
A Practitioners' Guide to SAS
Description
The SAS ecosystem is evolving. Whether you work with SAS Viya or SAS 9, there's never been a better time to dive in and master its full potential. This book guides you through the technologies and environments that make SAS a powerful asset in data analytics, revealing the surprising depth and rich capabilities that SAS offers.
This comprehensive guide is tailored for consultants and operations teams, covering everything from strategic analysis and architecture to implementation, administration, and best practices. You'll explore the analytics landscape across both commercial and open-source systems, learning how to design, deploy, and manage SAS environments effectively.
By the end of this book, you'll be equipped to confidently implement and operate SAS technology turning raw data into real insights and business value.
What You Will Learn
· Understand Consulting, Operations and Process activities associated with SAS technologies
· Support SAS data sourcing and reporting deliveries
· Establish best practices and guidelines for usage of the SAS platform
Who This Book Is For
Consultants, Administrators, Architects, and Developers
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Anirban Dey is an experienced IT/Software industry professional working at Techno functional consultant level. With more than 15 years of industry experience, Anirban has worked primarily in banking and financial services, and with other business unites as well.
He's also been involved with the predictive analytics and AI domain for over a decade and is proficient in activities related to the SAS environment/ecosystem, open source cloud technologies, coding, platform management and implementation, and data integration/data management activities.
Content
Chapter 1: Introduction to SAS Platforms and Consulting.- Chapter 2: Analytics landscape.- Chapter 3: Consulting overview in SAS environment.- Chapter 4: Consulting activities in SAS environment.- Chapter 5: Advanced Consulting tasks.- Chapter 6: Implementation, Solutions and Architecture.- Chapter 7: Operations and Administration.- Chapter 8: Managing Databases, Application data.- Chapter 9: Optimization of tasks and operations.- Chapter 10: Managing SAS environments.- Chapter 11: Best practices and Suggestions.