Setting Up Your Project

Configure the Example Data

The first step is to create a SAS library that is accessible by Enterprise Miner. When you create a library, you give SAS a shortcut name or pointer to a storage location in your operating environment where you store SAS files.

To create a new SAS library for your sample donor data using Enterprise Miner 5.3, complete the following steps:

Open the Explorer window by clicking on the Explorer icon ( ) or by selecting View Explorer .
Select File New Library. The Library Wizard will open.
In the Library Wizard, click the Create New Library and then click Next.
In the Name box of the Library Wizard, enter a library reference. The library name is Donor in this example.

Note: Library names are limited to eight characters.
Select an engine type from the drop-down list. If you are not sure which engine to choose, use the Base SAS engine. If no data sets exist in your new library, then select the Base SAS engine.
Type the path where your data is stored in the Path box of the Library Information area. For this example, we supplied the path c:\EM53\GS\data.
Enter any options that you want to specify in the Options box of the Library Information area. For this example, leave the Options box blank.
Click Next.

The following window will be displayed enabling you to confirm the information that you have entered.
Click Finish.
Click the Show Project Data check box in the Explorer window, and you will see the new Donor library.

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