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Chapter 1: Getting Started

1.1 Introducing SAS Enterprise Guide

1.2 Course Scenarios

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Chapter 1: Getting Started

1.1 Introducing SAS Enterprise Guide1.1 Introducing SAS Enterprise Guide

1.2 Course Scenarios

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Objectives State the capabilities and major features

of SAS Enterprise Guide software. State the purpose of the different areas

of the SAS Enterprise Guide workspace. Name the steps in a typical SAS Enterprise Guide

session.

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Introduction to SAS Enterprise Guide 4.3

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1.01 Multiple Choice PollDescribe your experience with SAS Enterprise Guide.

a. I had not heard of it until I was told to take this class.

b. I have seen other people use it.

c. I have used it a little.

d. I have used it extensively.

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1.02 QuizWhat are your reasons for learning about SAS Enterprise Guide?

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Introduction to SAS Enterprise GuideSAS Enterprise Guide provides a point-and-click interface for managing data and generating reports.

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SAS Enterprise Guide InterfaceSAS Enterprise Guide also includes a full programming interface that can be used to write, edit, and submit SAS code.

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1.03 Multiple Choice PollDescribe your experience with the SAS programming language.

a. I have never seen nor written SAS code.

b. I have seen SAS code that other people wrote.

c. I have written a little SAS code.

d. I have extensive experience writing SAS programs.

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SAS Enterprise Guide Interface: The ProjectA project is a single file that serves asa collection of data sources SAS programs

and logs tasks and queries results informational

notes for documentation.

You can control the contents, sequencing, and updating of a project.

e101d01.egp

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Building a SAS Enterprise Guide ProjectTo begin work with SAS Enterprise Guide, you

1. create a new project

2. add data to the project

3. run tasks against the data.

Additionally, you can

4. customize results

5. automate the process.

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Behind the ScenesAs you build tasks, SAS Enterprise Guide generates SAS code.

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Behind the ScenesSAS Enterprise Guide prepares SAS code, either generated through point-and-click tasks or written by the user, and submits the code to SAS. SAS can run on your PC or on a remote server.

Code

Local User

UNIX

z/OSMainframe

Windows Server ...

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Behind the ScenesSAS then executes the code and delivers the results to SAS Enterprise Guide.

ResultsUNIX

z/OSMainframe

Windows ServerLocal User

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1.04 Multiple Choice PollWhat is your SAS Enterprise Guide configuration?

a. SAS Enterprise Guide and SAS on my PC

b. SAS Enterprise Guide on my PC and SAS on a Windows server

c. SAS Enterprise Guide on my PC and SAS on a UNIX server

d. SAS Enterprise Guide on my PC and SAS on an IBM z/OS (mainframe) server

e. Other

f. Not sure

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Chapter 1: Getting Started

1.1 Introducing SAS Enterprise Guide

1.2 Course Scenarios1.2 Course Scenarios

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Objectives Define the business need for the class demonstrations

scenario. Define the business need for the exercise scenario.

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Filename Conventions

Code Type

a Activity

d Demo

e Exercise

s Solution

e104d01x

course ID chapter # item #type placeholder

Example: The SAS Enterprise Guide 1: Essentialscourse ID is e1, soe104d01 =SAS Enterprise Guide 1: Essentials,Chapter 4, Demo 1.

e104a01

e104a02

e104a02s

e104d01

e104d02

e104e01

e104e02

e104s01

e104s02

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Three Levels of ExercisesLevel 1 The exercise mimics an example presented in

the section.

Level 2 Less information and guidance are provided in the exercise instructions, possibly including exploring options not presented in the section.

Level 3 Prior knowledge of the SAS programming language is assumed. Exercises illustrate the integration of point-and-click functionality together with the ability to write and edit code.

You are not expected to complete all of the exercises in the time allotted. Choose the exercise or exercises that are at the level you are most comfortable with.

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Orion Star Sports & Outdoors

For the demonstrations and exercises, you will use data from Orion Star Sports & Outdoors. This is a fictitious global sports and outdoors retailer with traditional stores, an online store, and a large catalog business.

The corporate headquarters is located in the United States with offices and stores in many countries throughout the world.

Orion Star has approximately 1,000 employees and 90,000 customers, processes approximately 150,000 orders annually, and purchases products from 64 suppliers.

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Orion Star ProjectThroughout the course, you build SAS Enterprise Guide projects that access various types of data sources, query the data to filter and join tables, and produce several different summary reports and graphs.

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The SAS Help FacilityUse the SAS Enterprise Guide Help facility for additional direction about SAS Enterprise Guide. Additional help is available online.

support.sas.com/documentation/onlinedoc/guide

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Navigating the SAS Enterprise Guide Workspace

This demonstration illustrates how to add a data set, create a task, and navigate the contents of the project in the SAS Enterprise Guide workspace.

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Exercise

This exercise reinforces the concepts discussed previously.

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Chapter Review1. What is a project in SAS Enterprise Guide?

 

2. What are three essentials to a SAS Enterprise Guide project? (Hint: All data processing works this way.)

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Chapter Review Answers1. What is a project in SAS Enterprise Guide?

 

2. What are three essentials to a SAS Enterprise Guide project? (Hint: All data processing works this way.)

A project is a single file that is a collection of related data, tasks, SAS programs, and results that can be saved and opened by SAS Enterprise Guide.

a. Add Datab. Run Taskc. Explore Results

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Chapter Review3. Does SAS Enterprise Guide execute the code after

a task is submitted or run?

 

4. If you want to restore the windows configuration to the original layout, you need to click on the Restore Window Layout button. Where is this button?

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Chapter Review Answers3. Does SAS Enterprise Guide execute the code after

a task is submitted or run?

 

4. If you want to restore the windows configuration to the original layout, you need to click on the Restore Window Layout button. Where is this button?

No, the code that SAS Enterprise Guide creates is executed by SAS, either on your local machine or on a server.

It can be found by selecting Tools Options General.