Healthcare Analytics Academy

SAS Enterprise Guide is an extremely powerful program for advanced analytics. But many users find they have difficulty in getting started even after using official SAS documentation--especially if they are used to other SAS environments.

For this reason, we have created the ThotWave Using SAS Enterprise Guide Handbook.

This resource cuts through the noise to provide guidance in performing the essential tasks in SAS EG so that you can get up and running, faster.

We use this handbook routinely as a way to orient new staff, share expectations with collaborators, and train clients. We hope you find it as useful as we do!

Scope

This handbook provides 89 pages of SAS EG best practices developed by our expert SAS EG / SAS Grid consultants. Topics include:

• Launching EG the right way
  • Connecting to the SAS Metadata Server
  • Connecting to the SAS Workspace Server
• Navigating the EG interface
• Creating and saving SAS programs
• Submitting SAS programs to the SAS Grid platform
• Saving & reviewing results and log files
• Browsing SAS data sets
• Importing and exporting data

**Note: This is a technical document. Due to the desired scope of this resources as well as the specificity of different SAS EG configurations, we do not include the following topics: Detailed technical information regarding how EG works with SAS Grid; submission of SAS programs to other site-specific servers; querying external databases; basic programming in SAS; statistical basics.

Audience

This handbook is geared towards learners with a basic knowledge of SAS programming concepts and terminology. This handbook augments, but doesn't replace, any specific process manuals in place at your organization.

Detailed Table of Contents

1. Purpose
2. Copyright and Trademarks
3. Scope
4. General Information
   
   1. Assumptions
   1. Conventions
   1. System Overview
   1. System Access
   1. Using EG on Your Local Computer
   1. Using EG Through a Virtual Desktop
5. Benefits of Enterprise Guide
6. Beginning to use Enterprise Guide
   
   1. System Setup
   1. Connection Profile
   1. Code Completion
   1. Customizing Settings (Recommended)
   1. Understanding EG Projects
   1. Creating a Project
   1. Project Settings
   1. Programming
   1. Creating a New SAS Program
   1. Saving a SAS Program
   1. Editing an Existing SAS Program
   1. Programming – Code Editing Hints
   1. Submitting a Program
   1. Checking the Log
   1. Checking the Results
   1. Saving the Log
   1. Saving the Project
7. Exporting Results
8. Viewing Data
   
   1. Opening a SAS Data set
   1. Querying a SAS Data set
   1. Editing a SAS Data Set
   1. Importing and Exporting External Data
9. Managing an EG Project
   
   1. Viewing Process Flow
   1. Opening Multiple Projects
   1. Moving Nodes Between Process Flows
   1. Connecting Nodes
   1. Deleting Nodes
   1. Selecting Tasks
10. Definitions
11. Document History