Manage SAS Data Sets Data in DBArtisan as a JDBC Source

The CData JDBC Driver for SAS Data Sets seamlessly integrates SAS Data Sets data into database management tools like DBArtisan by enabling you to access SAS Data Sets data as a database. This article shows how to create a JDBC source for SAS Data Sets in DBArtisan. You can then edit data visually and execute standard SQL.

Integrate SAS Data Sets Data into DBArtisan Projects

Follow the steps below to register SAS Data Sets data as a database instance in your project:

1. In DBArtisan, click Data Source -> Register Datasource.
2. Select Generic JDBC.
3. Click Manage.
4. In the resulting dialog, click New. Enter a name for the driver and click Add. In the resulting dialog, navigate to the driver JAR. The driver JAR is located in the lib subfolder of the installation directory.
5. In the Connection URL box, enter credentials and other required connection properties in the JDBC URL.

   Set the following connection properties to connect to your SAS DataSet files:

   Connecting to Local Files

   • Set the Connection Type to "Local." Local files support SELECT, INSERT, and DELETE commands.
   • Set the URI to a folder containing SAS files, e.g. C:\PATH\TO\FOLDER\.

   Connecting to Cloud-Hosted SAS DataSet Files

   While the driver is capable of pulling data from SAS DataSet files hosted on a variety of cloud data stores, INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE are not supported outside of local files in this driver.

   Set the Connection Type to the service hosting your SAS DataSet files. A unique prefix at the beginning of the URI connection property is used to identify the cloud data store and the remainder of the path is a relative path to the desired folder (one table per file) or single file (a single table). For more information, refer to the Getting Started section of the Help documentation.

   Built-in Connection String Designer

   For assistance in constructing the JDBC URL, use the connection string designer built into the SAS Data Sets JDBC Driver. Either double-click the JAR file or execute the jar file from the command-line.

   java -jar cdata.jdbc.sasdatasets.jar

   Fill in the connection properties and copy the connection string to the clipboard.

   Below is a typical connection string:

   jdbc:sasdatasets:URI=C:/myfolder;
6. Finish the wizard to connect to SAS Data Sets data. SAS Data Sets entities are displayed in the Datasource Explorer.

You can now work with SAS Data Sets data as you work with any other database. See the driver help documentation for more information on the queries supported by the SAS Data Sets API.