The content:
Contents at a Glance
Introduction ................................................................ 1
Part I: Welcome to SAS! ............................................... 7
Chapter 1:Touring the Wonderful World of SAS ............................................................9
Chapter 2: Your Connection to SAS: Using SAS Enterprise Guide .............................19
Chapter 3: Six-Minute Abs: Getting Miraculous Results with SAS .............................43
Part II: Gathering Data and Presenting Information ..... 73
Chapter 4: Accessing Data: Oh, the Choices! ...............................................................75
Chapter 5: Managing Data: I Can Do That? ...................................................................95
Chapter 6: Show Me a Report in Less Than a Minute ...............................................123
Chapter 7: Graphs: More Value with SAS ....................................................................143
Part III: Impressing Your Boss
with Your SAS Business Intelligence .............................161
Chapter 8: A Painless Introduction to Analytics ........................................................163
Chapter 9: More Analytics to Enlighten and Entertain .............................................177
Chapter 10: Data Mining: Making the Leap from Guesses to Smart Choices .........187
Part IV: Enhancing and Sharing
Your SAS Masterpieces ............................................. 199
Chapter 11: Leveraging Work from SAS to Those Less Fortunate ...........................201
Chapter 12: Use OLAP and Impress Your Coworkers ...............................................221
Chapter 13: Supercharge Microsoft Offi ce with SAS .................................................237
Chapter 14: Web Reporting Fever: SAS Has That Covered .......................................257
Part V: Getting SAS Ready to Rock and Roll .............. 269
Chapter 15: Setting Up SAS ...........................................................................................271
Chapter 16: SAS Programming for the Faint of Heart ................................................283
Chapter 17: The New World Meets the Old: Programmers
and SAS Enterprise Guide ...........................................................................................301
Part VI: The Part of Tens .......................................... 315
Chapter 18: Ten SAS Enterprise Guide Productivity Tips ........................................317
Chapter 19: Ten Tips for Administrators ....................................................................323
Chapter 20: Ten (or More) Web Resources for Extra Information ..........................333
Index ...................................................................... 337