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
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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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