Contents
About
What’s New in SAS Visual Data Builder 6.2
Accessibility Features of SAS Visual Data Builder
Overview of SAS Visual Data Builder
What Is SAS Visual Data Builder?
Accessing SAS Visual Data Builder
Your First Look at SAS Visual Data Builder
About Access to DBMS Data
Working with User-Defined Formats
Specifying Preferences
Specifying Your Global Preferences
Specifying Your Preferences for SAS Visual Data Builder
Designing Queries
What Is a Query?
About Designing Queries
Creating a New Query
Saving Your Query
Saving a Query as a New Query
Using the Design Tab
Adding a Data Source to a Query
Removing a Data Source from a Query
Tips for Appending Data
Specifying Properties for a Query
Working with Tables
Source Tables
Specifying Properties for a Source Table
Output Tables
Staging Tables
Output and Staging Table Interactions
Working with Columns
Adding Columns to a Query
Removing Columns
Specifying a Column Expression
Specifying Aggregations
Removing All Aggregations
Using Group By Variables
Using the Auto-Aggregate Functions
Using the Pivot By Feature
Working with Query Filters
About Filtering Data
Specifying a WHERE Clause
Specifying a HAVING Clause
Best Practices for Filters
Working with Joins
About Joins
How Does the Automatic Join Feature Work?
Adding a Join
Removing a Join
Managing Joins in a Query
Best Practices for Managing Joins
Working with SAS LASR Analytic Server
Understanding Co-Located Data
Using SAS Data in HDFS Libraries
Using SAS LASR Analytic Server Libraries
Partitioning Tables
Exploring Results
Loading a Table to SAS LASR Analytic Server
Monitoring Memory Usage
Importing Data
About the Import Data Features
Importing Local Data
Importing Remote Data
Importing SAS Information Maps
About SAS Information Maps
Importing a SAS Information Map
Limitations and Restrictions
Customizing Code
Using the Code Tab
Preprocess and Postprocess Code
Considerations for Manually Editing Code
Scheduling Queries
About Scheduling Queries
Creating Events
Exporting Queries as Jobs
Additional Scheduling Resources
Using the Results Tab
About the Results Tab
Data Pages
Navigate within the Data
Find
Filter and Sort
Export Data
Print
Column Headings
Glossary
Product
Release
SAS Visual Data Builder
6.2
Type
Usage and Reference
Copyright Date
July 2013
Last Updated
08Jul2013