Base Sas Programmer SAS Programming 1: Essentials: Learn How To

BASE SAS PROGRAMMER
SAS Programming 1: Essentials
Duration: 3 days Level: Fundamental
This course is for users who want to learn how to write SAS programs to
access, explore, prepare, and analyze data. It is the entry point to learning
SAS programming for data science, machine learning, and artificial
intelligence. It is a prerequisite to many other SAS courses. If you do not plan
to write SAS programs and you prefer a point-and-click interface, you should
attend the SAS Enterprise Guide 1: Querying and Reporting course.
Learn how to
• use SAS Studio and SAS Enterprise Guide to write and submit SAS programs
• access SAS, Microsoft Excel, and text data
• explore and validate data
• prepare data by subsetting rows and computing new columns
• analyze and report on data
• export data and results to Excel, PDF, and other formats
• use SQL in SAS to query and join tables.
Who should attend

Anyone starting to write SAS programs
Prerequisites
Before attending this course, you should have experience using computer
software. Specifically, you should be able to
• understand file structures and system commands on your operating systems

• access data files on your operating systems.
No prior SAS experience is needed.
Software Addressed
Base SAS This course also addresses SAS/ACCESS Interface to PC Files.

Course Contents
Essentials
▪ the SAS programming process

▪ using SAS programming tools
▪ understanding SAS syntax
Accessing Data
▪ understanding SAS data

▪ accessing data through libraries
▪ importing data into SAS
Exploring and Validating Data
▪ exploring data
▪ filtering rows
▪ formatting columns
▪ sorting data and removing duplicates
Preparing Data
▪ reading and filtering data

▪ computing new columns
▪ conditional processing
Analyzing and Reporting on Data
▪ enhancing reports with titles, footnotes, and labels

▪ creating frequency reports
▪ creating summary statistics reports
Exporting Results
▪ exporting data
▪ exporting reports
Using SQL in SAS
▪ using Structured Query Language in SAS

▪ joining tables using SQL in SAS
SAS Programming 2: Data Manipulation Techniques
Duration: 3 days Level: Intermediate
This course is for those who need to learn data manipulation techniques using
the SAS DATA step and procedures to access, transform, and summarize
data. The course builds on the concepts that are presented in the SAS
Programming 1: Essentials course and is not recommended for beginning
SAS software users.
Learn how to
• understand and control DATA step processing

• create an accumulating column and process data in groups
• manipulate data with functions
• convert column type
• create custom formats
• concatenate and merge tables
• process repetitive code
• restructure tables.
Who should attend

Business analysts and SAS programmers
Prerequisites
Before attending this course, you should be able to do the following:
• write DATA step code to subset rows and columns, compute new columns,
and process data conditionally
• sort tables using the SORT procedure
• apply SAS formats
Software Addressed
Base SAS
Course Contents
Controlling DATA Step Processing
▪ setting up for this course

▪ understanding DATA step processing
▪ directing DATA step output
Summarizing Data
▪ creating an accumulating column

▪ processing data in groups
Manipulating Data with Functions
▪ understanding SAS functions and CALL routines

▪ using numeric and date functions
▪ using character functions
▪ using special functions to convert column type
Creating Custom Formats
▪ creating and using custom formats

▪ creating custom formats from tables
Combining Tables
▪ concatenating tables
▪ merging tables
▪ identifying matching and nonmatching rows
Processing Repetitive Code
▪ using iterative DO loops

▪ using conditional DO loops
Restructuring Tables
▪ restructuring data with the DATA step

▪ restructuring data with the TRANSPOSE procedure

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BASE SAS PROGRAMMER

SAS Programming 1: Essentials

Duration: 3 days Level: Fundamental

Who should attend

• understand file structures and system commands on your operating systems

No prior SAS experience is needed.

Base SAS This course also addresses SAS/ACCESS Interface to PC Files.

▪ the SAS programming process

▪ understanding SAS data

Exploring and Validating Data

▪ reading and filtering data

Analyzing and Reporting on Data

▪ enhancing reports with titles, footnotes, and labels

Using SQL in SAS

▪ using Structured Query Language in SAS

Duration: 3 days Level: Intermediate

• understand and control DATA step processing

Who should attend

Controlling DATA Step Processing

▪ setting up for this course

▪ creating an accumulating column

Manipulating Data with Functions

▪ understanding SAS functions and CALL routines

Creating Custom Formats

▪ creating and using custom formats

Processing Repetitive Code

▪ using iterative DO loops

▪ restructuring data with the DATA step

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