This course introduces experienced SAS programmers to SAS Enterprise Guide. SAS Enterprise Guide is an interface that enables users to write and submit code, as well as to use point-and-click tasks to generate queries, reports, and graphics.

e-Learning includes practice data and exercises.

Learn how to

• use the SAS Enterprise Guide program editor to write, edit, and submit SAS programs
• create a SAS Enterprise Guide project to collect and organize multiple SAS programs, logs, and results
• convert programs designed to run in a different SAS environment to a new SAS Enterprise Guide environment
• maintain a Program History to record changes and authors for multiple versions of a program
• generate SAS code with point-and-click tasks and wizards to create queries, reports, and graphics
• customize and combine results created in SAS Enterprise Guide.

Who should attend

Experienced SAS programmers who want to learn the intricacies of using SAS Enterprise Guide as a primary programming interface, as well as generating SAS code through point-and-click tasks and wizards

Formats available	Standard Duration
Classroom:	1.5 days
Live Web Classroom:	3 half-day session(s)	System Requirements
e-Learning:	10.5 hours/180 day license	System Requirements

Before attending this course, you should have taken SAS Programming 1: Essentials or have equivalent experience. You are encouraged but not required to take SAS Programming 2: Data Manipulation Techniques or have equivalent experience. Students should have little or no prior exposure to SAS Enterprise Guide.

This course addresses SAS Enterprise Guide software.

Getting Started

• introducing SAS Enterprise Guide
• course overview and logistics

Writing SAS Programs

• navigating the SAS Enterprise Guide programming environment
• building a SAS Enterprise Guide project
• exploring features of the SAS Enterprise Guide program editor
• using supplemental programming tools
• converting programs to SAS Enterprise Guide

Maintaining SAS Programs and Customizing Output

• controlling output
• maintaining program history
• prompting in SAS programs
• organizing projects

Generating SAS Code with Tasks

• introduction to tasks
• creating a bar chart and inserting custom code
• creating a summary table and modifying a code template
• querying and exploring data
• combining results

Learning More

• SAS resources