1 Chapter 1: Getting Started 1.1 Introducing SAS Enterprise Guide 1.2 Course Scenarios

2 Chapter 1: Getting Started 1.1 Introducing SAS Enterprise Guide 1.2 Course Scenarios

3 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.

4 Introduction to SAS Enterprise Guide

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6 Programming Interface SAS Enterprise Guide Interface

7 SAS Enterprise Guide Structure To begin work with SAS Enterprise Guide, you 1.create a project 2.add data to the project 3. run tasks against the data. Additionally, you can 4. customize results 5. automate the process. Chapter 2 Chapter 3 and 5 Chapter 7

8 As you build tasks, SAS Enterprise Guide generates SAS code. Behind the Scenes

9 SAS Enterprise Guide can use the execution power of the server to access data and run SAS processes, and then return the results to your client PC. SAS Enterprise Guide SAS on Windows SAS on Mainframe SAS on UNIX Behind the Scenes Code

10 SAS Enterprise Guide can use the execution power of the server to access data and run SAS processes, and then return the results to your client PC. SAS Enterprise Guide SAS on Windows SAS on Mainframe SAS on UNIX Behind the Scenes Results

11 Chapter 1: Getting Started 1.1 Introducing SAS Enterprise Guide 1.2 Course Scenarios

12 Objectives Define the business need for the class demonstrations scenario. Define the business need for the exercise scenario.

13 Class Demonstration Scenario During the demonstrations, you work with business data from LLB Importers (LLB), a fictitious international company that distributes a variety of food products to gourmet delicatessens.

14 Class Demonstration Scenario LLB Importers maintains various kinds of data: product data order data supplier data customer data advertising campaign data Analyses include the following: products distributed by food type the number of orders and total profits generated from each supplier’s products total profits generated by food type

15 During the exercises, you work with another set of product data (computer software sales data). The data belongs to a fictitious company Software, which sells a variety of computer software products. Exercise Scenario

16 Exercise Software maintains various relational data files containing information about the following: products in inventory (including pricing information) orders received within a specific month customers who placed current and past orders Analyses include the following: the number and type of each product sold total revenue for the products within specific product types sales and profits by product type

17 This demonstration illustrates how to navigate the Project Explorer in the SAS Enterprise Guide workspace. Navigating the SAS Enterprise Guide Workspace

18 Complete the Chapter 1 exercises starting on page Detailed solutions are provided starting on page Exercises