enterprise guide: moving from 4.1 to 4.3 - what's new and - sas

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SAS Enterprise Guide Moving from 4.1 to 4.3 What’s New and Different? Chris Hemedinger, SAS

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>12 years of SAS Enterprise Guide

Release Date

Team founded October-97

SAS Enterprise Guide 1.0 October-99

SAS Enterprise Guide 1.1 July-00

SAS Enterprise Guide 1.2 April-01

SAS Enterprise Guide 1.3 September-01


SAS Enterprise Guide 2.05 May-03

SAS Enterprise Guide 2.1 April-04


SAS Enterprise Guide 3.02 February-05

SAS Enterprise Guide 4.1 March-06

SAS Enterprise Guide 4.1 (Vista) April-07

SAS Enterprise Guide 4.2 March-09


SAS Enterprise Guide 4.3 August-10


SAS Enterprise Guide 5.1 February-12

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How SAS Enterprise Guide 4.3…

Makes it easier to get started

Lets you do more before jumping to code

Produces better results using SAS 9.2

Offers more flexibility for experts

Improves productivity for SAS programmers

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Easier to get started

New activity-based user interface

New simpler tasks for filtering and reporting

Enhanced report builder makes it easier to share results

Role-based control helps reduce clutter

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Activity-based user interface

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Simple filtering – Filter and Sort task

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Simple tabular report – List Report wizard

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Reports ready for sharing using SAS Report

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Role-based control over who does what

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Do more before jumping to code

More control for importing data

Customize your menu with task templates

Use conditions to make your process flow work smarter

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Improving importing data

Optimized for Microsoft Excel and text

Select data ranges

Rename columns to comply with SAS rules

Options to use PROC IMPORT

Options to include records as DATALINES

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Customize with Task Templates

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Detangle your flows with conditions

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Take advantage of SAS 9.2/9.3

ODS Statistical Graphics wherever possible

Integration: new features in stored processes and information maps

Support for SAS 9.2 security features

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ODS stat graphics everywhere

Integrated into over 20 analytical tasks

Professional appearance

Consistent with active style

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Integration with new SAS platform features

Stored processes – now with dynamic prompts

Information maps – now with prompted filters and aggregated results

Registered data in SAS Folders – relational and OLAP

Support for security model – “single signon”

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Showing SAS programmers the ♥ Automatic syntax suggestions and

completion

Integrated syntax help

“Tidy” feature for SAS and macro programs

Code analyzer to view your program flow

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New options for the expert

Use the project log to see it all

Declutter the log (unwrap the ODS “sandwich”)

See full data details in file dialog

Create a client-side “autoexec” program

Project “Autoexec” flow

Project autosave/recover

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The project log – your work on record

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Unwrap the ODS “sandwich” in your log

Tools->Options->Results: General

Show generated wrapper code in SAS log

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See more details in the file dialog

Tools->Options->General

Show full details when viewing SAS libraries

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Client-side “autoexec” program

Tools->Options->SAS Programs

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Project autosave/recovery

Configurable time interval and location

Can save “linked” items such as SAS programs too

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Recap

Easier to use

Achieve more with less code

Leverages what’s new in SAS

Lots of goodies for the experts

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Where can I learn more?

SAS support site:

SAS Enterprise Guide discussion forum (communities.sas.com)

http://support.sas.com/eguide

Blog:

http://blogs.sas.com/sasdummy

SAS Talks series

http://support.sas.com/sastalks

http://communities.sas.com/

http://support.sas.com/eguide

http://blogs.sas.com/sasdummy

http://support.sas.com/sastalks


http://www.sas.com/

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