SAS Programming for SAS Enterprise Guide Users

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Duration: 2.0 days
Course fee:
EPTO units: .
CEUs: 1.2

This course is for experienced SAS Enterprise Guide users who want to gain extra value from the product by understanding the code that it generates and methods of enhancing that code. The course will serve as a transition into the programming world of SAS and serves as a prerequisite for the SAS Programming 2: Data Manipulation Techniques course.

Learn how to

analyze the way in which SAS Enterprise Guide and SAS programs work together
evaluate the structure and syntax of a SAS program
manipulate SAS data sets using the DATA step
read delimited text files using the DATA step
merge tables and isolate matching and non-matching rows using the DATA step
customize task output by modifying the code that is generated by SAS Enterprise Guide.

Who should attend

SAS Enterprise Guide users who are interested in learning about writing SAS programs and modifying the SAS code generated by SAS Enterprise Guide

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Prerequisites

Before attending this course you should have completed the Querying and Reporting Using SAS Enterprise Guide course or have equivalent experience.

Course Contents

Why Learn SAS Programming?

course logistics
reviewing SAS Enterprise Guide basics
benefits of understanding SAS programming

SAS Programming Basics

introduction to SAS programs
SAS programming concepts
diagnosing and correcting syntax errors
accessing SAS data libraries
accessing relational databases (self-study)

Reading SAS Data Sets

comparing the DATA step with the Filter and Query task
DATA step basics
DATA step processing
conditional processing
additional operators and format (self-study)

Reading Raw Data Files

reading delimited data
examining data errors
retaining values in the PDV (self-study)

Combining SAS Data Sets

merging data using the DATA step
concatenating data
appending data (self-study)

Enhancing Code Generated by Tasks

understanding the generated code
interacting with the generated code
getting help (self-study)

Controlling Output Contents

enhancing titles and footnotes
using run-time parameters with code
conditional highlighting

Controlling Output Types

the Output Delivery System
customizing HTML output
customizing RTF output
customizing PDF output

Learning More

SAS resources
beyond this course

Software

This course addresses SAS Enterprise Guide, Base SAS.

Course Materials

Students receive a hardcopy of the course notes and, in some courses, can choose to take home a copy of the course data.

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