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SAS® Viya® Platform Programming Documentation
2026.07
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  • Welcome to SAS Programming Documentation
  • What's New
  • Learning SAS Viya Platform Programming
  • Syntax Quick Links
  • Python Programming
  • Advanced Analytics
  • Data Access
  • Cloud Analytic Services
  • SAS Language Reference
  • Migrating to UTF-8
  • Example Data Sets
  • SAS Code Debugging
  • Output and Graphics
  • In-Database Processing
  • Security and Administration
  • SAS Servers
  • Using the batch Plug-In for the SAS Viya CLI
  • Accessibility on the SAS Viya Platform
  • SAS Data Quality
  • SAS Job Execution Web Application Doc Link
  • SAS Job Execution Web Application
  • SAS Data and AI Studio
  • SAS Visual Analytics
  • SAS Viya Platform: Administration
  • SAS Viya Platform Operations
  • Other Resources
Migrating to UTF-8
 

Migrating Data to UTF-8 for the SAS® Viya® Platform

UTF-8 Encoding
Migrating Data to UTF-8 Encoding
Determine the Encoding of a Data Set
Migrating Data from WLATIN1 to UTF-8
Determine Storage Size Requirements
Use CEDA to Read Data
Determine Whether the CVP Engine Is Needed to Read Your Data without Truncation
Migrating Data to UTF-8
Read External Files
Last updated: August 12, 2025
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