Adding an SAS Data Integration Connection
The current version of this connector is not final and it will be updated.
Prerequisites
- A user with sufficient permissions is required to establish a connection with SAS.
- Zeenea traffic flows towards the data source must be open.
- The SAS proprietary libraries are not provided with the connector.
Please download them and place them in the/lib-extfolder of the scanner: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/psfa/7.2.1?topic=configuration-installing-uninstalling-client-tools-software - If you are using Java 11 to run your scanner, you'll also need to download and copy these libraries to the
/lib-extfolder:
Supported Versions
The SAS connector was developed and tested with SAS version 9.4 and is compatible with scanner version 44 and later.
Installing the Plugin
The SAS plugin can be downloaded here: Zeenea Connector Downloads
For more information on how to install a plugin, please refer to the following article: Installing and Configuring Connectors as a Plugin.
Declaring the Connection
Creating and configuring connectors is done through a dedicated configuration file located in the /connections folder of the relevant scanner. The scanner frequently checks for any change and resynchronises automatically.
Read more: Managing Connections
In order to establish a connection with a SAS instance, specifying the following parameters in the dedicated file is required:
| Parameter | Expected value |
|---|---|
name | The name that will be displayed to catalog users for this connection. |
code | The unique identifier of the connection on the Zeenea platform. Once registered on the platform, this code must not be modified or the connection will be considered as new and the old one removed from the scanner. |
connector_id | The connector type to use for the connection. Here, the value must be sas-dataintegration and this value must not be modified. |
connection.server | SAS Server name |
connection.port | SAS Server port |
connection.username | Username |
connection.password | User password |
filter.job_name.includes | Comma-separated list of elements to include jobs in the synchronization using the following keywords: Example: |
filter.job_name.excludes | Comma separated list of elements to exclude jobs during synchronization using the following keywords: Example: |
filter | To filter data processes during the synchronization. See Rich Filters |
A template of the configuration file is available in this repository.
User Permissions
In order to collect metadata, the running user's permissions must allow them to access and read databases that need cataloging.
Here, the user must have read access to all SAS metadata objects.
Rich Filters
The SAS connector benefits from the feature of rich filters in the configuration of the connector. The keys that can be used to filter the elements are path or name.
Read more: Filters
Data Extraction
To extract information from SAS Metadata, the connector will connect using the SAS proprietary libraries and use the various objects provided to retrieve the following objects:
- Physical Table
- Job
- Server Component
- SAS Library
Collected Metadata
Synchronize
Will collect the list of jobs accessible by the user.
Lineage
The connector is able to retrieve the lineage to existing datasets from the catalog.
Data Process
A data process is an SAS job.
- Name
- Source Description
- Technical Data:
- Technical Name
- Repository
- SAS ID
- Creation Time
- Folder
- Created By
- Technical Name
Unique Identifier Keys
A key is associated with each item of the catalog. When the object comes from an external system, the key is built and provided by the connector.
More information about unique identification keys in this documentation: Identification Keys.
| Object | Identifier Key | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Data process | code/repository/data process id |
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