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SAS Platform Administrator Fast Track

Duration: 5.0 days
Course fee: $3,900
EPTO units: 7.5
CEUs: 3
*This course cannot be paid for with a Power of 3 account.
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This course is for those who will be involved in administering the servers, users, data, and applications in the SAS Intelligence architecture. This course is appropriate for sites that are planning for an upcoming SAS Intelligence Platform implementation as well as sites that already have the SAS Intelligence Platform installed. This course is for individuals who are comfortable with learning large amounts of information in a short period of time. The Technical Overview of the SAS Intelligence Platform Architecture, Authentication in the SAS 9 Intelligence Platform, Authorization in the SAS 9 Intelligence Platform, Using SAS Management Console to Administer SAS 9, and Accessing Data via the SAS Intelligence Platform courses are available to provide the same type of information in a more detailed approach over a longer period of time.

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Anyone tasked with administering SAS, in particular, administering servers, users, groups, data, and security

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Prerequisites
Before attending this course, you should
Course Contents
Introduction to the SAS Intelligence Architecture
  • components of the SAS Intelligence Platform
  • purpose of each tier in the SAS Intelligence Platform
Overview of the Platform Architecture
  • server tier
  • data tier
  • Web tier
  • client tier
Using SAS Management Console
  • Metadata Manager Plug-In
  • Server Manager Plug-In
  • BI Manager Plug-In
Accessing Data
  • connecting to SAS data
  • connecting to RDBMS data
  • using the Metadata LIBNAME engine
  • pre-assigning libraries
Authentication
  • initial authentication
  • identification
  • additional authentication
Authorization
  • authorization decision process
  • securing business intelligence objects
  • developing a security plan
Software
This course addresses SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office, SAS Data Integration Studio, SAS Enterprise Guide, SAS Information Delivery Portal, SAS Information Map Studio.
Course Materials
Students receive a hardcopy of the course notes.
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