SAS Data Curation Professional​ Subscription

Designed for data scientists, this learning subscription covers SAS topics for data curation techniques across a variety of sources.
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About this Subscription


The Data Curation Professional program is part of the SAS Academy for Data Science and includes four training courses. The paid learning subscription also includes 80 hours of cloud software access to practice and the ability to earn four digital course badges in a 12-month license. You will learn a variety of data curation techniques using SAS Data Management tools and applications as well as third-party data tools to prepare data for statistical analysis.

Learn how to:

  • Access data from disparate sources and discover, transform, manage, aggregate, catalog, and deliver the data to be used in reports and analytics repositories.
  • Query and manage Hadoop data using SAS and native Hadoop tools.
  • Visualize data.
  • Transform streaming data.
  • Govern data.

Before taking the courses in this learning subscription, you should have experience with SAS programming basics and data manipulation techniques, as well as familiarity with SQL processing. You can gain this experience by completing the SAS Programming 1: Essentials, SAS Programming 2: Data Manipulation Techniques, and SAS SQL 1: Essentials courses offered in the SAS Programming Learning Subscription


Courses Included in Subscription

Data Curation for SAS Data Scientists Certification

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  • COURSE

    SAS® Data Curation Professional
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    SAS Data Curation Professional consists of four separate courses that cover a variety of topics. First, you receive an introduction to data curation and an overview that addresses prerequisite understanding. Next, you discover how to access your data from a variety of sources, create processes to manage and transform data, and ensure the reliability and consistency of your data. Subsequent materials discuss the Hadoop environment, Apache Hive, and Apache Pig, as well as various SAS methods for interacting with Hadoop. Finally, you learn to use additional SAS data management technologies to access, manage, and govern your data.

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    SAS® Data Management Tools and Applications
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    This is the second course in the Data Curation Professional, SAS Academy for Data Science program. The program is required to earn your SAS data science certification. Designed for SAS data scientists, this program covers SAS topics for data curation techniques, including big data preparation with Hadoop. In this course, you discover how to access your data from a variety of sources, create processes to manage and transform data, and ensure the reliability and consistency of your data.

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    SAS® and Hadoop
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    This is the third course in the Data Curation Professional, SAS Academy for Data Science program. The program is required to earn your SAS data science certification. Designed for SAS data scientists, this program covers SAS topics for data curation techniques, including big data preparation with Hadoop. In this course, you learn about the Hadoop environment, Apache Hive, and Apache Pig, as well as various SAS methods for interacting with Hadoop.

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    Additional SAS® Data Management Tools and Applications
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    This is the fourth course in the Data Curation Professional, SAS Academy for Data Science program. The program is required to earn your SAS data science certification. Designed for SAS data scientists, this program covers SAS topics for data curation techniques, including big data preparation with Hadoop. In this course, you learn to use additional SAS Data Management technologies to access, manage, and govern your data.

  • CERTIFICATION REVIEW

    Practice Exam: Data Curation for SAS Data Scientists
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    This exam is designed for individuals who want to validate their ability to perform data curation tasks using SAS Data Management tools and applications as well as third party data tools to prepare data for statistical analysis. Successful candidates should be able to do the following:

    • Take data from disparate sources and discover, transform, manage, aggregate, catalog, and deliver that data to be used in reports and analytics repositories.
    • Query and manage Hadoop data using SAS and native Hadoop tools.
    • Virtualize data.
    • Transform streaming data.
    • Govern data.

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SAS Products Covered

  • SAS Data Integration Studio
  • DataFlux Web Studio Server
  • SAS/ACCESS
  • DataFlux Data Management Server
  • Base SAS
  • SAS Decision Manager
  • SAS Data Connector to Hadoop
  • SAS Data Loader for Hadoop
  • SAS Event Stream Processing
  • SAS Federation Server
  • SAS Business Data Network


Digital Badges

Earn a digital badge for each course that you complete and for each credential that you earn. Show off your achievements on your resume and in your social channels to highlight your skills and connect with potential employers.

Certification Preparation

When you complete the courses in this subscription, you will have the demonstrated skills necessary to prepare you for the data curation/data engineering certification for data scientists.



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