Excel Add-In 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 add-in'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; AuthScheme=OAuth;
Google Drive Single File Path (One table)
gdrive://remotePath
gdrive://SharedWithMe/remotePath
URI=gdrive://folder1; AuthScheme=OAuth;
URI=gdrive://SharedWithMe/folder1; 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; AuthScheme=OAuth;
URI=onedrive://SharedWithMe/folder1; AuthScheme=OAuth;
Directory Path (one table per file)
onedrive://remotePath
onedrive://SharedWithMe/remotePath
Box Single File Path (One table)
box://remotePath
URI=box://folder1; AuthScheme=OAuth;
Directory Path (one table per file)
box://remotePath
Dropbox Single File Path (One table)
dropbox://remotePath
URI=dropbox://folder1; 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; 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; AuthScheme=OAuth; AzureStorageAccount=myAccount; AzureTenant=tenant;
URI=adl://myAccount.azuredatalakestore.net@folder1; 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; 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 add-in 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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