What Is SAS/IML Studio?

SAS/IML Studio is a tool for data exploration and analysis. Figure 1.1 shows a typical SAS/IML Studio analysis. You can use SAS/IML Studio to do the following:

• explore data through graphs linked across multiple windows
• subset data
• analyze univariate distributions
• fit explanatory models
• investigate multivariate relationships

Figure 1.1: The SAS/IML Studio Interface

In addition, SAS/IML Studio provides an integrated development environment that enables you to write, debug, and execute programs that combine the following:

• the flexibility of the SAS/IML matrix language
• the analytical power of SAS/STAT procedures
• the data manipulation capabilities of Base SAS
• dynamically linked graphics for exploratory data analysis

The programming language in SAS/IML Studio, which is called IMLPlus, is an enhanced version of the SAS/IML programming language. IMLPlus extends the SAS/IML language to provide new features such as the ability to create and manipulate statistical graphics and to call SAS procedures.

SAS/IML Studio requires that you have a license for Base SAS, SAS/STAT, and SAS/IML software. SAS/IML Studio runs on a PC in the Microsoft Windows operating environment.