About SAS/ACCESS Documentation

This documentation provides conceptual, reference, and usage information for SAS/ACCESS software for data sources for relational database management systems (DBMSs), data warehouse appliances, and distributed systems.

The availability and behavior of SAS/ACCESS features vary from one interface to another. Therefore, consult the information in both the general and DBMS-specific sections of this document when working with your particular SAS/ACCESS interface. Also, refer to the SAS system requirements and configuration guide documents that are available at http://support.sas.com.

This document assumes that you are an applications programmer or end user with these skills.

• You are familiar with the basics of their DBMS or data warehouse appliance and its Structured Query Language (SQL).
• If you use Hadoop, you are familiar with Hadoop and the Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS). You have knowledge of fundamental Hadoop library and processing using HDFS. You are also familiar with the basics of Hadoop, Hive, and HiveQL. For details, see the Apache Hadoop and Hive websites at http://hadoop.apache.org and https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/Hive.
• You know how to use your operating environment.
• You can use basic SAS commands and statements.

If you are a database administrator, you might also want to read this document to understand how to implement and administer specific interfaces.