SAS programming part 1: fundamentals
This course is designed for those who are going to use SAS to analyze data and build applications. It will meet the needs of users entirely new to SAS and of those with some SAS experience. The SAS/base product will be covered in detail. The course content and level make the course version independent, version 9 for SAS on mainframe is used in the labs.
At the end of the course, the students will be able to write SAS programs that can be executed interactively as well as in batch. This is not a 'point 'n click' course; participants will write their own coding. In this respect the course teaches the "classic" approach to SAS, using the typical building blocks of a SAS program. SAS programming part 1: fundamentals explains the essentials for understanding and writing SAS code, SAS programming part 2: digging deeper adds SAS Base features (SQL in SAS, using database tables, what is ODS, ...) that in most companies are very often used. Those of you that are interested in building reusable code, should also attend SAS programming part 3: macro essentials that explains the SAS Macro Language.
Schedule
| date | dur. | lang. | location | price | |
| 10 Dec | 3 | Leuven | 1350 EUR (excl. VAT) |  guaranteed | |
| 21 Jan | 3 | Leuven | 1425 EUR (excl. VAT) | ||
| 09 Jun | 3 | Leuven | 1425 EUR (excl. VAT) | ||
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Intended for
Analysts, programmers, info-center support and experienced end-users. The course is suitable for both mainframe and PC users. Although "SAS on mainframe" is used in the labs, "SAS on Windows" is available for those delegates that never work in a mainframe terminal session. The statements and commands, as well as the context discussed are the same on all platforms.
Background
PC and/or terminal experience and experience with program structures are required.
Main topics
- Introduction: SAS features and possibilities • SAS products • program use.
- SAS Display Manager: interactive development of SAS code • Display Manager navigation • SAS standard data libraries.
- SAS language • syntax • variables • SAS dataset • working concept.
- SAS code: Data Step • SAS instructions • SAS expressions • program logic • dataset processing: merge, subset.
- Date expressions in SAS.
- SAS functions, overview and use.
- SAS analysis and reporting, the Proc Step:
- standard reporting (SORT, PRINT, FORMAT).
- statistics and summary tables on Base SAS level (MEANS, FREQ).
- SAS Utility Procedures: COPY • CONTENTS • DATASETS.
- INPUT/PUT: reading data into SAS and writing data from SAS.
- Dataset manipulations: APPEND, MERGE, subset(IF, WHERE) and UPDATE.
- Macro variables in a SAS program: what it is and why/how to use them.
- Additional procedures - UNIVARIATE - PLOT - CHART.
Training method
Classical instruction. Exercises take up much of the time.
Duration
3 days.
Course leader
Koen De Backer, Sandy Schillebeeckx.
Reviews
4.1/5 (based on 42 evaluations; the most recent ones are shown below)
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Teacher is subject matter expert and can convey the essence of why and how the application behave.
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Good presentation and communication is quite good. There is always room for questions and help is provided where needed
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| (Ayman, ) |
Prima cursus. Ik heb alleen wel meer behoefte aan oefeningen tijdens de cursus.
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| (Marcel, ) |
heel goed, goeie introductie/training tot SAS
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| (Filip, ) |
goede uitgebreide cursus
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| (Wouter, ) |
Goed, ik heb geleerd wat ik nodig heb
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| (Jeffrey, ) |
zeer goed gegeven cursus, veel bijgeleerd
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| (N.N., ) |
Goed, maar ik vond dat het soms te snel ging of de duur van de opleiding mocht langer zijn dan 3 dagen.
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| (N.N., Nationale Bank van België, ) |
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Goede basiscursus
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| (N.N., ) |
zeer goede kennismaking met de basis van SAS componenten en programmatie
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| (Pieter, ) |
inhoudelijk goede cursus en docent met veel kennis. mijn voorkeur gaat uit naar meer praktijk en toepassing op de SAS versie die je zelf gebruikt.
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| (N.N., ) |
Goed, ik zou graag wat meer 'hands on training' hebben.
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| (Thijs, ) |
Goede cursus voor de basis - nu zelf ook mee gaan "spelen"
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| (N.N., ING - Acanthus, ) |
Gedegen opbouw met juiste tempo de basics goed eigen kunnen maken
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| (N.N., ) |
Prima cursus die de basics helder behandelt
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| (Ronald, ) |
heel erg informatief
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| (Dwight Vliet, ING - Laanderpoort, ) |
Bonne introduction pour avoir une connaissance générale du sujet
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| (N.N., ) |
Cours très intéressant avec les bases qui sont très bien décrites
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| (N.N., ) |
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