SAS Integration and Synchronization

SAS Data Management is an industry-leading solution built on a data quality platform which can be integrated and synchronized with 150+ widely used local and cloud-based IT-systems like SQL/ERP/CRM codelessly using the Layer2 Cloud Connector. 

To connect to SAS Data Management data the data source entity must be configured as follows in the Layer2 Cloud Connector Connection Manager:

Fig.: Example connection configuration to connect to SAS data. 

SAS Data Management Specific Configuration Settings

​Please note the following specific settings.

• Select the ODBC Data Provider to connect. The provider is part of the Windows Operating System and should be already installed.
• You need the SAS Data Management ODBC driver installed (64-bit or 32-bit version depending on architecture and installed Cloud Connector). This comes usually with the SAS implementation.
• Follow the vendor instructions to setup and configure. See here for an example to setup an ODBC data source.
• Use a System DSN (not User or File DSN) to setup your connection and to refer to in the connection string. Verify your setup directly in the ODBC Connection Manager, if supported.
• You can use a connection string like this to connect:
  DSN=SAS_ODBC
  Please find more details about ODBC options at www.connectionstrings.com.
• You can make use of ODBC to query your data as supported by the data provider and source system. For any specification of query language supported see vendor documentation.
• You can map your data fields to specific external source fields in the Layer2 Cloud Connector. Please take care about data types (simple type conversions are supported).
• Please enter an appropriate primary key (column with unique values), depending on query (see data preview for this).

Specific SAS Data Management Data Integration Scenarios

​Just some ideas what to connect next:

• You will find 150+ more systems to connect to SAS Data Management here.

Can't find what you are looking for? Take a look here or contact [email protected] for any help.​

SAS Data Management Data Integration - Known Issues and Workarounds

• You can generally use the connection for uni-directional synchronization (read access). We cannot support writing back to this entity, there seems to be some issues with the ODBC provider.
• No programming required to setup a connection. No need to open your local network for access from outside. No need to modify the connected systems.
• For more detailed setting options please take a look at the Layer2 Cloud Connector User's Guide.

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