use SAS Visual Analytics for SAS 9 to;

Organize content in SAS Home.

View and interact with reports using the SAS Report Viewer.

Access and investigate data in SAS Report Builder.

Prepare and restructure data for analytics (geographic analysis, forecasting, network analysis, path analysis, text analytics) using SAS Visual Data Builder.

Create advanced data items using SAS Report Builder.

Perform data discovery and analysis using SAS Report Builder.

Perform advanced analyses (geographic analysis, forecasting, network analysis, path analysis, text analytics) using SAS Report Builder.

Create advanced filters using SAS Report Builder.

Create advanced interactive reports with parameters using SAS Report Builder.

Business analysts who need an introduction to the functionality provided by SAS Visual Analytics

No SAS experience or programming experience is required, although you should have some computer experience. Specifically, you should;

Be able to log on and off a computer and use a keyboard or mouse.

Know how to use a web browser to access information.

Getting Started with SAS Visual Analytics

Introduction to SAS Visual Analytics.

Exploring the SAS Visual Analytics course environment.

Viewing SAS Visual Analytics reports.

Preparing Data in SAS Visual Analytics

Investigating data in SAS Visual Analytics.

Cleaning data using SAS Visual Data Builder.

Data Discovery Using SAS Visual Analytics

Working with data items.

Exploring data with charts and graphs.

Creating data items and applying filters.

Performing data analysis (relationship charts).

Designing Reports with SAS Visual Analytics

Creating a simple report.

Creating interactive reports.

Working with display rules.

SAS Visual Analytics Overview

Overview of SAS Visual Analytics.

Organizing content in SAS Home.

Restructuring Data for Geographic Mapping

Introduction to SAS Visual Data Builder.

Restructuring data.

Analyzing geographic information.

Restructuring Data for Forecasting

Restructuring data.

Forecasting.

Performing Network Analysis

Restructuring data for network analysis.

Creating a network analysis object.

Performing Path Analysis

Performing Text Analytics

Creating Advanced Data Items

Creating calculated items.

Creating aggregated measures.

Creating Advanced Filters

Creating advanced filters.

Creating advanced interactive filters.

Using Parameters to Create Advanced Reports

Using numeric parameters.

Using character parameters.

Using date parameters.