SAS Programming Advance Certification Course(SAS SQL,Macro)

Course Highlights:

• The complete Preparation Course for SAS® Certified Professional: Advanced Programming Using SAS® 9.4 (Exam ID A00-232)

• The course includes all 3 advanced SAS programming topics (SAS Macro, SAS SQL, Advanced Techniques and Efficiencies) which are required by SAS® Certified Professional: Advanced Programming Using SAS® 9.4 (Exam ID A00-232)

• over 135 video-based lectures, 16 hours long self-paced course

• step by step/code by code explanations for easy and efficient learning

• downloadable course materials including SAS programs and data used in the course

• quizzes, coding exercises and practical examples are offered for practice

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Course Description:

Do you want to learn SAS programming advanced topics and become SAS® Certified Advanced professionals? This course include ALL 3 SAS Advanced programming topics included in the SAS Advanced programming certification exam:

• SAS SQL (Proc SQL) : 8 hours long and over 60 video-based lectures (all sections start with “SAS SQL”)

• SAS Macro Language : 4 hours long and over 40 video-based lectures (all sections start with “SAS Macro”)

• Advanced Programming Techniques and Efficiencies: 4 hours long and over 35 video-based lectures (all sections start with “Advanced Techniques and Efficiencies”)

SAS SQL (Proc SQL) : 8 hours long and over 60 video-based lectures:

sections are:

• SELECT Statement

• JOIN

• Subqueries

• Combine Queries

• Creating and Updating Tables and Views

• Practical Examples Using PROC SQL             

SAS Macro Language : 4 hours long and over 40 video-based lectures

sections are:

• SAS Macro programming introduction:

• Create and Use Macro variables and Macro Functions:

• Create and Use Macro Programs:

• Create and Use macro variables during execution of a data step:

• Create and Use macro variables during execution of a proc SQL step:

Advanced Programming Techniques and Efficiencies:  4 hours long and over 35 video-based lectures

sections are:

• Advanced Techniques and Efficiencies: Indexes

• Advanced Techniques and Efficiencies: Combining Data Vertically

• Advanced Techniques and Efficiencies: Combining Data Horizontally

• Advanced Techniques and Efficiencies: Formats & Arrays

• Advanced Techniques and Efficiencies: Perform effective benchmarking

• Advanced Techniques and Efficiencies: Controlling Data Storage Space

• Advanced Techniques and Efficiencies: PROC FCMP: functions and subroutines

• Advanced Techniques and Efficiencies: Compare techniques to eliminate duplicates

REFERENCE:    

SAS 9.4 SQL Procedure User’s Guide, Second Edition   

SAS® 9.4 Macro Language: Reference, Fifth Edition 

SAS certification prep guide: advanced programming for SAS 9 by SAS Institute

Note: The course was created with SAS software license for the SAS University Edition (the downloadable SAS studio version).

The course is also suitable to use with SAS OnDemand for Academics (the web-based SAS studio version).

The software interface/appearance and functionalities in the two SAS studio versions are the same.

Section 2 has all the details for using SAS OnDemand for Academics with this courses.

Who this course is for:

• Students or professionals who wants to learn SAS advanced topics SAS SQL, SAS Macro and SAS Advanced Techniques and Efficiencies programming skills
• Students or professionals who wants to take SAS Advanced Programming Certification Exams