SAS Programming Learning Subscription

For programmers, statistical programmers, and data analysts who want to build a strong SAS programming foundation to manipulate data, perform complex queries and simple analyses, and create reports.
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The SAS Programming learning subscription includes everything that you need to master foundation SAS programming and data analytics skills and earn a SAS Programming certification. It also covers building tabular reports, generating high-quality graphics, and performing basic statistical analysis. Find additional resources here.

Learn how to:
  • Define the basics of data literacy, including common terminology and using data in meaningful ways.
  • Understand the fundamentals of the SAS programming language.
  • Develop SAS code in various SAS programming interfaces, including SAS Studio, SAS Enterprise Guide, and the SAS windowing environment.
  • Manipulate and transform data and combine data sets.
  • Access different types of data (SAS, Microsoft Excel, or text), and explore and prepare the data.
  • Create basic detail and summary reports.
  • Manipulate and transform data.
  • Analyze and report on data and export results to common formats (HTML, PDF, Excel).
  • Identify and correct syntax and programming logic errors.
  • Create summary tabular reports with the REPORT procedure and the TABULATE procedure.
  • Generate high-quality graphs, charts, and maps with SAS ODS Graphics and SAS/GRAPH.
  • Customize reports and export results using the SAS Output Delivery System.


    • Before taking courses in this subscription, you should have experience using computer software. Specifically, you should understand file structures and system commands on your operating systems and be able to access data files on those systems. No prior SAS experience is needed.

    Courses Included in Subscription

    SAS Programming Overview

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      Data Literacy Essentials
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      This course is for anyone interested in learning how to use data in meaningful ways. It is designed as an introductory course to data literacy, starting with the basics: what is data, what does it mean to be data literate, and why is it important in today’s world?

      This self-paced course follows the journeys of a concerned parent, a small business owner, and a public health expert, all of whom rely on data to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic. It connects skills we already use to strategies for engaging with data in more intentional and meaningful ways.

      Whether you are an advanced high school student, a K-12 educator, a post-secondary student or educator, or an independent learner hoping to reskill or upskill, this course is for you.

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      Data Literacy in Practice
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      In this self-paced course, you will discover practical skills to explore and visualize data. You will follow a small business owner's data-driven journey to improve company performance. Using this real-world context, you'll connect knowledge to strategies you can act on. The course is for everyone, no matter where you are on your data literacy journey. By focusing on conceptual and practical understanding rather than distracting mathematical jargon, learners feel supported and encouraged throughout the process. Whether you are a high school student, a K-12 educator, a post-secondary student or educator, or an independent learner hoping to reskill or upskill, this course is for you.

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      SAS Programming: Getting Started
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      This journey will help you get started developing code in SAS. This collection of free learning assets provide a tour of what is possible with programming in either SAS 9 or SAS Viya.

    SAS Base Programming Certification

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      SAS® Programming 1: Essentials
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      This course is for users who want to learn how to write SAS programs to access, explore, prepare, and analyze data. It is the entry point to learning SAS programming for data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. It is a prerequisite to many other SAS courses. If you do not plan to write SAS programs and you prefer a point-and-click interface, you should attend the SAS Enterprise Guide 1: Querying and Reporting course.

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      SAS® Programming 2: Data Manipulation Techniques
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      This course is for those who need to learn data manipulation techniques using the SAS DATA step and procedures to access, transform, and summarize data. The course builds on the concepts that are presented in the SAS Programming 1: Essentials course and is not recommended for beginning SAS software users.

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      SAS® Certification Review: SAS® 9.4 Base Programming Performance-Based Exam
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      This course provides a review of the majority of topics in the SAS 9.4 Base Programming Performance-Based Exam. It addresses the four exam content areas: Accessing and Creating Data Structures, Managing Data, Generating Reports and Output, and Handling Errors.

