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I would like to see SAS datasets available for import into PowerBI. We would use this every day if it were availabe.

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Jeremiah Robinson on 20 Sep 2016 21:17:19

I would like to see SAS datasets available for import into PowerBI. We would use this every day if it were available.

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b5b13a20 3f38-4685-8609-ca91c4291ffa on 05 Jul 2020 23:35:44

RE: I would like to see SAS datasets available for import into PowerBI. We would use this every day if it were availabe.

Good afternoon,

As SAS is used more and more at my office, having the possibility to use a direct connect functionality to SAS would greatly help in the data democratization. This is a cultural change happening at my employer.

Thank you.

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a9aa5433 dc21-4d7e-8977-f99e9a5043d1 on 05 Jul 2020 23:21:11

RE: I would like to see SAS datasets available for import into PowerBI. We would use this every day if it were availabe.

Please enable Power BI to read SAS data sets (.SAS7BDAT)

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22aa4673 adeb-48a0-adb5-a72bc8a09d3a on 05 Jul 2020 22:30:46

RE: I would like to see SAS datasets available for import into PowerBI. We would use this every day if it were availabe.

Hi,

In PowerBI desktop with Microsoft R Client, you can import SAS tables using R script as a data source:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-r/scaler-user-guide-data-import#importing-fixed-format-data


# Importing SAS Data
inFileSAS <- file.path(rxGetOption("sampleDataDir"), "claims.sas7bdat")
xdfFileSAS <- "claimsSAS.xdf"
claimsSAS <- rxImport(inData = inFileSAS, outFile = xdfFileSAS)