SAS Programming and Data Visualization Techniques
Apress (Verlag)
978-1-4842-0569-3 (ISBN)
Author Philip R. Holland advises a broad range of clients throughout Europe and the United States as an independent consultant and founder of Holland Numerics Ltd, a SAS technical consultancy. In this book he explains techniques—through code samples and example—that will enable you to increase your knowledge of all aspects of SAS programming, improve your coding productivity, and interface SAS with other programs.
He also provides an expert’s overview of Graph Templates, which was recently moved into Base SAS. You will learn to create attractive, standardized, reusable, and platform-independent graphs—both statistical and non-statistical—to help you and your business users explore, visualize, and capitalize on your company’s data. In addition, you will find many examples and cases pertaining to healthcare, finance, retail, and other industries.
Among other things, SAS Programming and Data Visualization Techniques will show you how to:
Write efficient and reus
able SAS codeCombine look-up data sets with larger data sets effectively
Run R and Perl from SAS
Run SAS programs from SAS Studio and Enterprise Guide
Output data into insightful, valuable charts and graphs
SAS Programming and Data Visualization Techniques prepares you to make better use of your existing SAS components by learning to use the newest features, improve your coding efficiency, help you develop applications that are easier to maintain, and make data analysis easier. In other words, it will save you time, money, and effort—and make you a more valuable member of the development team.
What You'll Learn
How to write more efficient SAS code—either code that runs quicker, code that is easier to maintain, or both
How to do more with the SAS components you already license
How to take advantage of the newest features in SAS
How to interface external applications with SAS software
How to create graphs using SAS ODS Graphics
Who This Book Is For
SAS programmers wanting to improve their existing programming skills, and programming managers wanting to make better use of the SAS software they already license.
Philip R. Holland has over 25 years of experience of working with SAS software. Having started in 1981 as an MVS Systems Programmer for the University of London Computer Centre (ULCC), he moved on to Prudential Assurance where, as an MVS Systems Programmer and Performance Analyst, he was the company's SAS technical support representative. His third and final permanent SAS position as a Capacity Planner to Centrefile ended in 1992, when he formed his own consultancy company, Holland Numerics Ltd. Since then, he has provided SAS technical consultancy on all the major platforms that support SAS software in the financial, retail and pharmaceutical sectors in the UK, Belgium, Holland, and Germany.Holland, the author of thirty articles and conference papers relating to SAS, is an enthusiastic software developer, not only using SAS, but also Perl, Java, JavaScript and Visual Basic. The author of three books, his latest project has been to develop SAS-related eBook apps.
Part One: Programming Efficiency Techniques.- Chapter 1: The Basics of Efficient SAS Coding.- Chapter 2: How to Use Look-up Tables Effectively.- Chapter 3: Case: SAS Skills in Epidemiology.- Part Two: External Interfaces.- Chapter 4: SAS to R to SAS.- Chapter 5: Knit Perl and SAS for DIY Web Applications.- Chapter 6: Case: Running Clinical Trials Programs in Enterprise Guide.- Chapter 7: Running SAS Programs in SAS Studio.- Chapter 8: Everyday Uses for SAS Output Delivery System (ODS).- Part Three: Data Visualization.- Chapter 9: Introduction to Graph Templates.- Chapter 10: Introduction to ODS Graphics Procedures.- Chapter 11: Generating Graph Templates.- Chapter 12: Converting SAS/GRAPH Plots to ODS Graphics.- Chapter 13: Customizing Graph Templates.- Chapter 14: ODS GRAPHICS Statement.
| Zusatzinfo | 150 Illustrations, black and white; XXI, 245 p. 150 illus. |
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| Verlagsort | Berlin |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 178 x 254 mm |
| Themenwelt | Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Datenbanken |
| Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Programmiersprachen / -werkzeuge | |
| Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Software Entwicklung | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4842-0569-3 / 1484205693 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4842-0569-3 / 9781484205693 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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