS Embedded Process, which must be deployed in the data source.

Starting with the 2026.06 release of the SAS Viya platform, SAS In-Database Technologies is renamed SAS Data Accelerator.

Most recent releases:

SAS Data Accelerator on the SAS® Viya® platform

SAS In-Database Technologies on SAS® 9.4M9 

Documentation

Find user's guides and other technical documentation for SAS Data Accelerator and SAS In-Database Technologies.



Previous Versions

9.4

SAS 9.4 (Maintenance 8 January 2023)

SAS 9.4 (Maintenance 7 August 2020)

    SAS 9.4 (Maintenance 6 November 2018)

    9.4 (Maintenance 5 July 2018)

    9.4 (Maintenance 4 November 2016)

    • SAS 9.4 In-Database Products: User's Guide, Seventh Edition PDF | HTML
    • SAS 9.4 In-Database Products: Administrator's Guide, Eighth Edition PDF | HTML

    9.4 (Maintenance 3 January 2016)

    • SAS 9.4 In-Database Products: User's Guide, Sixth Edition PDF | HTML
    • SAS 9.4 In-Database Products: Administrator's Guide, Seventh Edition PDF | HTML

    9.4 (Maintenance 3)

    • SAS 9.4 In-Database Products: User's Guide, Sixth Edition PDF | HTML
    • SAS 9.4 In-Database Products: Administrator's Guide, Sixth Edition PDF | HTML

    9.4  

    • SAS 9.4 In-Database Products: User's Guide, Fifth Edition PDF | HTML
    • SAS 9.4 In-Database Products: Administrator's Guide, Fifth Edition PDF | HTML

    9.3

    • SAS 9.3 In-Database Products: User's Guide, Fourth Edition PDF | HTML
    • SAS 9.3 In-Database Products: Administrator's Guide, Fourth Edition PDF | HTML

    Related Documentation

    9.2

    In-Database Procedures

    SAS/ACCESS 9.2 for Relational Databases: Reference

    • In-Database Procedures in Teradata HTML
    • SQLGENERATION= LIBNAME option HTML
    • SQLGENERATION= system option HTML

    Base SAS Procedures

    • Base Procedures That Are Enhanced for In-Database Processing HTML
    • In-Database Computation (PROC FREQ) HTML
    • PROC FREQ HTML
    • PROC MEANS HTML
    • PROC RANK HTML
    • PROC SUMMARY HTML

    SAS/STAT Procedures

    Format Publishing and the SAS_PUT Function

    SAS/ACCESS 9.2 for Relational Databases: Reference

    • Deploying and Using SAS Formats in Teradata HTML
    • Deploying and Using SAS Formats in Netezza HTML
    • SQLMAPPUTTO= system option HTML

    SAS Data Accelerator Blogs & Communities

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