On the
SAS© Viya™ platform, user-defined formats can be managed in two primary ways: either stored in traditional catalogs for use within a SAS
© session, or in a format library on the CAS server. CAS format libraries are associated with a specific CAS
session, or can be promoted to a global scope, making them accessible to all CAS sessions. These server-side user-defined formats are essential for executing analyses where formatted values play a critical role. The documentation also mentions the possibility of migrating existing user-defined formats from SAS
© to the
SAS© Viya™ platform, offering flexibility for integrating existing systems.