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Working with SAS® and Microsoft Excel
This course presents techniques for integrating SAS and Microsoft Excel to access Excel workbooks to explore, prepare, analyze, and report on your data using the SAS XLSX engine. You learn a bit...
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$800 USD
Duration
7 hours
Course Code
PGXLM7
Available Formats
Classroom
Overview
This course presents techniques for integrating SAS and Microsoft Excel to access Excel workbooks to explore, prepare, analyze, and report on your data using the SAS XLSX engine. You learn a bit about the history of SAS and Excel, and then how to easily read data from and write data to Excel files from 2007 and later using SAS techniques like the IMPORT and EXPORT procedures, and the LIBNAME engine. The course also teaches you to use the SAS Output Delivery System (or ODS) to create Excel reports. ODS enables you to customize your Excel reports by adding tables, summarized data, and visualizations using SAS. ODS also enables you to fully customize the styling of your Excel reports. Lastly, you learn about a few advanced techniques to add Excel formats and functions to Excel reports.
Skills Gained
- Use the IMPORT procedure to create SAS tables from Microsoft Excel files.
- Use the EXPORT procedure to create Microsoft Excel files from SAS tables.
- Use the LIBNAME engine to create a library reference to an Excel workbook to easily read from and write to Excel.
- Use the SAS Output Delivery System (ODS) to create Microsoft Excel reports using SAS procedure output.
Who Can Benefit
- SAS programmers
Prerequisites
- Before attending this course, you should have at least six months of experience writing SAS programs or have completed the SAS® Programming 1: Essentials course and used SAS for at least one month. Basic knowledge of the Output Delivery System (ODS) and simple ODS invocation techniques is helpful, but not required.
This course addresses:
- Base SAS software 9.4M2 and later (including SAS Viya).
- SAS/ACCESS Interface to PC Files XLSX engine for Microsoft Excel 2007 and later.
- Output Delivery System (ODS) to produce Microsoft Excel files compatible with Microsoft Office 2010 and later.
Course Details
Importing and Exporting in Microsoft Excel Data
- Introduction to SAS and Microsoft Excel.
- Importing and exporting Excel data using procedures.
- Importing and exporting data using the LIBNAME engine.
Creating Microsoft Excel Reports
- Introduction to the Output Delivery System (ODS).
- Creating Excel reports.
- Styling and formatting Excel reports.
Schedule
FAQ
Does the course schedule include a Lunchbreak?
Classes typically include a 1-hour lunch break around midday. However, the exact break times and duration can vary depending on the specific class. Your instructor will provide detailed information at the start of the course.
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At Ascendient Learning, we offer training that is Instructor-Led, Online, Virtual, and Self-Paced.
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