SAS SQL 1: Essentials

This course teaches you how to process SAS data using Structured Query Language (SQL).

Learn how to

• Query and subset data.
• Summarize and present data.
• Combine tables using joins and set operators.
• Create and modify tables and views.
• Create data-driven macro variables using a query.
• Access DBMS data with SAS/ACCESS technology.

Who should attend
SAS programmers and business analysts

Course outline
Essentials

• Setting up for this course.
• Overview of SAS Foundation.
• Course logistics.
• Course data files.
• Introducing the Structured Query Language.
• Overview of the SQL procedure.
• Exploring tables.
• Specifying columns.

PROC SQL Fundamentals

• Subsetting data.
• Presenting data.
• Summarizing data.
• Creating and managing tables.
• Using DICTIONARY tables.

SQL Joins

• Introduction to SQL joins.
• Inner joins.
• Outer joins.
• Complex SQL joins.

Subqueries

• Noncorrelated subqueries.
• Correlated subqueries.
• In-line views.
• Creating views with the SQL procedure.
• Subqueries in the SELECT clause.
• Remerging summary statistics.

Set Operators

• Introduction to set operators.
• The INTERSECT operator.
• The EXCEPT operator.
• The UNION operator.
• The OUTER UNION operator.

Using and Creating Macro Variables in SQL

• Interfacing PROC SQL with the macro language.
• Creating data-driven macro variables with a query.
• Using macro variables in SQL.

Accessing DBMS Data with SAS/ACCESS

• Overview of SAS/ACCESS technology.
• SQL pass-through facility.
• SAS/ACCESS LIBNAME statement.
• PROC FedSQL.