Chapter 2. Understanding Coding with SAS Enterprise Guide

  • Introduction 14

  • The Structure of a SAS Program 14

    • Writing Your Own Code: The Program Node 14

    • Using and Customizing the Program Window 20

    • The Program Node in Process Flow Diagrams 24

  • Understanding Generated Code 26

  • Complementing the Generated Code 29

    • Adding Code When a Server Is Used for the First Time 30

    • Adding Code before or after a Task or Code 31

    • Inserting Code into a Task 32

    • Using Generated Code as a Template 35

  • Summary 36

  • Exercises 36

Introduction

In this chapter we look at the basic structure and building blocks of a SAS program and show how to write your own program that fits within a SAS Enterprise Guide process flow.

We then look at the code that SAS Enterprise Guide generates and show how you ...

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