MS SYSTEMS TECHNICAL TRAINING SAS FOR PROGRAMMERS WORKSHOP
SAS Training Overview
This three day workshop uses the 'HANDS-ON' approach to teach application programmers or users the basics of how to use the SAS programming language
SAS Training Audience
- Application Programmers
- Analysts interested in gaining an understanding of basic SAS
- Users with a desire to code their own ad-hoc reports
SAS Training Course duration
3 Days
SAS Training Objectives
Upon completion of this workshop, the participant will be able to:
- Understand basic SAS elements
- Understand and use SAS datasets
- Run SAS programs
- Use SAS data manipulation functions
- Use SAS procedures such as APPEND, COMPARE, CONTENTS, FORMAT, FREQ, MEANS, PRINT, RANK, SORT, SUMMARY, and TABULATE
- Use SAS to create customized reports
- Understand some Advanced Topics such as creating Permanent SAS
Datasets and Sequential files
SAS Training Course outline
- SAS Basics
- Defining Data
- The DATA STEP
- Using SAS Datasets
- Creating Variables
- Reshaping and Elimination of Data
- PROC CONTENTS
- PROC SORT
- PROC PRINT
- PROC FORMAT
- PROC MEANS and FREQ
- OUTPUT and MERGE Operations
- SAS FUNCTIONS
- Permanent SAS Datasets
- Creating Sequential Datasets or Customized Reports
- PROC SUMMARY and TABULATE
- PROC RANK
- PROC APPEND and COMPARE