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      SAS Certified Associate: Programming Fundamentals Using SAS 9.4
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      As you prepare for the SAS 9.4 Programming Fundamentals certification exam, you will learn how to explore and access SAS data sets, import and export non-SAS file formats, control data execution with loops and conditional statements, manipulate data with formulas and assignment statements, create summary reports, and sort and format SAS data using Base SAS procedures.

      Not sure which programming certification exam is right for you?
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      SAS Certified Specialist: Base Programming Using SAS 9.4
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      As you prepare for the SAS 9.4 Base Programming - Performance-Based Exam, you will learn how to read and create data files, create basic detail and summary reports using Base SAS procedures, manipulate and transform data, and identify and correct syntax and programming logic errors.

      Not sure which programming certification exam is right for you?
      Compare credentials here.



    SAS Viya Programming Associate Certification

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      SAS® Viya Overview
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      This course provides an overview of SAS Viya, including platform architecture, applications, and code development. Each demonstration is designed for learners to follow along and experience how SAS Viya supports every phase of the analytics lifecycle in a single integrated platform.

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      Accelerating SAS® Code on the SAS® Viya® Platform
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      This course is for SAS programmers who want to learn how to run code on the SAS Viya platform. In the course, you first learn how you can easily run traditional SAS code in SAS Viya like you have in SAS 9. Then you learn how to modernize your SAS code to take advantage of SAS Cloud Analytic Services (CAS) on the platform to boost program performance. CAS is a high-performance in-memory analytic engine that performs massively parallel processing (MPP) on data of any size, working with multiple machines, CPUs, and threads for lightning-fast results. The course focuses on how to access, manage, analyze, and manipulate in-memory tables on the distributed CAS server using traditional SAS code as well as new coding techniques. This course is not intended for beginning SAS software users.

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      SAS Certified Associate: Programming Fundamentals Using SAS Viya
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      As you prepare for the SAS Viya Fundamentals of Programming certification exam, you will learn how to work with CAS tables and data sources, use CAS-enabled procedures, modify DATA step and SQL programs to run in CAS, and use user-defined formats in CAS.

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      Practice Exam: SAS Viya Fundamentals of Programming
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      For the SAS programmer ready to demonstrate that they can work with SAS programs in a Viya environment where data is stored in-memory and processes are distributed. Successful candidates should be able to do the following in SAS Viya:

      • Work with CAS tables and data sources
      • Modify DATA step and SQL programs to run in CAS
      • Use CAS enabled procedures
      • Use user defined formats in CAS

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    Additional Programming Topics

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      Modern Data Science with SAS® Viya® Workbench and Python
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      This course showcases how to manage a data science project using both SAS and Python to predict customer churn for a fictitious online personal styling service. Using SAS Viya Workbench, you’ll explore how to access, transform, and analyze data from cloud object storage and data lakehouses, then build machine learning models in both SAS and Python. By the end, you’ll be equipped to handle data exploration, model deployment, and integrate version control with GitHub in a modern cloud environment.

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      Statistics 1: Introduction to ANOVA, Regression, and Logistic Regression
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      This introductory course is for SAS software users who perform statistical analyses using SAS/STAT software. The focus is on t tests, ANOVA, and linear regression, and includes a brief introduction to logistic regression. This course (or equivalent knowledge) is a prerequisite to many of the courses in the statistical analysis curriculum.

      A more advanced treatment of ANOVA and regression occurs in the Statistics 2: ANOVA and Regression course. A more advanced treatment of logistic regression occurs in the Categorical Data Analysis Using Logistic Regression course and the Predictive Modeling Using Logistic Regression course.

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      Data Visualization Using ODS Graphics
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      This course teaches you how to write SAS programs that use ODS Graphics to produce high-quality data visualizations. ODS Graphics is part of Base SAS.

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      SAS® Report Writing
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      This course teaches you how to create tabular reports using the REPORT and TABULATE procedures. You also learn how to enhance your reports using the Output Delivery System (ODS).

