SAS® 9.4 Cert Prep: Part 08 Controlling Data Step Processing

SAS® 9.4 Cert Prep: Part 08 Controlling Data Step Processing

24mBeginner2020-01-07

Authors

SAS Institute

SAS Institute

Business analytics software and services

Course details

Want to get ahead in a crowded job market? Get certified with SAS. This course is part of a series by the SAS Institute, designed to prepare you for the SAS 9.4 certification exam. Here you can explore data processing techniques using the SAS DATA step. Instructor Stacey Syphus provides demos of DATA step processing in action, showing what goes on behind the scenes in SAS. She also shows how to control where and when output is directed to SAS tables.

Skills covered

SASStatisticsData AnalysisCert PrepData ScienceBusiness Analysis and StrategyBusiness Software and Tools

Concepts

Introduction

  • control your data processing pipeline

Understanding DATA Step Processing

  • data step review
  • data step processing
  • data step processing- compilation
  • data step processing- execution
  • demo- data step processing in action
  • viewing execution in the log

Directing DATA Step Output

  • controlling data step processing
  • implicit and explicit output
  • sending output to multiple tables
  • demo- directing row output
  • controlling column output
  • demo- directing column output
  • columns in the pdv