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Struggling with SAS 9.4 to Viya 4 migration?

SAS Viya 4
SAS Viya 4

Struggling with the complexities of manual content migration?

SAS AI

We’ve got the solution!

WP ViyaShift

We've got the solution!

WP ViyaShift

One click solution
for migrating your content from SAS 9.4 to Viya 4

Watch it to believe

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Intuitive GUI
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Automation of over 50 manual steps
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Single Window Interface
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Simplified Configuration
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E2E Process Integration
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Minimal Manual Interactions
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No Manual Monitoring
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Distributed Packaging
  • Intuitive GUI
  • Automation of over 50 manual steps
  • Single Window Interface
  • Simplified Configuration
  • E2E Process Integration
  • Minimal Manual Interactions
  • No Manual Monitoring
  • Distributed Packaging

Steps for Manual Migration

25+ Individual Steps

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Execution & monitoring individual commands
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Configure SAS migration utilities
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Import assessment reports to Viya
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Export data from the Assessment Reports
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Package creation for supported content by S9CA
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Manual package creation for unsupported content
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Import the packages to the target environment
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Monitor import results
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Manual validation of successful execution
10 - 25
And Many Others Steps

Challenges

Manual Migration

Technical Complexity

  • Involves rebuilding applications
  • Translate code to the different syntax
  • Time-consuming and error-prone

Resource Constraints

  • Require specialized skills in both SAS 9.4 and Viya
  • Disrupts existing workflows and impact user productivity

Organizational Issues

  • Transitioning staff from familiar SAS 9.4 interfaces
  • Requires training and support

Automated Migration Process

Stages

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  • Analysis

    Perform a comprehensive analysis of the SAS 9.4 environment to identify SAS content that can be migrated.

  • Create Transport Packages

    Tools packages & all the content which can be migrated to Viya Platform.

  • Automated Mapping

    Mapping file creation in backend through script.

  • Importing

    Import all the data to Viya environment.

  • Validation

    Validate the migrated environment to ensure data integrity and functionality.

Value Addition by WPViyaShift

Released Features

  • SAS Packages creation of DI Jobs & Stored processes
  • Tracking import failures of EG Projects.

Current Release

  • Export & import of VA Reports, Deployed Jobs & Deployed Flows
  • Tracking successful export and imports for VA Reports, Deployed Jobs & Deployed Flows.

Coming Soon

  • Export & import of Forecasting projects, e-miner projects, Model manager projects
  • Verification of Successful imports for SAS content that our tool supports

ViyaShift Success Story

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Manual Migration
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With help of ViyaShift
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