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      Exploring SAS® Studio for SAS® Programmers
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      This course provides an introduction to SAS Studio for experienced SAS programmers. SAS Studio is an interface that enables users to write and submit SAS programs and use snippets and tasks to generate SAS code.The self-study e-learning includes: Annotatable course notes in PDF format.Virtual Lab time to practice.

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      Working with SAS® and Microsoft Excel
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      This course presents techniques for integrating SAS and Microsoft Excel to access Excel workbooks to explore, prepare, analyze, and report on your data using the SAS XLSX engine. You learn a bit about the history of SAS and Excel, and then how to easily read data from and write data to Excel files from 2007 and later using SAS techniques like the IMPORT and EXPORT procedures, and the LIBNAME engine. The course also teaches you to use the SAS Output Delivery System (or ODS) to create Excel reports. ODS enables you to customize your Excel reports by adding tables, summarized data, and visualizations using SAS. ODS also enables you to fully customize the styling of your Excel reports. Lastly, you learn about a few advanced techniques to add Excel formats and functions to Excel reports.

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      Working with JSON Files Using SAS
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      In this comprehensive course, you will explore JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) files and gain essential skills to proficiently utilize them using SAS. JSON has become a widely adopted format for data exchange due to its simplicity and clarity. Through hands-on exercises and real-world examples, you will learn about JSON files, their data types, and how to seamlessly integrate SAS tools and techniques to effectively read and write JSON files, enhancing your analytical capabilities.

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      Spatial Data Preparation and Analysis with SAS®
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      This course teaches how to work with spatial data using SAS. You’ll learn how to access and import different formats of spatial data, how to clean and modify it, and how to perform analysis and create compelling visualizations.

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      SAS for Microsoft 365
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      This course teaches learners how to use SAS for Microsoft 365 to seamlessly integrate SAS Viya reports, data tables, SAS programs, and SAS Viya jobs with popular Microsoft applications such as Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word. A virtual lab is not provided for this course; however, each demonstration is designed for learners to follow along in their own SAS environment and gain practical experience.

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      SAS Programming 1 Case Study
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      This course is designed to apply knowledge gained from SAS Programming 1: Essentials to a comprehensive Case Study project. It is led by a live instructor and includes a review of SAS Programming 1 topics along with the Case Study project. In this course you will use your SAS skills to solve problems and get results as you are guided through the SAS programming process. This is a great course to take after completing SAS Programming 1 and before taking SAS Programming 2. In addition, this class will help you prepare for the Base SAS Certification Exam for SAS 9.4.

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      SAS® Programming 2 Case Study
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      This course is designed to apply knowledge gained from SAS Programming 2: Data Manipulation Techniques to a comprehensive case study project. It includes a review of SAS Programming 2 material along with the case study where you will use the DATA step and procedures to prepare, merge, transpose and summarize real data. The course builds on the concepts that are presented in the SAS Programming 2 and SAS Programming 1: Essentials course and is not recommended if you have not taken the prerequisites.

    SAS Products Covered

    • Base SAS
    • SAS/ACCESS
    • SAS/STAT
    • SAS Studio
    • SAS Viya
    • SAS Visual Analytics
    • SAS Visual Statistics


    Certification Preparation



    When you complete the courses in the SAS Programming subscription, you will have the demonstrated skills necessary to prepare you to earn one of the following Base SAS programming certifications.

  • SAS Certificated Associate: Programming Fundamentals Using SAS 9.4
    Pass a multiple-choice exam. Ideal for students and those that are new to SAS coding.
  • SAS Certified Specialist: Base Programming Using SAS 9.4
    Pass a performance-based exam where you can truly demonstrate your SAS coding skills.


    • Not sure which programming credential is right for you?

    “I think the self-paced training was the BEST I’ve ever taken. The videos were short and segmented correctly to keep my attention and the activities and quizzes were just enough to help my confidence.”

    Tony Mayo, SAS Customer