SAS/ACCESS Interface to SAP HANA passes the following SAS functions to SAP HANA for processing. Where the SAP HANA function name differs from the SAS function name, the SAP HANA name appears in parentheses. For more information, see Passing Functions to the DBMS Using PROC SQL.
| ** (POWER(base, exponent)) | LOG2 (LOG(2, value)) |
| ABS | LOWCASE (LOWER) |
| ARCOS (ACOS) | MAX |
| ARSIN (ASIN) | MIN |
| ATAN | MINUTE |
| ATAN2 | MOD (see note) |
| AVG | MONTH |
| BYTE (CHAR(CAST(expression AS INTEGER))) | QTR (CAST(TO_CHAR(value, 'Q') AS SMALLINT)) |
| CEIL | SECOND |
| COALESCE | SIGN |
| COS | SIN |
| COSH | SINH |
| COT | SQRT |
| COUNT | STD (STDDEV) |
| DAY (DAYOFMONTH) | STRIP (TRIM) |
| EXP | SUBSTR (SUBSTRING) |
| FLOOR | SUM |
| HOUR | TAN |
| INDEX (LOCATE) | TANH |
| LEFT (RPAD(LTRIM(value), LENGTH(value))) | TRANWRD (REPLACE) |
| LENGTH | TRIMN (RTRIM) |
| LENGTHC (LENGTH) | UPCASE (UPPER) |
| LENGTHN (LENGTH) | VAR |
| LOG (LN) | WEEKDAY (DAYOFWEEK) |
| LOG10 (LOG(10, value)) | YEAR |
SQL_FUNCTIONS=ALL allows for SAS functions that have slightly different behavior from corresponding database functions that are passed down to the database. Only when SQL_FUNCTIONS=ALL can the SAS/ACCESS engine also pass these SAS SQL functions to SAP HANA. Due to incompatibility in date and time functions between SAP HANA and SAS, SAP HANA might not process them correctly. Check your results to determine whether these functions are working as expected.
| COMPRESS (REPLACE) | TIME (CURRENT_TIME) |
| DATE (CURRENT_DATE) | TIMEPART (CAST(expression AS TIME)) |
| DATEPART (CAST(expression AS DATE)) | TODAY (CURRENT_DATE) |
| DATETIME (CURRENT_TIMESTAMP) | TRANSLATE |
| SYSDATE |