SAS SQL Course Outline

Overview
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 this class is for?
SAS programmers, DBA’s, and business analysts.
Anyone who is moving from using SQL to SAS.

Prerequisites
SAS Fundamentals course or equivalent.

Number of Days
2 days

COURSE OUTLINE

Essentials
• Setting up the course files and library.
• 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.

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