ETL for SAS Activity-Based Management 6.x
Classroom duration: 2.0 days Live Web duration: 4 half-day sessions CEU: 1.2
This course familiarizes you with methods of data extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) in preparation for SAS Activity-Based Management 6.x.
Learn how to
- set up the SAS Activity-Based Management system for ETL
- use the data schema for creating staging tables
- import model data from staging tables
- map source tables to data fields and properties in the staging tables
- export model data for analysis and reporting.
Who should attend
Database users who prepare source data for import to or export from SAS Activity-Based Management 6.x models
Prerequisites
Before attending this course, you should have completed the
Querying and Reporting Using SAS Enterprise Guide course. The
ABC Modeling Using SAS Activity-Based Management 6.x course would be helpful and preferred but is not required.
Course Contents
What Is ETL?
Setting up SAS for ETL
Importing Model Data
Data Schema
Mapping Tables
Transforming Data in SAS Enterprise Guide
Exporting Model Data
Exporting for Analysis
Challenge Lab
Software Addressed
This course addresses the following software product(s): SAS Activity-Based Management. You also use SAS Enterprise Guide in this course.
Classroom 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.
Live Web 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, including the
exercise files. Students need to download and print the course materials prior to class.
System Requirements
For Live Web, you must
- review and meet 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:
U.S. Schedule
22JAN2009 Cary, NC 18MAY2009 Irvine, CA
| 25MAR2009 Chicago, IL
| 27APR2009 Live Web,
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Check for additional and updated schedule information online at
support.sas.com/courses/abetl.html.
Registration
To register for this course in the US, call 800-333-7660 or visit
support.sas.com/training.
This course is also available for on-site training, or you can create a custom course by combining material from several courses. For more details, contact SAS Education in Cary, NC at 919-531-7321 or send e-mail to
training@sas.com.