Objectives
On successful completion of this course, attendees will
be able to:
- write SAS programs that can be executed interactively
- write SAS programs that can be executed in batch.
Who Should Attend
Analysts, programmers, info-center support and experienced end-users. The course is suitable for both mainframe and PC users.
Prerequisites
PC and/or mainframe terminal experience and experience with program structures are required.
Duration
3 days
Course Code
SAS1 |
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Contents
Introduction
SAS features and possibilities; SAS products; program use.
SAS Display Manager
Interactive development of programmes; SAS DM manipulation; SAS standard data libraries.
SAS language
Syntax; variables; SAS dataset; working concept.
SAS program
Data Step; SAS instructions; SAS expressions; programme logic; dataset processing: merge, subset.
Date expressions in SAS
Use of the SAS functions.
Dataset manipulations
Append; merge; subset; update.
SAS analysis and reporting: Proc Step
Standard reporting (SORT, PRINT, FORMAT); statistics and table on Base SAS level (MEANS, FREQ).
SAS Utility Procedures
Copy; contents; datasets.
INPUT/OUTPUT
Reading data in SAS and data importing in SAS.
SAS Full Screen Product (SAS/FSP)
Creation of datasets; introduction and consulting of data.
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