SAS Programming Introduction: Basic Concepts

Classroom duration: 2.0 days Live Web duration: 4 half-day sessions Please note the System Requirements below. Course fee: $950 EPTO units: 1.8 CEUs: 1.2		e-Course duration: 13 hours Price: $475 ETPO units: 1.8

This course teaches you how to write simple SAS programs. The course is a subset of the SAS Programming 1: Essentials course. If you do not plan to write SAS programs and prefer a point-and-click interface to SAS, you should attend the SAS Enterprise Guide 1: Querying and Reporting course.

Learn how to

plan and write simple SAS programs to solve common data analysis problems
create simple list and summary reports
define new data columns (variables)
execute conditional code
navigate the SAS windowing environment.

Who should attend

Beginning computer users who want to write simple SAS programs

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Prerequisites

No SAS experience or programming experience is required, although you should have some computer experience and the need/desire to learn how to program beyond point-and-click techniques. Specifically, you should be able to

log on and off a computer
use a keyboard or mouse
identify the operating system you use or will use to access SAS.

Course Contents

Understanding Programming Concepts

explaining the use of computers in data processing
defining programming terms
defining operating environments
defining the programming process

Learning the Concepts of SAS Programming

explaining the basic functionality of SAS
identifying the file types used in SAS
identifying a SAS program file and its components

Introducing the Course Scenarios

defining the lecture scenario

Reading a Raw Data File

planning to read a raw data file
defining the exercise scenario

Coding to Read Raw Data

coding to read a raw data file with column input
coding a DATA step

Navigating the SAS Windowing Environment

defining the SAS windowing environment
identifying the three primary SAS programming windows
navigating SAS programming windows
editing and executing SAS code
saving and retrieving SAS code
using the Help facility

Creating a List Report with a PROC Step

planning to create a list report
coding to create a list report

Enhancing the PRINT Procedure Output

sorting the observatons in a SAS data set
enhancing a report

Creating a Variable with the DATA Step

defining an assignment statement
planning and coding to create a variable

Performing Conditional Logic with the DATA Step

defining conditional logic
planning and coding to perform conditional logic to create a variable

Creating a Summary Report

defining a statistical report
planning and coding to create a summary report

Creating a Frequency Report

planning and coding to create a frequency report
enhancing PROC FREQ output

Additional Topics

creating a permanent SAS data set
reading Microsoft Excel spreadsheets

Software

This course addresses Base SAS. Although this course highlights the features in SAS 9, the majority of the content is relevant to customers without access to the latest release.

Course Materials

Classroom: Students attend classroom courses in one of our public training centers. You receive a hardcopy of the course notes and, in some courses, can choose to take home a copy of the course data.

Live Web: 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 need the following software installed and configured in your environment to participate in the course exercises:
- Base SAS 9.2 or 9.1.3 on a Windows operating system or SAS Learning Edition.
  Important: Students using SAS Learning Edition will need to create a shortcut to the SAS windowing environment (SAS Explorer, Enhanced Editor, Log, and Output windows) for use during the class. Follow these instructions for creating a shortcut to SAS prior to class.

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Not sure if this course suits your needs or which delivery method is right for you? Give us a call at 800-333-7660 or send us e-mail. If you have suggestions for this course or would like for it to be offered at another training facility, let us know by adding to our Interest List.

This course is also offered as self-paced e-learning, which can be purchased and accessed from the SAS e-Learning catalog.

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