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What is SAS? Introduction to SAS Institute, Inc. Which industries use SAS? Future with SAS? Opportunities with SAS? How to learn and excel SAS? Browse thru the SAS User Interface… First SAS Program… 11/13/09 SAS Techies 2009

What is SAS?

Introduction to SAS Institute, Inc.

Which industries use SAS?

Future with SAS?

Opportunities with SAS?

How to learn and excel SAS?

Browse thru the SAS User Interface…

First SAS Program…

SAS is a BI software product from the SAS Institute, Cary, NC People refer SAS to as “Statistical Analytical System”…. It’s a Business Intelligence tool which can give simple answers to businesses through data mining capabilities, report generation and automation etc….. 11/13/09 SAS Techies 2009

SAS is a BI software product from the SAS Institute, Cary, NC

People refer SAS to as “Statistical Analytical System”….

It’s a Business Intelligence tool which can give simple answers to businesses through data mining capabilities, report generation and automation etc…..

Know how SAS is used in Industries? Pharmaceutical – Statistical Analysis, Reporting Telecom – Reporting, ETL, Data Mining, Forecasting Financials - Reporting, ETL, Data Mining, Forecasting, Fin research, Predictive modeling, DBMarketing, Activity Based Management. Healthcare - Reporting, ETL, Data Mining, Forecasting What technologies you need to know (SAS or others) to perform well in the Industry? Databases – Teradata, Oracle, SQL server, DB2 ETL – SAS/WA, SAS ETL (Data Integration Studio) Application Development – SAS IOM Bridge, Appdev Studio, SAS/AF Web Interface – SAS IntrNet, WebAF Studio Reporting – SAS/EG Statistics – SAS EMiner, SAS/STAT Package – Enterprise BI Server 11/13/09 SAS Techies 2009

Know how SAS is used in Industries?

Pharmaceutical – Statistical Analysis, Reporting

Telecom – Reporting, ETL, Data Mining, Forecasting

Financials - Reporting, ETL, Data Mining, Forecasting, Fin research, Predictive modeling, DBMarketing, Activity Based Management.

Healthcare - Reporting, ETL, Data Mining, Forecasting

What technologies you need to know (SAS or others) to perform well in the Industry?

Databases – Teradata, Oracle, SQL server, DB2

ETL – SAS/WA, SAS ETL (Data Integration Studio)

Application Development – SAS IOM Bridge, Appdev Studio, SAS/AF

Web Interface – SAS IntrNet, WebAF Studio

Reporting – SAS/EG

Statistics – SAS EMiner, SAS/STAT

Package – Enterprise BI Server

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Source: Business Week… 11/13/09 SAS Techies 2009

Source: Business Week…

All Pharmaceutical Companies involved in Clinical trials. FDA GlaxoSmithKline Merck Sanofi-Aventis Pfizer Quintiles CRO Aetna AstraZeneca American Express Citigroup Bank of America Discover Financials ETS JPMorgan Chase Wells Fargo Freddie Mac Fannie Mae Marriot etc… 11/13/09 SAS Techies 2009

All Pharmaceutical Companies involved in Clinical trials.

FDA

GlaxoSmithKline

Merck

Sanofi-Aventis

Pfizer

Quintiles CRO

Aetna

AstraZeneca

American Express

Citigroup

Bank of America

Discover Financials

ETS

JPMorgan Chase

Wells Fargo

Freddie Mac

Fannie Mae

Marriot etc…

A whole span of career opportunities exists with the help of SAS. Business Analyst Risk Analyst Clinical Statisticians Data warehouse specialists PM’s etc… An excellent opportunity to get into the functional stream rather than Technical stream. 11/13/09 SAS Techies 2009

A whole span of career opportunities exists with the help of SAS.

Business Analyst

Risk Analyst

Clinical Statisticians

Data warehouse specialists

PM’s etc…

An excellent opportunity to get into the functional stream rather than Technical stream.

If you have NOT done any Statistical Analysis in school then you might have NOT got a chance to learn about SAS… SAS is easy-to-learn 4 th Generation Data-centric Programming language and one of the well-paid technologies currently. “ Little SAS” book or the SAS Online tutor are good places to start with … Require licensed version of SAS 8 or 9 software to work with.. 11/13/09 SAS Techies 2009

If you have NOT done any Statistical Analysis in school then you might have NOT got a chance to learn about SAS…

SAS is easy-to-learn 4 th Generation Data-centric Programming language and one of the well-paid technologies currently.

“ Little SAS” book or the SAS Online tutor are good places to start with …

Require licensed version of SAS 8 or 9 software to work with..

Next we’ll have a quick demonstration of the SAS v9.1.3 Interface… Some of the features displayed here are – First a small SAS program All the SAS window panes A small SAS program with its output SAS Dataset, Log, Explorer windows are shown…. SAS Export File Interface (EFI) – options for Exporting SAS datasets to Excel, Access etc All Menu items SAS Online tutor and its location and chapters 11/13/09 SAS Techies 2009

Next we’ll have a quick demonstration of the SAS v9.1.3 Interface…

Some of the features displayed here are –

First a small SAS program

All the SAS window panes

A small SAS program with its output SAS Dataset, Log, Explorer windows are shown….

SAS Export File Interface (EFI) – options for Exporting SAS datasets to Excel, Access etc

All Menu items

SAS Online tutor and its location and chapters

DATA steps typically create or modify SAS data sets, but they can also be used to produce custom-designed reports. For example, you can use DATA steps to put your data into a SAS data set compute the values for new variables check for and correct errors in your data produce new SAS data sets by sub-setting, merging, and updating existing data sets. PROC (procedure) steps typically analyze and process data in the form of a SAS data set, and they sometimes create SAS data sets that contain the results of the procedure. PROC steps control a library of prewritten routines (procedures) that perform tasks on SAS data sets, such as listing, sorting, and summarizing data. For example, you can use PROC steps to print a report produce descriptive statistics create a tabular report produce plots and charts. 11/13/09 SAS Techies 2009

DATA steps typically create or modify SAS data sets, but they can also be used to produce custom-designed reports. For example, you can use DATA steps to

put your data into a SAS data set

compute the values for new variables

check for and correct errors in your data

produce new SAS data sets by sub-setting, merging, and updating existing data sets.

PROC (procedure) steps typically analyze and process data in the form of a SAS data set, and they sometimes create SAS data sets that contain the results of the procedure. PROC steps control a library of prewritten routines (procedures) that perform tasks on SAS data sets, such as listing, sorting, and summarizing data. For example, you can use PROC steps to

print a report

produce descriptive statistics

create a tabular report

produce plots and charts.

Data numbers; X1=1; x2=2; Run; Proc print data=numbers; Run; Start of a Datastep Assigning values to x1 x2 End the datastep Issue a Print Procedure to print the dataset numbers End the Run statement 11/13/09 SAS Techies 2009

Data numbers;

X1=1;

x2=2;

Run;

Proc print data=numbers;

Run;

Start of a Datastep

Assigning values to x1 x2

End the datastep

Issue a Print Procedure to print the dataset numbers

End the Run statement

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