1. Copyright © 2006, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved. Enterprise Guide 4.2 : A Primer SHRUG : Spring 2010 Presented by: Josée Ranger-Lacroix SAS Institute (Canada) Inc.

2. Copyright © 2006, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved. Agenda SAS Enterprise Guide Overview SAS Enterprise Guide : Querying & Reporting Tool

3. Copyright © 2006, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved. SAS…Then vs. Now proc catmod order=data; weight wt; response / out=preds; model severity=trt hospital; run; quit; /* Keep just the predicted values, predictors, and response */ data pred2; set preds; if _type_='PROB'; keep severity trt hospital _pred_; run; /* Find predicted response level (level with highest predicted probability) in each sample. */ proc summary data=pred2 nway; class trt hospital; var _pred_; output out=predlvl (drop=_type_ _freq_) maxid(_pred_(severity))=predlvl; run; /* Transpose the predicted values so that there is one observation per sample containing predicted values for each response level. */ proc transpose data=pred2 out=pred3 (drop=_name_); by trt hospital; id severity; var _pred_; run; Then – Powerful Tools Now – Enterprise Solutions

4. Copyright © 2006, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved. SAS Platform: Architecture  The SAS Platform consists of a multiple-tier environment that is typically represented by the following: client tier Web tier server tier data tier

5. Copyright © 2006, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved. What is Enterprise Guide ? SAS Enterprise Guide provides a SAS graphical interface that helps you exploit the power of SAS and publish dynamic results in a Microsoft Windows client application. The solution is the preferred SAS interface for business analysts, programmers and statisticians and a key application in SAS Business Intelligence offerings.

6. Copyright © 2006, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved. What is Enterprise Guide ? Enterprise Guide is an easy-to-use Windows application that provides:  1. An intuitive visual interface  2. Transparent access to data  3. Access to the power of SAS  4. Easy exporting of data and results to other applications  5. Scripting and automation  6. Access to a programming interface

7. Copyright © 2006, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved. Key Benefits  Easy access to the right intelligence Provide a self-service environment for analysts and statisticians. Provide easy access to data sources through a SAS graphical interface. Make reporting and analytics available to everyone.  Less repetitive work, more strategic work & greater visibility for your work  Flexibility to adapt  Liberate IT

8. Copyright © 2006, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved. 1. Easy to use Interface

9. Copyright © 2006, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved. Microsoft Excel spreadsheets dBASE files HTML tables ODBC- compliant data OLE DB provider’s files Microsoft Access tables Fixed-width and delimited text files 2. Transparent Access to Data  SAS Enterprise Guide can read and use data from a variety of different formats. SAS tables

10. Copyright © 2006, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved. Transparent Access to Remote Data Local User UNIX sas Oracle DB2 z/OS Mainframe Oracle sas Windows Server sas

11. Copyright © 2006, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved. 3. Access To the Power of SAS  Approximately 80 tasks (A task is a specific type of analysis or report that you can perform against data in a project). Create Query Using Active Data Summary Statistics Transpose Cluster Analysis Mean and Range Chart

12. Copyright © 2006, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved. Graphs Using SAS Enterprise Guide

13. Copyright © 2006, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved. SAS Stored Process  A stored process has the following characteristics: is a SAS program that is hosted on a server and described by metadata can be executed by many of the client applications in the SAS ® 9 Intelligence Platform is similar in concept to programs run by SAS/IntrNet, but more versatile because of the underlying metadata and security support Because a stored process is a SAS program it can access any SAS data source or external file. it can create new data sets, files, and report output in a variety of formats.

14. Copyright © 2006, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved. The OLAP Analyzer  The OLAP Analyzer in SAS Enterprise Guide enables you to view and analyze data that is stored in a SAS OLAP cube.  The OLAP Analyzer consists of the following: Task Buttons Cube View Manager Graph View Table View

15. Copyright © 2006, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved.  Results can be formatted as plain text RTF PDF HTML XML  You can also insert results in Microsoft Word and Microsoft PowerPoint e-mail or save results as HTML files and publish them on the Web publish the results to a channel. 4. Formatting and Exporting Results

16. Copyright © 2006, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved. 5. Automating Projects and Process Flows  The SAS Enterprise Guide Scheduler provides a way to run process flows or update projects at a specified time.

17. Copyright © 2006, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved. 6. Programming Interface

18. Copyright © 2006, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved. Agenda SAS Enterprise Guide Overview SAS Enterprise Guide : Querying & Reporting Tool

19. Copyright © 2006, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved. Power of the Project A project serves as a collection of data sources SAS programs and logs tasks and queries results parameters (macro variables) informational notes for documentation. 19 The user can control the contents, sequencing, and updating of a project.

20. Copyright © 2006, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved. For Data Management  The Query Builder

21. Copyright © 2006, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved. Filters: Filter Wizard for Basic or Advanced

22. Copyright © 2006, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved. Computed Column Wizard A wizard guides you through the process of creating the new column and assigning attributes such as the variable name (or alias) and format. 22

23. Copyright © 2006, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved. Grouping Data Data can be grouped and summarized using the Select Data tab. 23

24. Copyright © 2006, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved. Joining Tables Joining tables enables you to extract and simultaneously process data from more than one table. 24

25. Copyright © 2006, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved. For Reporting  The Tasks  A task is a specific type of analysis, report, or data manipulation that you can perform against data in a project.  A task is typically referenced by its description. 25

26. Copyright © 2006, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved. Summary Tables The Summary Tables wizard or task can be used to generate a tabular summary report. 26

27. Copyright © 2006, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved. Working with Tasks 27 Task code, log, output data, and results are available for viewing and further analysis through tabs and menus.

28. Copyright © 2006, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved. Task Output Formats By default, SAS Enterprise Guide produces task results in SAS Report format. However you can also choose to generate HTML, PDF, RTF, or text output. 28

29. Copyright © 2006, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved. Prompts Prompts enable you to request input from the user when a task, query, or SAS program is run. 29 Internet Sales

30. Copyright © 2006, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved. The Style Manager  The Style Manager can be used to change the default style, and add, delete, or edit existing styles. 30

31. Copyright © 2006, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved. Conditional Processing 31 Conditional processing enables you to control whether specific steps within your project execute or not when you rerun a project, a process flow, or part of a process flow. Conditions can be set to specify whether to do any of the following: run tasks, queries, and programs e-mail results export results

32. Copyright © 2006, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved. Combining Reports When you create results in SAS Report format, you can use those results to create a customized report that you can print, export, and share with other SAS applications. You can add multiple results to the report with text and images, and you can choose how to arrange them in the report. 32

33. Copyright © 2006, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved. Updating Results - Scheduling A project or process flow can also be scheduled to run at a designated time or event. SAS Enterprise Guide uses the Microsoft Windows Scheduler utility to create a script that causes the project or process flow to rerun and the results to be saved. 33

34. Copyright © 2006, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved. Product Summary  SAS graphical interface  Reporting, graphical and analytical tasks  Data access and management  OLAP access, visualization and manipulation  Stored Processes  Result distribution and Sharing  Administration and security

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