MCP Server for SAS Data Sets

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Connecting to SAS Data Sets

Connecting to SAS Data Sets

Below are example connection strings to SAS files or streams, using the server's default data modeling configuration (see below)

Service provider URI formats Connection example
Local Single File Path (One table)
file://localPath
URI=C:/folder1;
Directory Path (one table per file)
file://localPath
HTTP or HTTPS http://remoteStream
https://remoteStream
URI=http://www.host1.com/streamname1;
Amazon S3 Single File Path (One table)
s3://remotePath
URI=s3://bucket1/folder1; AWSSecretKey=secret1; AWSRegion=OHIO;
Directory Path (one table per file)
s3://remotePath
Azure Blob Storage azureblob://mycontainer/myblob URI=azureblob://mycontainer/myblob; AzureStorageAccount=myAccount; AzureAccessKey=myKey;
URI=azureblob://mycontainer/myblob; AzureStorageAccount=myAccount; InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH; AuthScheme=OAuth;
Google Drive Single File Path (One table)
gdrive://remotePath
gdrive://SharedWithMe/remotePath
URI=gdrive://folder1;InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH; AuthScheme=OAuth;
URI=gdrive://SharedWithMe/folder1;InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH; AuthScheme=OAuth;
Directory Path (one table per file)
gdrive://remotePath
gdrive://SharedWithMe/remotePath
One Drive Single File Path (One table)
onedrive://remotePath
onedrive://SharedWithMe/remotePath
URI=onedrive://folder1;InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH; AuthScheme=OAuth;
URI=onedrive://SharedWithMe/folder1;InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH; AuthScheme=OAuth;
Directory Path (one table per file)
onedrive://remotePath
onedrive://SharedWithMe/remotePath
Box Single File Path (One table)
box://remotePath
URI=box://folder1; InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH; AuthScheme=OAuth;
Directory Path (one table per file)
box://remotePath
Dropbox Single File Path (One table)
dropbox://remotePath
URI=dropbox://folder1; InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH; AuthScheme=OAuth; OAuthClientId=oauthclientid1; OAuthClientSecret=oauthcliensecret1; CallbackUrl=http://localhost:12345;
Directory Path (one table per file)
dropbox://remotePath
SharePoint SOAP Single File Path (One table)
sp://remotePath
URI=sp://Documents/folder1; User=user1; Password=password1; StorageBaseURL=https://subdomain.sharepoint.com;
Directory Path (one table per file)
sp://remotePath
SharePoint REST Single File Path (One table)
sprest://remotePath
URI=sprest://Documents/folder1; InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH; AuthScheme=OAuth; StorageBaseURL=https://subdomain.sharepoint.com;
Directory Path (one table per file)
sprest://remotePath
FTP or FTPS Single File Path (One table)
ftp://server:port/remotePath
ftps://server:port/remotepath
URI=ftps://localhost:990/folder1; User=user1; Password=password1;
Directory Path (one table per file)
ftp://server:port/remotePath
ftps://server:port/remotepath;
SFTP Single File Path (One table)
sftp://server:port/remotePath
URI=sftp://127.0.0.1:22/folder1; User=user1; Password=password1;
URI=sftp://127.0.0.1:22/folder1; SSHAuthmode=PublicKey; SSHClientCert=myPrivateKey
Directory Path (one table per file)
sftp://server:port/remotePath
Azure Data Lake Store Gen1 adl://remotePath
adl://Account.azuredatalakestore.net@remotePath
URI=adl://folder1; InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH; AuthScheme=OAuth; AzureStorageAccount=myAccount; AzureTenant=tenant;
URI=adl://myAccount.azuredatalakestore.net@folder1; InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH; AuthScheme=OAuth; AzureTenant=tenant;
Azure Data Lake Store Gen2 abfs://myfilesystem/remotePath
abfs://[email protected]/remotepath
URI=abfs://myfilesystem/folder1; AzureStorageAccount=myAccount; AzureAccessKey=myKey;
URI=abfs://[email protected]/folder1; AzureAccessKey=myKey;
Azure Data Lake Store Gen2 with SSL abfss://myfilesystem/remotePath
abfss://[email protected]/remotepath
URI=abfss://myfilesystem/folder1; AzureStorageAccount=myAccount; AzureAccessKey=myKey;
URI=abfss://[email protected]/folder1; AzureAccessKey=myKey;
Wasabi Single File Path (One table)
wasabi://bucket1/remotePath
URI=wasabi://bucket/folder1; AccessKey=token1; SecretKey=secret1; Region='us-west-1';
Directory Path (one table per file)
wasabi://bucket1/remotePath
Google Cloud Storage Single File Path (One table)
gs://bucket/remotePath
URI=gs://bucket/folder1; InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH; AuthScheme=OAuth; ProjectId=test;
Directory Path (one table per file)
gs://bucket/remotePath
Oracle Cloud Storage Single File Path (One table)
os://bucket/remotePath
URI=os://bucket/folder1; AccessKey='myKey'; SecretKey='mySecretKey'; OracleNameSpace='myNameSpace' Region='us-west-1';
Directory Path (one table per file)
os://bucket/remotePath
Azure File Single File Path (One table)
azurefile://fileShare/remotePath
URI=azurefile://bucket/folder1; AzureStorageAccount='myAccount'; AzureAccessKey='mySecretKey';
URI=azurefile://bucket/folder1; AzureStorageAccount='myAccount'; AzureSharedAccessSignature='mySharedAccessSignature';
Directory Path (one table per file)
azurefile://fileShare/remotePath
IBM Object Storage Source Single File Path (One table)
ibmobjectstorage://bucket1/remotePath
URI=ibmobjectstorage://bucket/folder1; AuthScheme='IAMSecretKey'; AccessKey=token1; SecretKey=secret1; Region='eu-gb';
URI=ibmobjectstorage://bucket/folder1; ApiKey=key1; Region='eu-gb'; AuthScheme=OAuth; InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH;
Directory Path (one table per file)
ibmobjectstorage://bucket1/remotePath
Hadoop Distributed File System Single File Path (One table)
webhdfs://host:port/remotePath
URI=webhdfs://host:port/folder1
Directory Path (one table per file)
webhdfs://host:port/remotePath
Secure Hadoop Distributed File System Single File Path (One table)
webhdfss://host:port/remotePath
URI=webhdfss://host:port/folder1
Directory Path (one table per file)
webhdfss://host:port/remotePath

Accessing Sub-Folders

Set the following properties to model subfolders as views:

  • IncludeSubdirectories: Set this to read files and Schema.ini from nested folders. In the case of a name collision, table names are prefixed by underscore-separated folder names. By default this is false.
  • DirectoryRetrievalDepth: Set this to specify how many subfolders will be recursively scanned when IncludeSubdirectories is set. By default, the server scans all subfolders.

When IncludeSubdirectories is set, the automatically detected table names follow the convention below:

File PathRoot\subfolder1\tableARoot\subfolder1\subfolder2\tableA
Table Namesubfolder1_tableAsubfolder1_subfolder2_tableA

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