EG 4.1. PC-SAS users. for. I C T EG 4.1 for PC-SAS Users. Thursday - May 7 th, 2009

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1 EG 4.1 for PC-SAS users

2 Agenda What EG 4.1 is? EG 4.1 vs. PC-SAS. Why not to use EG 4.1? Why to use EG 4.1? What s next for EG? Conclusion. Questions. 2

3 What EG 4.1 is? SAS Enterprise SAS ships Guide Enterprise 2.0 Empowers Guide! Users! Tuesday, Monday, September October 7 th 5, th,

4 What EG 4.1 is? I EG 4.1 is : Point - and - Click access to the power of SAS GUI interface on top of SAS 9 engine. Same as Windows 3.1 GUI on top of DOS OS Visual workspace for Local and Remote SAS 9 servers. Project, process flow and Task Oriented. Saves.egp and.sas files A SAS GUI & Development tool for Power users. Ad-hoc reports. Data Analysis. Automate SAS scripts. Create EG projects with parameters. 4

5 What EG 4.1 is? II EG provides a guided mechanism to exploit the power of SAS Windows tool only (written in.net C#). SAS runs on Windows, UNIX/LINUX and Mainframe. Custom Add-in Tasks. Create your own Tasks using.net VB or C#. EG Task for almost every SAS PROC. PDF, HTML, RTF and OLAP viewer. Query Builder & Stored Processes Wizards. Visual Process Flow (Input Process Output) Similar to a Flowchart diagram. 5

6 What EG 4.1 is? III EG 4.1 Project Components Project designer (Workspace) Contains one or more Process Flow Process Flow Contains one or more branches Branch Each branch contains Two or more Objects one or more Links Process Flows A simple Branch contains: two objects & one Link 6

7 What EG 4.1 is? IV EG 4.1 Objects EG 4.1 Objects Data Code Reports Note Log Output file EG Task Schedule Export Query Code Notes Query Export step Excel file Data Set or View (Output) Report Step SAS Data Set (Input) Schedule Process Flow 7

8 What EG 4.1 is? V EG 4.1 Project Designer Layout EG 4.1 Page Layout Grid Layout Auto arrange Zoom EG 4.1 Page Setup Page Setup Print Preview Print 8

9 EG 4.1 vs. PC-SAS 9

10 EG 4.1 vs. PC-SAS I PC-SAS *IDE Program Editor Window Log Window Output Window PC-SAS Explorer Results Window Explorer Window (File & Libraries) PC-SAS Debugger PC-SAS components Debugger source Window Debugger log Window *IDE (Integrated Development Environment) 10

11 EG 4.1 vs. PC-SAS II PC-SAS IDE PC-SAS IDE Program Editor Window Log Window Output Window 11

12 EG 4.1 vs. PC-SAS III PC-SAS Explorer Explorer Window (File & Libraries) Results Window PC-SAS Explorer 12

13 EG 4.1 vs. PC-SAS IV PC-SAS Debugger PC-SAS Debugger DEBUGGER SOURCE Windows DEBUGGER LOG Windows 13

14 EG Why not to use EG? 14

15 Why not to use EG? Is it worth it to learn EG 4.1? Yet, One more Reporting tool to learn? EG learning curve is moderate in the beginning, but it gets steeper as you go. I EG You need to know more: You can create basic SAS EG reports, but to get the most of EG, you need also to have good knowledge of : SQL & DBMS SAS programming Data analysis Problem solving skills.net Visual Basic or C# (to build EG Custom add-in tasks) 15

16 Why not to use EG? EG Barriers to Entry EG GUI Intimidation & Complexity. You need to learn EG GUI very well to be able to navigate, customize and troubleshoot EG problems. So many new terminologies. EG Projects, Project designer, Project Explorer, Process Flows, Branches, Objects, Links, Note, Code, Tasks, Properties, Add-in Manager, Custom add-in task, SAS Folders, Task List, Server list, Local SAS server, SASmain SAS server, Query builder, Project Parameters, Stored Process, Repository, OLAP viewer, SAS reports, II EG 16

17 Why not to use EG? EG Application Support No SAS debugger support. No /debug support in EG No SAS/AF Application support. No SAS/AF (Application Facilities). Only.NET VB or C# Applications that is Called Custom add-in task and is based on.net framework 1.1. Not for complex SAS development. Simple Ad-hoc reports. Better GUI than EG 3.0 But Still has few bugs. III EG 17

18 Why not to use EG? VI The Project Paradigm and Workspace EG In SAS Enterprise Guide Complex EG GUI for new users. Busy & Crowded GUI especially when used on small screen. EG projects are different from PC-SAS. Workspace layout Organization, Analysis and Development EG is Slower than PC-SAS 9.1. Slower to start up and open SAS servers. Much Slower (real time) to run simple SAS tasks with almost the same (cpu time) due to GUI overhead. 18

19 Why to use EG? 19

20 Why to use EG? I With EG, you can do magic! Schedule task, Export or results. Add GUI Project parameters To manipulate macro variables Add and Link objects such as notes, tasks & code in process flow Graphs and tabulate made easy! Proc Tabulate & Active X SAS Graph tasks! EG user-id and password authentication Is done through *LDAP (Active Directory) Saves User-id and password for quick access No need to memorize yet one more password *LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) 20

21 Why to use EG? II EG is the Swiss army knife SAS tool EG Editor-Split screen (hidden) feature. The same as IBM Xedit set screen 2 v for only the same Code file Helps to organize, document and automate your SAS work. From scattered.sas scripts into a set of organized EG projects! You can use both EG and PC-SAS for different tasks! Very useful tool for any SAS programmer, as it generates SAS code for you to preview and study! 21

22 What s next for EG? SAS Enterprise Guide Future The next release of SAS EG 4.2 Enterprise Guide 4.2 Simpler GUI interface. Easier to use. Improvements and bug fixes. SAS Enterprise Guide 4.2 supports only SAS 9.2 and SAS 9.2 Metadata server. The question now is : Will SAS Enterprise Guide be the preferred SAS development tool on (Windows) desktop in the future? 22

23 Conclusion I Is PC-SAS all what you need? Then, EG 4.1 is definitely not the tool for you if you mainly use PC-SAS to: Debug SAS code. SAS macro creation. Intricate data step manipulation Such as Complex sort & merge processes.. If PC-SAS is all what you need to get the job done and you don t need the new features in EG Or.. simply.. you don t have the time to learn a new SAS tool (if it aint broken...) 23

24 Conclusion II EG is the tool for you only- if you need it. EG 4.1 From my experience, once you start to think EG and learn how to use and navigate EG menus, options, tools and tasks, you ll find it easier to use and more than capable in 90% of scenarios where you would have traditionally written SAS code only. Overall, I would say that EG can make you up to 3X as productive using EG & SAS code than just SAS code alone! 24

25 ???????????????????? Questions????????????????????? 25

26 Thank You! 26

27 /debug in EG /debug in EG 17! data isquare/debug; 18 do i=1 to 10; 19 isqr=i*i; 20 output; 21 end; 22 run; ERROR: Unable to initialize the DATA STEP Debugger environment. NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors. WARNING: The data set WORK.ISQUARE may be incomplete. When this step was stopped there were 0 observations and 2 variables. NOTE: DATA statement used (Total process time): real time 3.01 seconds cpu time 1.18 seconds Back 27