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SAS Enterprise Guide for Experienced SAS Programmers
Duration: 2 days
This course introduces experienced SAS programmers to SAS Enterprise Guide as an interface to write and sumbit code, as well as use the point-and-click tasks to generate queries, reports and graphics.
Learn how to
- Write, edit and submit SAS programs in SAS Enterprise Guide
- Use point-and-click tasks and wizards to access data and create queries, reports and graphics
- Customize task output by modifying the code that is generated by SAS Enterprise Guide
- Use the concept of SAS Enterprise Guide Project to combine SAS programs with point-and-click functionality, including automated exporting and scheduled updates.
Who should attend: Experienced SAS programmers who want to learn the point-and-click functionality of SAS Enterprise Guide, including the intricacies of using it as a primary programming interface
Prerequisites
Before attending this course, you should have taken SAS Programming 1: Essentials or have equivalent experience. You are encouraged but not required to take SAS Programming 2: Data Manipulation Techniques or have equivalent experience. Students should have little or no prior exposure to SAS Enterprise Guide.
Course Contents
Getting Started
- Introducing SAS Enterprise Guide
- Benefits of SAS Enterprise Guide for SAS programmers
- Navigating the SAS Enterprise Guide environment
- Writing and submitting SAS programs
Working with Data in a Project
- Introduction to tabular data (self-study)
- Accessing local data
- Accessing remote data
- Importing text files
- Editing tables in the Data Grid (self-study)
Getting Started with Tasks
- Introduction to task dialog boxes
- Creating a listing report
- Creating a frequency report
- Creating a two-way frequency report (self-study)
Creating Simple Queries
- Introduction to the Query Task
- Selecting columns and filtering rows
- Creating new columns with an expression
- Creating new columns by recoding values (self-study)
- Joining tables
- Joining tables including non-matching rows (self-study)
Additional Query Topics (Self-Study)
- Controlling query output
- Grouping and filtering data in a query
Creating Summarized Output
- Generating summary statistics
- Creating a graph
- Interacting with an ActiveX graph (self-study)
- Creating a tabular summary report
- Creating and applying custom formats (self-study)
Working with Generated SAS Code
- Understanding the generated code
- Interacting with the generated code
- Enhancing titles and footnotes
- Conditional highlighting
- Getting help (self-study)
Using Project Parameters
- Defining project parameters
- Using parameters with tasks and queries
- Using parameters in SAS programs
Enhancing Results and Automating Projects
- Customizing the output style
- Combining results
- Managing projects
Controlling Output Formats (Self-Study)
- The Output Delivery System
- Customizing HTML output
- Customizing RTF output
- Customizing PDF output
Software Addressed
This course addresses the following software product(s): SAS Enterprise Guide.
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