How to Query SAS xpt Data in MySQL Workbench

You can use the SQL Gateway from the ODBC Driver for SAS xpt to query SAS xpt data through a MySQL interface. Follow the procedure below to start the MySQL remoting service of the SQL Gateway and work with live SAS xpt data in MySQL Workbench.

Connect to SAS xpt Data

If you have not already done so, provide values for the required connection properties in the data source name (DSN). You can use the built-in Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator to configure the DSN. This is also the last step of the driver installation. See the "Getting Started" chapter in the help documentation for a guide to using the Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator to create and configure a DSN.

Connecting to Local SASXpt Files

You can connect to local SASXpt file by setting the URI to a folder containing SASXpt files.

Connecting to S3 data source

You can connect to Amazon S3 source to read SASXpt files. Set the following properties to connect:

• URI: Set this to the folder within your bucket that you would like to connect to.
• AWSAccessKey: Set this to your AWS account access key.
• AWSSecretKey: Set this to your AWS account secret key.
• TemporaryLocalFolder: Set this to the path, or URI, to the folder that is used to temporarily download SASXpt file(s).

Connecting to Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2

You can connect to ADLS Gen2 to read SASXpt files. Set the following properties to connect:

• URI: Set this to the name of the file system and the name of the folder which contacts your SASXpt files.
• AzureAccount: Set this to the name of the Azure Data Lake storage account.
• AzureAccessKey: Set this to our Azure DataLakeStore Gen 2 storage account access key.
• TemporaryLocalFolder: Set this to the path, or URI, to the folder that is used to temporarily download SASXpt file(s).

Configure the SQL Gateway

See the SQL Gateway Overview to set up connectivity to SAS xpt data as a virtual MySQL database. You will configure a MySQL remoting service that listens for MySQL requests from clients. The service can be configured in the SQL Gateway UI.

👁 Creating a MySQL Remoting Service in SQL Gateway (Salesforce is shown)

Query SAS xpt from MySQL Workbench

The steps below outline connecting to the virtual SAS xpt database created in the SQL Gateway from MySQL Workbench and issuing basic queries to work with live SAS xpt data.

Connect to SAS xpt through the SQL Gateway

1. In MySQL Workbench, click to add a new MySQL connection.
2. Name the connection (CData SQL Gateway for SAS xpt).
3. Set the Hostname, Port, and Username parameters to connect to the SQL Gateway.
4. Click Store in Vault to set and store the password.
5. Click Test Connection to ensure the connection is configured properly and click OK.

NOTE: When we refer to Username and Password, we mean the credentials for the user(s) created for the SQL Gateway.

Query SAS xpt Data

1. Open the connection you just created (CData SQL Gateway for SAS xpt).
2. Click File -> New Query Tab.
3. Write a SQL query to retrieve SAS xpt data, like SELECT * FROM `CData SASXpt Sys`.SampleTable_1;

With access to live SAS xpt data from MySQL Workbench, you can easily work with SAS xpt, just like you would a MySQL database. Get started now with a free, 30-day trial of the CData ODBC Driver for SASxpt and the CData SQL Gateway.