1 Windows and Beginning Data Manipulation HRP223 – 2013 Oct 9, 2012 Copyright © Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved. Warning: This presentation is protected by copyright law and international treaties. Unauthorized reproduction of this presentation, or any portion of it, may result in severe civil and criminal penalties and will be prosecuted to maximum extent possible under the law.

2 Topics For Today Setup Windows – Set up folders – Using DOS The parts of SAS Configure SAS Enterprise Guide – Application options – Keyboard macros Using SAS – Libraries – Subsets – Creating toy data sets – Loading real data sets – Descriptive statistics and graphics

3 Add a new folder called projects Double click it (to open it) Setup Windows

4 The projects folder is inside of the c drive. This path is abbreviated c:\Projects If you hate to type, copy and paste it from here. You can choose the view of the contents by pushing this button. I usually use the details view. Setup Windows Show details in Windows 7

5 Add a folder here called HPR223 Inside that folder add a folder called Lab1 Also in the c:\projects\hrp223 folder, add a folders for the homework projects and assignments Setup Windows

6 If there is a project that you are working, on mark the folder with a new icon. 1) right click 2) Choose properties 3) Click Customize 4) Pick an icon Setup Windows

7 If you need to rename anything in windows, click it and push the F2 key. If you want to get to My Computer quickly, push the Windows key with e If you want to get to the desktop quickly, push Windows d If you want to search your hard drive, push Windows f Setup Windows

8 I suggest you use the c:\projects folder on your hard drive but if you do not have permission, you can use the desktop. To point EG to a library on your desktop you need to navigate to a path like: c:\Documents and Settings\blah\Desktop where blah is your account name on the PC.

9 Show details in Windows 7 Similar Windows 7 Voodoo

10 DOS Stuff There are only a few commands you want to bother with – mkdir = make a directory (AKA folder) mkdir c:\blah – del = delete everything del /Q c:\blah\*.* – cd = change to a directory cd c:\blah Using DOS

11 Using DOS Make the directory to hold the data… with DOS!!! – Click the windows start button – Click Run… – Type cmd and push enter – type mkdir c:\projects\hrp223\lab1 and push enter I go here for DOS questions:

12 Windows 7 Click run and in the search box type cmd. On the SAS server user you can use the Windows PowerShell.

13 Allowing EG to Talk to DOS There are times when you want to have SAS or EG ask Windows to do a task. For example, you may want to have a folder (directory) created automatically or you may want to set the folder where SAS should look for files or where results will be stored by default. The easiest way to do this is to type programming commands in DOS (the file manipulation system that predates modern Microsoft Windows). Another word for the operating system is the shell. Using DOS

14 Shell Escape In SAS programs you can type DOS commands like this: X "dos stuff goes here"; These are called shell escapes. Obviously, shell escapes are dangerous tricks that give you the power to do all kinds of mischief including erasing a hard drive. You may need to tweak the registry to turn the functionality on. Using DOS

15 Shell Escape Commands in some versions of EG Tweak to the registry: 1. Start => Run => enter REGEDIT => OK. 2. Select hkey_classes_root => clsid => {440196D => localserver Right-mouse on Default and select Modify. Be careful here. 4. Remove -noxcmd (should be the last item in the list) => Ok. 5. View => Refresh. 6. Exit the Registry window. 7. Reboot Backup your registry before you change anything: support.microsoft.com/kb/ support.microsoft.com/kb/ Ask for help if you have the slightest question. Using DOS

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17 I am setting the working directory here. I am making a directory to hold the results If anything is in the results folder I am erasing it (quietly). Set the working director to be the results folder

18 The parts of SAS Talking to programmers…. WYSIWYG – pronounced wizzywig = what you see is what you get GUI – pronounced gooey = graphical user interface (the point and click stuff) WYSIWYG graphics editing that works only with SAS. The SAS engine with an old GUI A useful GUI for proc power A GUI for SAS Help files are in here Used to patch SAS Additional analysis tools (text mining) Matrix Algebra tool (like R) Quick launch tool for looking at SAS files.

19 Other Options To save your sanity, double check this option. Be sure this is checked Configure SAS

20 Custom Code for Graphics Analyses in SAS 9.2 can have extra high resolution graphics. Permanently turn them on. Configure SAS

21 Making Code Easy To make it easier to write code I have prepared keyboard macros that will let you fill in the blanks in code rather than having to memorize the details of the language. – Download the file – Open a program node, then from the Program menu, choose Editor Macros and click Macros. – Choose Import… and select the file you downloaded Configure SAS

22 Configure SAS Click on the empty program first

23 Using the Macros When you type the name of an analysis or data management procedure, a "tool tip" will appear. Push the Tab key to have SAS include the code I wrote. Configure SAS

24 Permanent Store I suggest that you save your data into the temporary work library by default. If you have a huge file which you only want to import once, or if you want to keep a permanent copy of a SAS data file, you will want to set up a permanent library. – This is just a fancy way of specifying what folder SAS should use to save the.sas7bdat data files. Using SAS

25 I suggest you use the c:\projects folder on your hard drive but if you do not have permission, you can use the desktop. To point EG to a library on your desktop you need to navigate to a path like: c:\Documents and Settings\blah\Desktop where blah is your account name on the PC.

26 SAS Server Use a path like this: C:\Users\balise\Documents\projects

27 Make the library After you have made the folder in Windows, use the Tools > assignment Project Library… wizard to set up a reference to that folder

28 Using DOS Make the directory to hold the data… with DOS!!! – Click the windows start button – Click Run… – Type cmd and push enter – type mkdir c:\projects\hrp223\lab1 and push enter I go here for DOS questions:

29 Toy Data Sets It used to be that you needed to memorize lots of arcane syntax to accomplish even the easiest of tasks, like making a toy data set. Using SAS for Toy Data

30 Wizards take more time than typing but they are easy to use. zThey can’t do some complicated tasks. Using SAS for Toy Data

31 The EG data manipulation tools use SQL. For simple tasks you can use either language (or point and click) but for complicated tasks, each has advantages which I will eventually show you. Data Step vs. Proc SQL Using SAS for Toy Data