Course Description

Summary

Taught by our resident SAS Experts at ThotWave, you’ll learn to efficiently write and debug your programs.

This interactive course, designed by SAS Partners ThotWave, will teach you practical skills and tactical applications to simplify SAS programming, including how to use the layout of the panes, work with programs, logs, results, and data sets. You will learn how to use tasks, wizards, autocomplete, and inline help to make programming faster and more efficient. In addition, course content includes how to take a program and identify the input and output data sets, which is particularly useful for maintaining and updating program change requests.

During the lessons, there are plenty of opportunities for simulations and hands-on activities so you will have the option to practice using Enterprise Guide to enhance your SAS skills and become a more efficient programmer. Once you’ve completed all the course requirements, you’ll be awarded a Certificate of Completion.

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Audience

Experienced SAS programmers who are new to the SAS Enterprise Guide interface.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of SAS programming. Specifically, you should be able to write a DATA step with a SET statement, a PROC SORT step, and a WHERE statement.

Time to Complete

Approximately 2 hours 30 minutes for videos, activities, and knowledge checks. You can take this course from anywhere, on your own time, whenever it is convenient for you.

Payment

Course fees are $149USD, and payment can be accepted securely by credit card. Simply fill out the form on this page. You’ll then see a prompt to enter your payment details. Once completed, your space in this course will be secured.

Certificate of Completion

Upon successful fulfillment of course requirements, you’ll be awarded a Certificate of Completion to add to your resume and portfolio.

Note from our instructors

“Don’t be a SAS dinosaur” is a mantra ensuring your SAS skills continue to evolve, otherwise we’d be using line commands on the mainframe. SAS has enhanced SAS Enterprise Guide to be a rich programming interface to capitalize on your existing programming skill set while adding features to make you a more efficient, more effective SAS programmer.

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Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome

  • 2

    Lesson 1 - Introduction

  • 3

    Lesson 2 - Basic Architecture and Layout

    • Lesson 2

    • Basic Architecture, Panes, and Objects

    • Lesson 2 Quiz

    • Lesson Summary
  • 4

    Lesson 3 - Using a Connection Profile

    • Lesson 3 - Using Connection Profiles

    • Creating and Modifying a Connection Profile

    • Connection Profile Demo

    • Activity - Connection Profile

    • Quiz - Connection Profile

    • Activity: Using a connection profile

    • Lesson Summary
  • 5

    Lesson 4 - Working with Existing Programs

    • Lesson 4 - Working with Existing Programs

    • Opening an Existing Program

    • Submitting a Program and Submitting a Section of a Program

    • Activity - Working with Existing Programs

    • End of Lesson Quiz

    • Lesson Summary
  • 6

    Lesson 5 - Working with Logs

    • Lesson 5

    • Viewing the Log

    • Saving the Log

    • Activity - Working with Logs

    • Using Project Logs

    • End of Lesson Quiz

    • Lesson Summary
  • 7

    Lesson 6 - Working with Results

    • Lesson 6

    • Viewing and Saving the Results

    • Activity - Working with Results

    • Lesson 6 Quiz

    • Lesson Summary
  • 8

    Lesson 7 - Working with New Programs

    • Lesson 7

    • Creating a New SAS Program

    • Activity: Creating a New SAS Program

    • EG Activity: Submitting your first program

    • Saving Programs

    • Activity: Saving Programs

    • End of Lesson Quiz

    • Lesson Summary
  • 9

    Lesson 8 - Features of the Editor Pane

    • Lesson 8

    • Customizing auto-complete

    • Activity - Customizing Autocomplete

    • Using Inline Help

    • Activity - Using Inline Help

    • Formatting Programs

    • Activity - Formatting Programs

    • Enterprise Guide Editor Benefits and Customizing Autocomplete ...

    • Quiz - Features of the Editor Pane

    • Lesson Summary
  • 10

    Lesson 9 - Working with Data

    • Lesson 9

    • Opening Data

    • Activity - Opening Data

    • Filtering and Sorting Data

    • Activity - Filtering and Sorting Data

    • Joining Data

    • Activity - Joining Data

    • Lesson 9 Quiz

    • Lesson Summary
  • 11

    Lesson 10 - Creating Graphs using Tasks and Wizards

    • Lesson 10

    • Using the Bar Chart Wizard

    • Activity - Using the Bar Chart Wizard

    • Using the Bar Chart Task

    • Activity - Using the Bar Chart Task

    • Viewing and Editing Generated Code

    • Activity - Viewing and Editing Generated Code

    • Lesson 10 Quiz

    • Lesson Summary
  • 12

    Lesson 11 - Reading Non-SAS Data using the Import Wizard

    • Lesson 11

    • Using the Import Wizard

    • Activity - Using the Import Wizard

    • Lesson 11 Quiz

    • Lesson Summary
  • 13

    Lesson 12 - Creating a Visual Representation of a Program

    • Lesson 12

    • Creating a Process Flow from a Program

    • Creating a Process Flow from a Program Activity and Quiz

    • Lesson 12 Quiz

    • Lesson Summary
  • 14

    Lesson 13 - Concluding Thoughts

    • Lesson 13

    • Course Summary

    • Quiz - End of Course Assessment

    • Course Summary

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