SAS GLOBAL FORUM NEW NOTEWORTHY MATT MALCZEWSKI COMMUNITIES

AGENDA Copyright © 2013, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved. • SAS Analytics U

SAS ANALYTICS U Copyright © 2013, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved. • Offers professors and students at post-secondary institutes access to full versions of SAS software at no cost. • Downloadable – requires NO Internet connection to use. • Free teaching materials/lesson plans. • Works the same on Mac (!), PC, Linux. • Vast online communities (support, networking, etc. )

SAS ANALYTICS U Copyright © 2013, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved. • Offers professors and students at post-secondary institutes access to full versions of SAS software at no cost. • Downloadable – requires NO Internet connection to use. • Free teaching materials/lesson plans. • Works on Mac (!) • Vast online communities (support, networking, etc. )

NEW PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE: DS 2 Copyright © 2013, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved. • Object-based syntax – user-defined methods and packages • Appropriate for advanced data manipulation and data modeling applications • Runs anywhere – Base, In-Database (via SAS Code Accelerator), HPA (via HPDS 2)

SAS IN-DATABASE CODE ACCELERATOR Move the DS 2 code to the MPP database SAS

PROC DS 2; data _null_; method init(); dcl varchar(20) foo; foo = '**> Starting'; put foo; end; method run(); set ds 2_sas. banks; put _all_; end; method term(); dcl char(11) bar; bar = '**> I quit!'; put bar; enddata; run; quit; Copyright © 2013, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved. BASIC DS 2 SYNTAX Initial processing Execution loop Final processing

SAS VISUAL STATISTICS Copyright © 2013, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved. • Works within the Visual Analytics framework. • Enables users to graphically portray large amounts of data to discern patterns. • Statisticians/data scientists can get ‘hands on’ with data and models to test variables and algorithms in order to optimize performance more rapidly.

SAS ENTERPRISE GUIDE 6. 1 Copyright © 2013, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved.

SAS STUDIO 3. 1 Copyright © 2013, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved. • Write and run SAS code through a web browser. • Included with Base SAS 9. 4. • Submit code from a variety of devices (i. Pad, Mac, Windows desktop, laptop). • SAS Studio processes the SAS code on a SAS server and returns results to the browser. • Functionality similar to Enterprise Guide: - Code-generating tasks - Auto-complete for SAS procedures - Process Flows