Introduction to SAS Enterprise Miner Software

Layout of the SAS Enterprise Miner Window

To start Enterprise Miner, start SAS and then type miner on the SAS command dialog bar. The SAS Enterprise Miner window opens:

[Enterprise Miner 4.3 Window showing Project Navigator, Diagram Workspace, Progress Indicator, Message Panel, and Connection Status Indicator]

The SAS Enterprise Miner window contains the following interface components:

Project Navigator -- You use the Project Navigator to manage projects and diagrams, add tools to the Diagram Workspace, and view HTML reports that are created by the Reporter node. Note that when a tool is added to the Diagram Workspace, it is referred to as a node. The Project Navigator has three tabs:
- Diagrams tab -- lists the current project and the diagrams within the project. By default, Enterprise Miner creates a local project that uses your user ID as the name (for this example, Phoenix) and a process flow diagram that is named Untitled. When you reopen Enterprise Miner, the last project you were working with is loaded.
- Tools tab -- contains the Enterprise Miner Tools Palette. The Tools Palette presents all the data mining tools that are available for constructing process flow diagrams. The tools are grouped according to the SEMMA data mining methodology.
- Reports tab -- contains the HTML report entries for the project. You generate reports using Enterprise Miner's Reporter node.
Diagram Workspace -- enables you to build, edit, run, and save process flow diagrams.
Tools Bar -- contains a customizable subset of Enterpriser Miner tools that are commonly used to build process flow diagrams in the Diagram Workspace. You can add or delete tools from the Tools Bar.
Progress Indicator -- displays a progress indicator bar that indicates the execution status of an Enterprise Miner task.
Message Panel -- displays messages about the execution of an Enterprise Miner task.
Connection Status Indicator -- displays the remote host name and indicates whether or not the connection is active for a client/server project.

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