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SAS Viya

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What is SAS Viya?

An end-to-end platform for AI, data science, and analytics, used for modeling, as well as management and deployment of AI models.

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SAS Advanced Analytics Review

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Yoni DvorkisView profile
Lead Data Scientist in Information Technology at Atrius Health (1001-5000 employees employees)

Pros

  • Easy-to-navigate drag and drop display.
  • Great visual dashboards.

Cons

  • Price point was too high given the level of use we would anticipate.
  • More comprehensive training.

Alternatives Considered

RStudio, Anaconda and TIBCO Spotfire

Other Software Used

RStudio, TIBCO Spotfire, Anaconda

A good tool on advanced analytics

Incentivized
Rishi Bavishi, CSSGB, CAPMView profile
Forecasting Analyst in Professional Services at Hilton (10,001+ employees employees)

Pros

  • SAS is can be used as query builder tool which can automate a lot of excel process.
  • There are variety of statistical options available that tie up good visual analytics.
  • There are inbuilt models available for different operations which doesn't require any coding and are easy to run.

Cons

  • Query builders have less functionality compared to some tools like alteryx.
  • Modifying and customizing outputs are still a cumbersome process.
  • Coding for special tasks is difficult and lengthy.

Return on Investment

  • SAS has provided a good statistical analysis but tool training is required.
  • A good POC of tools is required as for our industry it did not become very much effective by not having great level of flexibility.

Alternatives Considered

Alteryx Analytics

Other Software Used

Alteryx Analytics, OneNote

Why I like SAS

Arthur TabachneckView profile
CEO in Research & Development at Analyst Finder, Inc. (201-500 employees employees)

Pros

  • Extremely versatile combination of available functions
  • Includes all critical analytical capabilities
  • Includes and interface to R for the few, newer approaches, that haven't yet been incorporated

Cons

  • No needed improvements. Company continues to add more capabilities each year

Return on Investment

  • Excellent ROI
  • Met all objectives

Alternatives Considered

SPSS and Microsoft BI

SAS Visual Analytics review

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Sanjeev PulapakaView profile
Director, Application Architecture and Programming in Information Technology at ICMA-RC (501-1000 employees employees)

Pros

  • Good data preparation tools
  • Well written code with few critical errors
  • Responsive customer support

Cons

  • More focus on presentation aspects with additional graph objects like donut pie charts
  • More focus on production readiness including high availability and automatic monitoring of logs

Return on Investment

  • Positive ROI and achievement of business objectives

Alternatives Considered

Qlik Sense, Information Builders WebFOCUS and Tableau Desktop

Other Software Used

AWD, MS SharePoint

SAS for Advanced Analytics

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Remy WelchView profile
Consultant in Information Technology at Deloitte (10,001+ employees employees)

Pros

  • SAS Analytics is excellent for modeling. You can use a variety of modeling techniques and SAS Analytics produces robust reports on the model you are creating.
  • SAS Analytics is excellent for data exploration. It has good etl capabilities, and once you have the data loaded you can preform a lot of statistics and other explorative measures.

Cons

  • SAS Analytics does not have very good graphic capabilities. Their advanced graphics packages are expensive, and still not very appealing or intuitive to customize.
  • SAS Analytics is not as up-to-date when it comes to advanced analytical techniques as R or other open-source analytics packages.

Return on Investment

  • SAS analytics has helped our employee efficiency, as it provides analytics procedures that do not require as much background knowledge as other analytics tools.

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