SAS Visual Analytics is a software suite from SAS Institute that provides data preparation, reporting, visualization, and analytics capabilities. SAS Institute is a privately held company founded in 1976 with headquarters in Cary, North Carolina. It has over 13,500 employees serving over 60,000 customers in 135 countries. SAS Visual Analytics integrates data from multiple sources and allows users to explore and analyze data through interactive reports on mobile devices or dashboards.

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SAS VISUAL ANALYTICS

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SAS INSTITUTE COMPANY PROFILE
• SAS Institute founded in 1976
• Company headquarter in Cary, North Carolina, USA
• The biggest privately owned software company worldwide
• Revenue 3.09B USD in 2014
• 13.500 employees, regular winner of ‘Best Companies to Work For’
• More than 60.000 customers within 135 countries around the world
• 95% customer retention
• 25% of revenues re-invested to R&D
• Market leader in Advanced Analytics

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ANALYTICAL
INSIGHTS
OPERATIONAL
DECISIONS
DATABASE APPLIANCE
DATASERVICES
ANALYTICSSERVICES
ARCHITECTURE SAS®
HIGH-PERFORMANCE ANALYTICS
IN-MEMORY

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SAS VISUAL
ANALYTICS
DELIVERS A SINGLE SOLUTION FOR FASTER, SMARTER DECISIONS
Central Entry Point Integration Role-based Views
MOBILE BIDATA BUILDER EXPLORER DESIGNER
• Native iOS and
Android applications
that deliver interactive
reports
• Join data from multiple
sources
• Create calculated and
derived columns
• Load data
• Perform ad-hoc
analysis and data
discovery
• Apply advanced
analytics
• Create dashboard
style reports for web
or mobile
SAS®
LASR™
ANALYTIC SERVER
ADMINISTRATOR
• Monitor SAS®
LASR™
Analytic server
• Load/unload data
• Manage security

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SAS VISUAL
ANALYTICS
DATA PREPARATION
• Data for analysis and reports is possible to prepare in Visual Analytics
• Data sources
• Data warehouses
• ERP systems
• Import from XLS, MS Access
• Possibilities
• Tables from different data sources
• Scheduling
• Data enrichment, user calculations
• Star schema
• User rights on objects and
user roles

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SAS VISUAL
ANALYTICS
DATA PREPARATION
• SAS Enterprise Guide (or SAS Studio) as data preparation tool
• Data sources
• Join different sources
• XLS, DWH
• Upload to LASR Task
• AutoLoad library

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SAS VISUAL
ANALYTICS
REPORTING A VIZUALIZATIONS
• VA component for managers, all employees
• Interactions in objects, filters
• Data brushing
• Dynamically created hierarchies
• Time calculations (YTD, MTD)
• Integration with MS Office
• Possibility to subscribe reports
on tablets

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SAS VISUAL
ANALYTICS
DATA ANALYSIS
• VA component for data analysis and visualizations
• Visualization types
• Table analysis (pivot)
• Common graph types
• Powerful filtrations, selections
• Geo-analysis
• Analytics for business people
• Forecasting
• What-if analysis
• Correlation matrix
• Heat, tree maps
• Text analytics