Introduction to SAS Business Intelligence Applications for Reporting and Analysis

Introduction to SAS Business Intelligence Applications for Reporting and Analysis (Live Web)

Duration: 3 half-day sessions
Please note the System Requirements below.
Course fee: $860
EPTO units: 1.7
CEUs: 0.9

This course provides a hands-on overview of the SAS 9 Intelligence Platform and the specific applications that are used to create reports and analyses using SAS desktop and Web applications. It does not cover SAS Data Integration Studio, SAS OLAP Cube Studio, and the SAS Information Delivery Portal.

Learn how to

access data in Microsoft Excel and create reports and analyses in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint using the SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office
build reports from a Web browser
access data, create reports and analyses, and turn those results into stored processes using SAS Enterprise Guide
build business views of enterprise data
understand the basics of the system administrator functions using SAS Management Console.

Who should attend

Business users

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Prerequisites

No SAS experience or programming experience is required, although you should

have some computer experience. Specifically, you should be able to log on and off a computer and use a keyboard or mouse.
have some experience using Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel. Specifically, you should be able to open and save documents, use the menus and toolbars to accomplish tasks, and navigate Word documents and Excel spreadsheets.
know how to use a Web browser to access information.

To help you prepare for class, please view the SAS Business Intelligence Overview.

Course Contents

Introduction to the Course Scenario and SAS Intelligence Platform

Orion Star sports and outdoors
SAS Intelligence Platform
Orion Star personas and course data

Using the SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office

overview of the SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office
accessing data with the SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office
analyzing information with the SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office
using the SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office to access reports

Using SAS Web Report Studio

overview of SAS Web Report Studio
using SAS Web Report Studio

SAS Enterprise Guide and SAS Stored Processes

introduction to SAS Enterprise Guide
using SAS Enterprise Guide
introduction to SAS Stored Processes
creating stored processes with SAS Enterprise Guide

Using SAS Information Map Studio

overview of SAS Information Map Studio
using SAS Information Map Studio

Overview of the SAS Management Console

introduction to the SAS Management Console
how the SAS Management Console works
introduction to the SAS Management Console Plug-Ins
working with the user interface

Appendix: Manually Creating SAS Stored Processes

manually creating SAS Stored Processes

Appendix: SAS Intelligence Platform Training

SAS Intelligence Platform training

Software

This course addresses SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office, SAS Enterprise Guide, SAS Information Map Studio, SAS Intelligence Platform, SAS Management Console.

Course Materials

Students attend Live Web classes using a Web browser and a telephone and interact with their instructor and fellow classmates in real time. Each student receives an e-mail with instructions on how to join the class three business days before the class begins. The instructions e-mail includes a link to download the course materials. Students need to download and print the course materials prior to class.

System Requirements

For Live Web, you must

review and follow the general system requirements.
complete the course exercises through our virtual lab. The virtual lab allows you to access the software used in class over the Internet, so that you do not need this software on your local machine.
run this test to connect to a virtual lab session. If firewall problems prevent you from connecting to the virtual lab, then you will not be able to participate in the course exercises. Using your organization's BI environment is not an option for completing the course exercises.

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