For many attendees the best way to really understand the opportunities provided by the latest SAS solutions is to use them. Join instructor-led, hands-on classes to learn the essentials of each SAS solution and see for yourself how the solutions apply and the technology works.

Instructors are certified education professionals and will ensure attendees understand the context and typical usage for each SAS solution. Space is limited, so please register early to guarantee your seat.

The Hands-on Workshops are subject to change. Please check back frequently for updates.

Presented by Chris Warters

How would you like to access the power of SAS while using your everyday Microsoft Office tools? Here is your chance to play with SAS Add-in for Microsoft Office 4.3 and test drive its exciting new features.

Try out:

• Outlook integration
• Data Writeback from within Excel
• RPM (Rapid Predictive Modeller) integration to generate Enterprise Miner models from SAS Add-in for Microsoft Office

Presented by Jim Watson

In this workshop, audiences will be taken through the complete life cycle of Data Quality Management using DataFlux technology.

Using all the modules of the powerful dfPower studio platform, the audience will see how real data quality issues can be quickly discovered, resolved and tracked on an ongoing basis in a very short time using the toolset.

Presented by Samantha Rowland

Join this hands-on workshop to experience the forthcoming features of SAS Enterprise Guide 4.3 and some of the lesser known existing SAS Enterprise Guide 4.2 capabilities. Suitable for the ‘Point and Click’ users and programmers alike, this workshop will introduce new and existing enhancements and their applications, including the following: 

• Improved Program Editor: save coding development time with the syntax autocomplete and integrated SAS help 
• SAS Code Analyzer: understand and work with legacy code by converting existing complex programs into detailed process flows
• Autoexec Process Flow: create a process flow that automatically executes when a project is opened
• Create Format from Dataset Task: reminder of using formats with data and an introduction to the new task to create formats from data sets
• SQL PassThrough: use the SQL PassThrough option to decrease the execution time for queries on DBMS tables
• Conditional Execution of Tasks: reminder of the often forgotten capability of EG4.2 to use point and click to conditionally execute tasks