SAS Enterprise Guide Moving from 4.1 to 4.3 What s New and Different?

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1 SAS Enterprise Guide Moving from 4.1 to 4.3 What s New and Different? Chris Hemedinger, SAS

2 >12 years of SAS Enterprise Guide Release Team founded SAS Enterprise Guide 1.0 SAS Enterprise Guide 1.1 SAS Enterprise Guide 1.2 SAS Enterprise Guide 1.3 SAS Enterprise Guide 2.0 SAS Enterprise Guide 2.05 SAS Enterprise Guide 2.1 SAS Enterprise Guide 3.0 SAS Enterprise Guide 3.02 SAS Enterprise Guide 4.1 SAS Enterprise Guide 4.1 (Vista) SAS Enterprise Guide 4.2 SAS Enterprise Guide 4.22 SAS Enterprise Guide 4.3 SAS Enterprise Guide SAS Enterprise Guide 5.1 Date October-97 October-99 July-00 April-01 September-01 September-02 May-03 April-04 July-04 February-05 March-06 April-07 March-09 September-09 August-10 July-11 February-12 2

3 How SAS Enterprise Guide 4.3 Makes it easier to get started Lets you do more before jumping to code Produces better results using SAS 9.2 Offers more flexibility for experts Improves productivity for SAS programmers 3

4 Easier to get started New activity-based user interface New simpler tasks for filtering and reporting Enhanced report builder makes it easier to share results Role-based control helps reduce clutter 4

5 Activity-based user interface 5

6 Simple filtering Filter and Sort task 6

7 Simple tabular report List Report wizard 7

8 Reports ready for sharing using SAS Report 8

9 Role-based control over who does what 9

10 Do more before jumping to code More control for importing data Customize your menu with task templates Use conditions to make your process flow work smarter 10

11 Improving importing data Optimized for Microsoft Excel and text Select data ranges Rename columns to comply with SAS rules Options to use PROC IMPORT Options to include records as DATALINES 11

12 Customize with Task Templates 12

13 Detangle your flows with conditions 13

14 Take advantage of SAS 9.2/9.3 ODS Statistical Graphics wherever possible Integration: new features in stored processes and information maps Support for SAS 9.2 security features 14

15 ODS stat graphics everywhere Integrated into over 20 analytical tasks Professional appearance Consistent with active style 15

16 Integration with new SAS platform features Stored processes now with dynamic prompts Information maps now with prompted filters and aggregated results Registered data in SAS Folders relational and OLAP Support for security model single signon 16

17 Showing SAS programmers the Automatic syntax suggestions and completion Integrated syntax help Tidy feature for SAS and macro programs Code analyzer to view your program flow 17

18 New options for the expert Use the project log to see it all Declutter the log (unwrap the ODS sandwich ) See full data details in file dialog Create a client-side autoexec program Project Autoexec flow Project autosave/recover 18

19 The project log your work on record 19

20 Unwrap the ODS sandwich in your log Tools->Options->Results: General Show generated wrapper code in SAS log 20

21 See more details in the file dialog Tools->Options->General Show full details when viewing SAS libraries 21

22 Client-side autoexec program Tools->Options->SAS Programs 22

23 Project autosave/recovery Configurable time interval and location Can save linked items such as SAS programs too 23

24 Recap Easier to use Achieve more with less code Leverages what s new in SAS Lots of goodies for the experts 24

25 Where can I learn more? SAS support site: SAS Enterprise Guide discussion forum (communities.sas.com) Blog: SAS Talks series 25

SAS ENTERPRISE GUIDE USER INTERFACE

SAS ENTERPRISE GUIDE USER INTERFACE Paper 294-2008 What s New in the 4.2 releases of SAS Enterprise Guide and the SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office I-kong Fu, Lina Clover, and Anand Chitale, SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC ABSTRACT SAS Enterprise