About This Book... ix About The Author... xiii Acknowledgments...xv Chapter 1: Why Custom Tasks... 1

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1 Contents About This Book... ix About The Author... xiii Acknowledgments...xv Chapter 1: Why Custom Tasks... 1 Why Isn t Everything Built In for Me?... 2 Options for Custom Processes in SAS Enterprise Guide... 2 What Can I Do with Custom Tasks?... 4 Who Uses Custom Tasks Today and What Do They Use Them For?... 5 Deploying Custom Tasks... 6 Method 1: Drop-In Deployment... 7 Method 2: Add-In Manager... 9 Accessing Custom Tasks from the Menu... 9 Common Questions about Task Deployment Accessing Ready-to-Use Example Tasks and Source Code Exercise: Download, Deploy, and Access Custom Tasks from SAS Chapter Summary Chapter 2: Tools of the Trade Introduction to the Microsoft.NET Framework Which Language Is Right for You? Introduction to Microsoft Visual Studio Selecting a Version of Microsoft Visual Studio Other Tools to Make You More Productive Learning to be a.net Programmer Resources for the New.NET Programmer Build or Buy: Using Third-Party Components Chapter Summary... 25

2 iv Contents Chapter 3: Creating Custom Task Projects in Microsoft Visual Studio Overview of the Process Getting the Project Templates for Microsoft Visual Studio Creating New Custom Tasks Using Project Templates Using Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 or Creating a Custom Task Project Using Microsoft Visual Studio Chapter Summary Chapter 4: Meet the Custom Task APIs About Interfaces Meet the Interfaces Understanding the Life Cycles of Your Task Special Interfaces for Special Tasks More Interfaces That Play Nice Chapter Summary Chapter 5: Meet the Task Toolkit Task Toolkit: What s In It? The SasTask Class The SasServer Class and SAS.Tasks.Toolkit.Data Namespace The SAS.Tasks.Toolkit.SasSubmitter Class The SAS.Tasks.Toolkit.Helpers Namespace The SAS.Tasks.Toolkit.Controls Namespace Examples of Using the SAS.Tasks.Toolkit Classes Chapter Summary Chapter 6: Your First Custom Task Using Visual Basic Your First Custom Task Using Visual Basic Express Creating the Project Turning the Visual Basic Class into a Custom Task Build, Deploy, and Test Adding a User Interface Saving and Restoring Task Settings Chapter Summary Chapter 7: Your First Custom Task Using C# Your First Custom Task Using Visual C# Express Creating the Project... 84

3 Contents v Turning the C# Class into a Custom Task Build, Deploy, and Test Saving and Restoring Task Settings Chapter Summary Chapter 8: Debugging Techniques: Yes, You Will Need Them Best Practices for Making Your Software Debuggable Take Advantage of Object-Oriented Design Consider Unit Testing Catch and Handle Exceptions Use Logging to Record Events and Progress Debug with Microsoft Visual Studio Debugging Basics: Some Definitions Prepare to Debug a Custom Task How to Attach a Debugger to a Custom Task Example: Debugging a Custom Task Chapter Summary Chapter 9: The Top N Report About This Example Example Source Files and Information Step 1: Exploring the Problem Step 2: Creating the SAS Program Step 3: Creating the Custom Task Examining the Top N Report Solution Chapter Summary Chapter 10: For the Workbench: A SAS Task Property Viewer About This Example Example Source Files and Information What s in Your Project? Displaying Properties in a Simple User Interface Accessing Properties Using the ISASProject APIs More Possibilities with SAS Enterprise Guide Projects Chapter Summary Chapter 11: Calculating Running Totals About This Example

4 vi Contents Example Source Files and Information Designing the Task Features Assumptions: They Are Necessary Scenario 1: Calculate the Running Total for One Measure across All Rows Scenario 2: Calculate Running Totals across Groups Designing the User Interface Assembling the User Interface Hooking the Controls to Data and Events Saving User Selections Using LINQ to Create XML Using LINQ to Read XML Generating a Correct SAS Program Creating a Readable Program Header Applying the Task-Specific Filter Wrap Your Variable Names Appropriately Chapter Summary Chapter 12: Abracadabra: Turn Your Data Into a SAS Program About This Example Example Source Files and Information Dissecting a SAS Data Set Using.NET to Read Data from SAS Data Sets Creating an Elegant Task Flow Adding the SAS Enhanced Editor to a Windows Form Using ISASTaskExecution to Take Matters into Your Own Hands Cancel: Support Is Optional ResultCount: How Many Results? Run, Task, Run! Chapter Summary Chapter 13: Putting the Squeeze on Your SAS Data Sets About This Task Example Source Files and Information Adapting the Sample Refactoring a Macro Compressing the Data Even Further See How You Did: Adding Reporting

5 Contents vii Wrapping the Sample in a Task Designing a User Interface Modeling the Options in a.net Class Putting It All Together: Running and Repeating the Task Chapter Summary Chapter 14: Take Command with System Commands About This Task Example Source Files and Information Building a Task That Runs Commands The Structure of This Task Implementing a Task with ISASTaskExecution Chapter Summary Chapter 15: Running PROCs on Your Facebook Friends Facebook to SAS: The Approach Example Source Files and Information Gathering Data from Facebook Example of Transforming JSON to DATA Step Statements Analyzing Data from Facebook Preparing Data for Reporting Creating Reports That Provide Insight Using the Facebook API Running the Example Inside the Task Connecting to Facebook and Collecting Data Modeling Data Records with.net Data Structures Keeping the User Interface Responsive Saving the Results in Your SAS Enterprise Guide Task Chapter Summary Chapter 16: Building a SAS Catalog Explorer About This Task Source Files for This Example About SAS Catalogs Working with SAS Catalogs The SAS Catalog Explorer Interaction Creating a Utility Window That Floats Using SAS Workspace APIs

6 viii Contents Using Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) Chapter Summary Chapter 17: Building a SAS Macro Variable Viewer and SAS System Options Viewer About These Tasks Example Source Files and Information Creating a Productive User Experience Creating a Toolbox Window Remembering the Window Position Adding an About Window with Version Information Designing Code with Objects and Lists Planning for Object-Oriented Design Using Data Structures to Represent SAS Objects Performing Other Cool Tricks Checking the Version of SAS Running SAS Language Functions Parsing the SAS Log to Detect Line Types Chapter Summary Index