SAS Web Tools: Static and Dynamic Solutions Using SAS/IntrNet Software

Duration: 3.0 days Course fee: $1,725 EPTO units: 3.3 CEUs: 1.8

This course teaches how to send htmSQL queries to a SAS/SHARE data server to produce detail reports, summary reports, and dynamic forms. Students also learn how to access the Application Dispatcher to run SAS programs dynamically.

Learn how to

create HTML and graphic files using the Output Delivery System and the DATA step
create hyperlinks to access the HTML files
modify your SAS program to run dynamically from the Web browser
run an SQL query from the Web brower
execute SAS programs from a Web browser via an HTML hyperlink or an HTML form
generate dynamic HTML forms.

Who should attend

Programmers who want to publish existing SAS reports and graphic output to the Web in both static and dynamic mode

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Prerequisites

Before attending this course, you should be able to

create and manipulate a SAS data set using a DATA step.
create a simple report with the PRINT procedure.
understand the basic concepts of SAS macro variables.
use the SQL procedure or have equivalent SQL knowledge. You can gain this experience by completing the SQL Processing with SAS course.

You can gain the necessary SAS programming experience by completing the SAS Programming I: Essentials course. HTML and general Web knowledge is helpful but not required.

Course Contents

Introducing the Web for Static Files

opening a Web browser
accessing a file on a Web server machine with a URL address

Coding HTML

designing a basic Web page
marking up text with HTML tags
designing the Web page structure of linked files
adding hypertext links to a Web page

Creating Static HTML Files

creating detail tables
creating summary tables
publishing procedure output to a static Web page
creating DATA step reports as static Web pages

Enhancing Static HTML Files

customizing procedure output
creating static reports with hyperlinks to other static reports
publishing custom text to a static Web page using a DATA step
generating a table of contents

Creating Static Graphic Files

embedding images in Web pages
creating images in Web format
creating clickable graphs

Introducing the Web for Dynamic Access

accessing a file on a Web server machine
invoking a CGI program from a browser page

Invoking CGI Programs

converting a simple program
creating simple dynamic output
creating htmSQL queries to produce detail reports, summary reports, and dynamic forms

Software

This course addresses SAS/IntrNet, AppDev Studio. Although this course focuses on the features in Version 8, there will be some coverage of Version 6 topics. (Information about the Version 6 HTML formatting tools is contained in this course. The material is covered at the discretion of the instructor based on class composition and interest.) While SAS/IntrNet is available on multiple operating systems, the course uses Windows for presentations and exercises.

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.

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