SAS® Programming for Enterprise Guide® Users

Chapter 1. Why Do I Need to Write Code?

Introduction

This introductory chapter looks at what SAS is and how SAS Enterprise Guide fits into the overall SAS product set. It then explores with a few examples some of the effects that can be achieved by adding small amounts of code to SAS Enterprise Guide tasks.

This book assumes a good working knowledge of SAS Enterprise Guide and familiarity with basic SAS concepts such as tables, libraries, naming standards, SAS formats, and SAS functions. An extremely good introduction to SAS Enterprise Guide is The Little SAS Book for Enterprise Guide 4.1 by Susan Slaughter and Lora Delwiche. Alternatively, you can use the built-in SAS Enterprise Guide tutorials, SAS training, or SAS Enterprise Guide online documentation ...