This course describes data preparation (including advanced features), data discovery, analytics, and report creation in SAS Visual Analytics.

Learn how to use SAS Visual Analytics for SAS 9 to

• Organize content in SAS Home.
• View and interact with reports using the SAS Report Viewer.
• Access and investigate data in SAS Report Builder.
• Prepare and restructure data for analytics (geographic analysis, forecasting, network analysis, path analysis, text analytics) using SAS Visual Data Builder.
• Create advanced data items using SAS Report Builder.
• Perform data discovery and analysis using SAS Report Builder.
• Perform advanced analyses (geographic analysis, forecasting, network analysis, path analysis, text analytics) using SAS Report Builder.
• Create advanced filters using SAS Report Builder.
• Create advanced interactive reports with parameters using SAS Report Builder.

Who should attend

Business analysts who need an introduction to the functionality provided by SAS Visual Analytics

Formats available	Standard duration
Classroom:	3 days
Live Web Classroom:	8 half-day session(s)	System Requirements

This course addresses SAS Visual Analytics software.

Getting Started with SAS Visual Analytics

• Introduction to SAS Visual Analytics.
• Exploring the SAS Visual Analytics course environment.
• Viewing SAS Visual Analytics reports.

Preparing Data in SAS Visual Analytics

• Investigating data in SAS Visual Analytics.
• Cleaning data using SAS Visual Data Builder.

Data Discovery Using SAS Visual Analytics

• Working with data items.
• Exploring data with charts and graphs.
• Creating data items and applying filters.
• Performing data analysis (relationship charts).

Designing Reports with SAS Visual Analytics

• Creating a simple report.
• Creating interactive reports.
• Working with display rules.

SAS Visual Analytics Overview

• Overview of SAS Visual Analytics.
• Organizing content in SAS Home.

Restructuring Data for Geographic Mapping

• Introduction to SAS Visual Data Builder.
• Restructuring data.
• Analyzing geographic information.

Restructuring Data for Forecasting

• Restructuring data.
• Forecasting.

Performing Network Analysis

• Restructuring data for network analysis.
• Creating a network analysis object.

Performing Path Analysis

Performing Text Analytics

Creating Advanced Data Items

• Creating calculated items.
• Creating aggregated measures.

Creating Advanced Filters

• Creating advanced filters.
• Creating advanced interactive filters.

Using Parameters to Create Advanced Reports

• Using numeric parameters.
• Using character parameters.
• Using date parameters.