Welcome to SAS Visual Investigator

SAS Visual Investigator enables users to manage the end-to-end life cycle of an investigation. Areas of investigation might include alert management, search and discovery tasks, and review of various visualizations to uncover additional investigative details. Use the links below to access documentation resources.

Frequently Accessed Topics

Explore and Learn

Videos and Tutorials

Alert-Based Investigation

Discovery-Based Investigation

Mobile Investigation

Access the data dictionary (PostgreSQL)

Access the data dictionary (Oracle)

Product Use, Configuration, and Tuning

Investigate and Search Data

Manage and create objects

Perform custom workflow tasks

Perform an advanced search

Search within a geographical area

Manage node and link display

Configure Users and the Product

Manage users, groups, and capabilities

Design and build product pages

Configure and use data objects

Create, Test, and Run Flows

Understand flow and scenario design

Create scenarios

Create a summary scenario

Test flows and scenarios

Create flow versions and run flows

Customize, Tune, and Expand the Product

Access The SAS Viya Platform REST API documentation

Access SAS Visual Investigator REST API documentation

Access the SAS Visual Investigator solution extensions

Review development controls and design elements

Resources to Enhance the User Experience

Code Examples and Resources

Alert Generation and Management

Sample data searches

Alert generation and scenario design JSON examples

Sample DATA step scenario

Examples of REST calls to run and monitor flows

Alert generation using a REST call

Page and Extension Design

Example page design and creation

Last updated: October 14, 2026