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Configuring the SAS Extension

Before running SAS code, you must configure the SAS extension to access a SAS 9.4 (remote or local) server or a SAS Viya server. You must license SAS 9.4 or SAS Viya to run SAS code.

To configure the SAS extension:

  1. Open a SAS program file.

  2. Click "No Profile" in the status bar on the bottom left of your VS Code window.

    You can also open the command palette (F1, or Ctrl+Shift+P on Windows or Linux, or Shift+CMD+P on OSX) and locate SAS: Add New Connection Profile command.

    No Active Profiles Found

  3. Follow the instructions in the Add New Connection Profile section to add a profile.

  4. After you have created a profile, the Status Bar Item changes from "No Profile" to the name of the new profile.

    Status Bar Profile

  5. If you do not want to generate results in HTML format, clear the Enable/disable ODS HTML5 output setting. This option is enabled by default.