What is SAS Visual Investigator?
SAS Visual Investigator is an investigation management and intelligence analysis solution built on SAS Viya. It helps organizations detect fraud, investigate threats, analyze networks and manage investigative workflows using AI-assisted analytics, entity resolution, alert triage and case management tools.
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Configurable investigation management & administration
Organizations need investigation workflows that can evolve with changing threats, regulations and operational requirements. Built on SAS Viya, the solution's cloud-native, open architecture helps organizations expand their investigative capabilities without extensive customization. SAS Visual Investigator includes configurable administration and workflow management tools that help teams:
- Integrate new data sources.
- Configure investigative workflows.
- Design investigation interfaces and dashboards.
- Create rules and scenarios to detect fraud and suspicious activity.
- Tailor user experiences for different investigative roles.
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Entity resolution & network analysis
SAS Visual Investigator helps investigators identify relationships between people, accounts, organizations, devices, locations and events using entity resolution and network analysis. Entity analytics and link analysis help investigators uncover fraud, criminal activity and operational risks across large volumes of connected data. These capabilities help investigators:
- Visualize complex relationship networks.
- Explore communities and connections.
- Identify hidden or indirect relationships.
- Analyze entity influence and relationship strength.
- Detect suspicious patterns and coordinated activity.
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Investigative workspaces & case management
Interactive investigative workspaces help analysts collect, organize, analyze and document information related to investigations and intelligence research. Case management capabilities provide visibility into investigative tasks, workflow progress and case activity while supporting governance and regulatory requirements. Capabilities include:
- Search and visualization tools.
- Timeline, map and network analysis.
- Collaborative investigative workflows.
- Evidence collection and documentation.
- Audit tracking and compliance reporting.
- Structured reporting templates.
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AI-assisted alert triage & investigation workflows
SAS Visual Investigator helps organizations detect suspicious activity, prioritize alerts and accelerate investigative decisions using AI-assisted workflows. Investigators can analyze suspicious events, initiate cases and manage investigative workflows from a unified investigation environment. Key capabilities include:
- Alert generation and prioritization.
- Advanced search and filtering.
- Temporal and geospatial analysis.
- AI-assisted investigation.
- Natural-language search powered by SAS Viya Copilot.
- Workflow routing and case escalation.
Explore the SAS Viya Copilot for SAS Visual Investigator documentation for details.
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Mobile investigation & field operations
SAS Mobile Investigator extends investigation capabilities to mobile devices, helping investigators manage cases and access intelligence remotely. Mobile access helps investigators respond faster to field operations and time-sensitive events. Mobile capabilities include:
- Remote investigation access.
- Mobile search and data review.
- Workflow task management.
- Field data collection.
- GPS-enabled mapping and location services.
- Mobile case updates and collaboration.
Key features
Search & discovery
Enables free-text, field-based, relationship or geospatial searches across all configured data. Refine results using filters and facets. The query builder allows users to construct advanced searches without writing query syntax and also save searches.
Alert, event & scenario management
Alerts are generated through scenarios, business rules and APIs. Alerts are prioritized and routed to queues for triage, investigation and disposition. Alert activity is tracked in the audit log for compliance reporting.
AI-assisted investigation workflows
Use SAS Viya Copilot for natural-language search, AI-generated summaries and AI-assisted investigation analysis.
Entity resolution & network analytics
Use entity resolution to visualize and refine entity relationships. The network viewer supports link expansion and centrality metrics like closeness, betweenness and influence. Time filtering is available to analyze relationships over time.
Case management
Provides workflow monitoring for tasks and case progression. Users can view task status within the broader flow and generate reports for user activity, assignments and case disposition history.
Investigative workspaces
Investigative workspaces combine search, timelines, maps and network views to analyze relationships and patterns. Users can save and return to workspaces to continue exploration or document findings.
Administration & configuration
Supports customization using an open data model and drag-and-drop Page Builder. Admins can configure object types, workflows, screens and toolbars without coding.
Mobile investigation capabilities
Extend investigative workflows to mobile devices with SAS Mobile Investigator. Access tasks, search, and create or edit content on mobile. Use GPS and camera integration to capture field data. Administer mobile templates, properties and contexts through the main SAS Visual Investigator admin interface.
Cloud native
SAS Visual Investigator runs on SAS Viya’s cloud-native, container-based architecture, supporting deployment on public or private cloud environments.
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SAS Visual Investigator frequently asked questions
What is SAS Visual Investigator
SAS Visual Investigator is an AI-powered investigation management and intelligence analysis solution that helps organizations detect suspicious activity, analyze relationships, manage investigative workflows and accelerate investigations.
What is investigation management software?
Investigation management software helps organizations collect, analyze, manage and document information related to investigations, alerts, cases and suspicious activity.
How does SAS Visual Investigator use AI?
SAS Visual Investigator uses AI-assisted capabilities from SAS Viya Copilot to support natural-language search, investigation summaries, visual evidence interpretation and alert prioritization. Learn more about AI-assisted investigation capabilities in the SAS Viya Copilot for SAS Visual Investigator documentation.
What is entity resolution?
Entity resolution identifies and connects records that refer to the same person, organization, device or object across multiple data sources.
What is SAS Visual Investigator used for?
Organizations use SAS Visual Investigator for fraud investigations, financial crime detection, anti-money laundering (AML), law enforcement intelligence, public safety, compliance investigations and security operations.
