There is a new version of this course. Please see SAS Visual Analytics for SAS Viya: Fast Track.

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 Viya to

• Organize content in SAS Drive.
• Create, view, and interact with reports using SAS Visual Analytics.
• Access and investigate data in SAS Visual Analytics.
• Prepare and restructure data for analytics (geographic analysis, forecasting, network analysis, path analysis, text analytics) using SAS Data Studio.
• Perform data discovery and analysis using SAS Visual Analytics.
• Use automated explanation in SAS Visual Analytics.
• Create interactive reports using SAS Visual Analytics.
• Create advanced data items using SAS Visual Analytics.
• Create advanced filters using SAS Visual Analytics.
• Create advanced interactive reports with parameters using SAS Visual Analytics.

Who should attend

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

Formats available	Standard Duration (duration can vary, see event schedule for details)
Classroom:	3 days
Live Web Classroom:	8 half-day session(s)

No SAS experience or programming experience is required, although you should have some computer experience. Specifically, you should be able to:

• Log on and off a computer and use a keyboard or mouse.
• Use a web browser to access information.

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.
• Transforming data using Data Studio.

Analyzing Data in 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.

Automated Explanation

Restructuring Data for Geographic Mapping

• Introduction to SAS Data Studio.
• 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.