Running the SAS Viya Copilot Extension

The SAS Viya Copilot extension includes commands to generate code from a comment, add comments to existing code, and explain code.

Generating Code

To generate SAS code from a comment:

1. Open a SAS program file, or create a new file using SAS language mode.

2. Position the cursor in a SAS comment statement or select a comment block. SAS comments start with /* and end with */.

3. Click Generate code. The available generated code options will be displayed as gray inline code. Select the code that you want to use from the options.

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To generate code from a longer, multi-line comment, select the entire comment and then select Generate code.

Adding Comments

To add comments to an existing block of SAS code:

1. Open a SAS program file, or create a new file using SAS language mode.

2. Select a block of SAS code and click Add comments. The selected code block is replaced with a block of commented code.

Explaining Code

To generate an explanation of a block of SAS code:

1. Open a SAS program file, or create a new file using SAS language mode.

2. Select a block of SAS code and click Explain.

The explanation of the code block is displayed in the SAS Viya Copilot conversation pane on the left side of the application window.