This course provides an introduction to data preparation, data discovery, and report creation in SAS Visual Analytics.

This course can help prepare you for the following certification exam(s): SAS Certified Specialist: Visual Business Analytics.

Learn how to use SAS Visual Analytics for SAS9 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 data using SAS Visual Data Builder.
• Perform data discovery and analysis using SAS Report Builder.
• Create interactive reports 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:	2.0 days
Live Web Classroom:	4 half-day session(s)	System Requirements
e-Learning:	14 hours/180 day license	System Requirements

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

• 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.
• 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.