[4] The platform is cloud-native,[5] and is executed on SAS's Cloud Analytics Services (CAS) engine.

[7] The platform uses econometrics to create predictive models for forecasting scenarios based on complex data.

[8] SAS Viya has released software as a service (SaaS) modules for creating AI content.

[9] Users can develop models in Viya Workbench using either a Visual Studio Code interface or Jupyter.

[16] In 2024, SAS partnered with North Carolina A&T State University to create a cloud platform for agricultural research based on Viya.