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SAS Modernization Checklist

A step-by-step checklist for enterprises rationalizing SAS estates into governed, AI-ready data products, powered by Next Pathway's Enterprise SLM Platform.

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What Next Pathway's SAS Modernization Checklist covers

SAS estates hide business logic several macro calls deep, and span six interdependent layers that all have to move together. This checklist walks the three phases that get you there — map the estate, define your data products, then build and certify across all six layers.

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The Foundation: Full-Estate Scan

Our SLMs extract logic buried in nested macros, catalog SAS7BDAT dependencies and hardcoded libnames, and map transformation logic down to the column. Full lineage means downstream reports don't break.

Data Product Definition

Historical utilization logs determine what gets rationalized. Redundant and dead jobs flagged for retirement, the rest scored against real usage, with schema and consumption patterns defined for each product.

Build & Certify Across Six Layers

Data access, transformation, models, reporting, scheduling, and governance — each layer rebuilt on its modern cloud-native equivalent, validated independently, then tested end to end.

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1 Billion+

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160+

Enterprise modernizations completed

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80%

Faster time-to-market for AI-ready infrastructure

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What a Structured SAS Modernization Covers

A successful SAS modernization requires a clear plan across four disciplines — any source, any target.

Discovery and dependency mapping

Business logic buried several macro calls deep, extracted and mapped. SAS7BDAT files and hardcoded libnames create hidden dependencies that must be cataloged, with lineage traced down to the column so downstream reports don't break.

Retention and data product definition

Historical utilization logs determine what gets rationalized. Redundant and dead jobs flagged for retirement, the rest scored against real usage — with objective retirement criteria set upfront to prevent scope creep.

Layer-by-layer rebuild

SAS spans six interdependent layers: data access, transformation, models, reporting, scheduling, and governance. Each one gets rebuilt on its modern cloud-native equivalent rather than lifted and shifted.

Certification and validation

Define what "certified" means before build begins. Each layer validated independently, then the full pipeline tested end to end, with usage tracked after launch to confirm ongoing adoption.

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