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 Duration
: 3 half day sessions
: 10.5 hours/180 days license

Before attending this course, you should have taken or have equivalent experience. You are encouraged but not required to take 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

EGSP71.