SAS Visual Analytics for SAS 9: Administering a Distributed Deployment

This course teaches how to administer a SAS Visual Analytics environment deployed on Linux.

The self-study e-learning includes:

• Annotatable course notes in PDF format.
• Virtual lab time to practice.

Learn how to

• Describe the SAS Visual Analytics architecture and technology.
• Manage users, groups, and roles for SAS Visual Analytics.
• Administer SAS Visual Analytics libraries, data, servers, users, and security.
• Administer a distributed environment deployed on Linux.

Who should attend

Administrators who need to learn how to administer a SAS Visual Analytics environment deployed on Linux

Formats available	Duration
Classroom:	2 days
Live Web Classroom:	5 half-day session(s)
e-Learning:	14 hours/180 day license

No SAS experience or programming experience is required. Exposure to SAS Visual Analytics is helpful but not required. You can gain exposure to SAS Visual Analytics by attending the SAS Visual Analytics 1 for SAS9: Basics course.

This course addresses SAS Visual Analytics software.

Getting Started with SAS Visual Analytics

• Exploring SAS Visual Analytics concepts.
• Using the SAS Visual Analytics home page.
• Defining SAS Administration tasks.

SAS Visual Analytics Architecture and Technology

• SAS Visual Analytics deployment overview.
• Exploring the server tier and middle tier.
• Exploring SAS LASR Analytic Server and HDFS.
• Managing SAS LASR Analytic Servers.

SAS Visual Analytics Administration

• Managing external accounts.
• Managing SAS Visual Analytics users, groups, and roles.
• Managing folders using SAS Management Console.

Managing Data for SAS Visual Analytics

• Loading registered data tables.
• SAS Visual Analytics LASR libraries.
• Loading data to Hadoop (HDFS).
• Self-service imports.
• Convenience features for loading data.
• SAS Visual Analytics data preparation.

SAS Visual Analytics Authentication and Authorization

• Managing SAS Visual Analytics authentication.
• Managing application security and authorization.
• Managing mobile devices.
• Managing alerts
• reports for administrators.

Learning More

• SAS resources.
• Beyond this course.