"SAS Enterprise Guide is the de facto tool for business analysts who wish to rapidly exploit information from their data with SAS. Neil's book is an essential accompaniment for business users wishing to take SAS Enterprise Guide beyond the point-and-click. The capabilities of the SAS language are vast, yet this book masterfully takes the reader on a journey from editing SAS Enterprise Guide generated code, through numerous practical examples, into the powerful world of reusability with macros. Along the way Neil concisely explains not just t he how, but the why--putting into context what might otherwise seem like complex components of SAS programming."

"As more and more people are introduced to SAS through SAS Enterprise Guide, rather than the traditional programming route, there is a growing need to help these users fully understand and employ the full power of the SAS programming language. SAS Programming for Enterprise Guide Users fills this gap admirably. This book helps SAS Enterprise Guide users to understand the code behind task objects and how to expand them beyond the options that SAS Enterprise Guide provides."

"The shotgun blast of coding knowledge provided may be intimidating to people who are unused to raw code, but with the author's clear understanding of SAS code and its use in SAS Enterprise Guide, there is no need for fear. His explanations show the steps to be followed, and he points out the cause and effect of changing default SAS Enterprise Guide behavior. He also provides great advice on how to avoid the 'gotchas'."

"If you are a SAS Enterprise Guide user who says 'I wish I could make a few changes to the results…,' this book will help you extend the capabilities of SAS Enterprise Guide with the power of SAS. This example-driven introduction to SAS programming focuses on enhancing (not replacing) the functionality of SAS Enterprise Guide. This book is a must-read for SAS Enterprise Guide users with little SAS programming background."

"I appreciated the pragmatic approach of this book and quickly found myself wanting to read it from cover to cover in order to follow along with Constable's examples and exercises. As clearly explained in the book, there are subtle ways of enhancing tasks without losing SAS Enterprise Guide functionalities. I think even very novice users of SAS Enterprise Guide could benefit from this book."

"In his book SAS Programming for Enterprise Guide Users Neil Constable provides helpful and easy-to-follow discussions on various key topics relevant to both SAS Enterprise Guide users and SAS programmers. The clear and precise discussions of these topics and concepts combined with the step-by-step examples will jump-start novice users to quickly gain confidence and work productively with SAS Enterprise Guide in a short time period. For seasoned SAS programmers, the discussions will refresh and reinforce basic concepts and understanding."

"Would I recommend this book to SAS Enterprise Guide users? Yes, I would. In fact, I would also recommend this book to beginner to intermediate SAS programmers for the chapters on formats, reports and graphics."