SAS at PHUSE EU Connect 2026

Understanding and documenting complex SAS workflows can often feel like untangling spaghetti code, time-consuming, error-prone, and difficult to communicate. In this hands-on workshop, we transform that challenge into clarity by building a modern web application that automatically converts SAS programs into intuitive lineage diagrams.

Participants will learn how to reverse engineer SAS workflows into structured, traceable representations aligned with CDISC standards. By translating code into end-to-end lineage graphs, the application generates a “visual DNA” of SAS pipelines, making dependencies, transformations, and data flows transparent and auditable. The session will demonstrate how to bridge the gap between raw SAS code and CDISC traceability maps, enabling better collaboration, regulatory readiness, and faster validation cycles.

Attendees will actively work through practical examples and build their own lineage visualization pipeline from scratch.

In addition, the workshop is designed as an interactive exchange: we will actively gather participant feedback on requirements, expectations, and best practices for lineage in real-world statistical programming environments, helping to shape future development and industry approaches.

This workshop is designed for statistical programmers who want to enhance transparency, traceability, and productivity in their SAS environments. Participants are expected to bring their own laptops to actively engage in the hands-on exercises.