This course teaches you how to process SAS data using Structured Query Language (SQL). You can gain this experience from the SAS Programming 1: Essentials course. No knowledge of SQL is necessary. This course addresses Base SAS software.
Learn how to
• Query and subset data.
• Summarize and present data.
• Combine tables using joins and set operators.
• Create and modify tables and views.
• Create data-driven macro variables using a query.
• Access DBMS data with SAS/ACCESS technology.
Who should attend
SAS programmers and business analysts
Prerequisites
Before attending this class, you should be able to do the following:
• Submit SAS programs on your operating system.
• Create and access SAS data sets.
• Use arithmetic, comparison, and logical operators.
• Invoke SAS procedures.
This course is appropriate for students who are using SAS 9 software.
Course Outline
Essentials
• Setting up for this course.
• Overview of SAS Foundation.
• Course logistics.
• Course data files.
• Introducing the Structured Query Language.
• Overview of the SQL procedure.
• Exploring tables.
• Specifying columns.
PROC SQL Fundamentals
• Subsetting data.
• Presenting data.
• Summarizing data.
• Creating and managing tables.
• Using DICTIONARY tables.
SQL Joins
• Introduction to SQL joins.
• Inner joins.
• Outer joins.
• Complex SQL joins.
Subqueries
• Noncorrelated subqueries.
• Correlated subqueries.
• In-line views.
• Creating views with the SQL procedure.
• Subqueries in the SELECT clause.
• Remerging summary statistics.
Set Operators
• Introduction to set operators.
• The INTERSECT operator.
• The EXCEPT operator.
• The UNION operator.
• The OUTER UNION operator.
Using and Creating Macro Variables in SQL
• Interfacing PROC SQL with the macro language.
• Creating data-driven macro variables with a query.
• Using macro variables in SQL.
Accessing DBMS Data with SAS/ACCESS
• Overview of SAS/ACCESS technology.
• SQL pass-through facility.
• SAS/ACCESS LIBNAME statement.
• PROC FedSQL.