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Things to know for SAS beginners: These are the basic parts of a SAS program : Epoch Research Institute(http://epochresearchinstitute.com)

Here are some of the basic parts of SAS program for all those SAS users who are beginner in SAS field should have a quick look over it.

All the beginners might be aware about the two building blocks in the SAS program: DATA ‘steps’ and PROC (procedures).  Let us discuss as shown below:
  •  There is no requirement for SAS procedures for execution of data step before them
  •  OPTIONS to manage the appearance of output and log files.
  • You manipulate the data i.e. creating variables, recoding etc in DATA step. The data step sets the format as per the requirement of SAS i.e. in a format that SAS can understand
  •  A SAS data file can have upto three parts. Headers, matrix of data values and indexes. Now headers contain the descriptive information of dataset contents. Indexes to be saved in separate physical files. But still SAS consider indexes as a part of data file. If index is present, it should not be removed from the directory where the data file exists in.
  •   In SAS, the execution of the data step is done statement by statement and observation by observation.
  •  Missing values are denoted by period (“,”). Most operators circulate missing values. Let’s take an example. If there are three values say, (v1, v2, v3) and v2 is missing for observation 10, then missing value for observation 10 will be obtained by creating sum total of all three values i.e. (v1, v2, v3)
  • For the sum of non-missing values, use SUM function: total=sum (v1, v2, v3). But take  a note that for comparison operators, SAS treats missing values as infinitely negative numbers.
  • To run statistics on data sets. PROCs are used. In turn it can generate datasets as output. Output data sets are extremely useful
  •    For DATA step and PROC boundary In windows, the procedures must end with a “RUN;” statement.
  •   In UNIX, it is not necessary to end procedure with “RUN;” statement as SAS reads the entire program in the earlier stage itself before execution. It determines DATA step boundaries when it stumble upon the PROC and it knows the boundary of PROC when followed by another PROC or DATA step
Hope so it may help you to regain your practice hours of SAS learning. You can share your view.


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What are the requirements to become SAS programmer? A road map to become SAS programmer : Epoch Research Institute India Pvt. Ltd. (www.epoch.co.in)

What are the requirements to become SAS programmer? A road map to become SAS programmer : EpochResearch Institute India Pvt Ltd. (SASAuthorised Training : Ahmedabad | Bangalore)

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Are you interested in finding out what are the requirements in order to become a SAS programmer? Do you know what it takes to become a SAS programmer? So I’ll let you know how to emerge as a SAS programmer. Basically SAS programmers work with the products that are produced by SAS institute. There are various industries where SAS is widely used on large scale. It is used widely in organizations dealing with performance management, customer intelligence, fraud intelligence, risk management etc. These industries are in huge requirement of SAS programmers. Now let’s see what the common requirements to become SAS programmer. Here the bachelor degree is standard but master’s degree is must. The candidate should be from statistics, computer science or any other related field. He should be experienced. Unix, Linux are some of the preferred computer skills. The technical skills required are web applications tools, windows. He should possess problem solving skills as well as advanced mathematical skills. Now let’s go step by step

•      Attain the college degree
The candidates that have completed a statistic’s or computer science bachelor’s degree are preferred the most by the companies. The reason why they prefer statistician candidates as it includes statistical analysis, regression and many more topics. Next the reason behind preferring the candidate with computer science degree is that it includes foundation of programming language, various database applications, mathematical foundations of computing and many more.

•     Get your hands on SAS certification
Students/candidates can start preparing for SAS certification. The SAS institute provides with different training modes as well training courses. Infact I would say that even we provide SAS training and you can opt for SAS training with us as we are the largest SAS authorized training providers in India. Let’s say for e.g. the Base SAS certification includes SAS programming 1, Essentials and SAS programming 2 and data manipulation techniques.

•     Try to opt for the advanced degree or master’s degree
The reason why I am recommending you to opt for the advanced degree is that in many of the cases, companies prefer to appoint SAS programmers who possess master’s degree. This can prove fruitful as wide opportunities will surely open up for you. For e.g. if the student has acquired master’s degree in statistics, he can avail the profile of SAS statistical programmer or analysts. If the student belongs to statistical background, it would prove helpful as it enables the individual to work with research as well as develop codes that manipulate data.

•      Experience in SAS programming
As we know that SAS programmers are required in the industries on large scale. Getting a job means have passed through the adequate training as well as certification has been completed. So in order to get acclimated within the field, join the SAS group.
So this were some of the points that should be kept in mind if you preparing for a journey to become a SAS programmer. Hope so it might help you. You can share your thoughts and views if you have any.



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Watch this video, don’t miss it : How SAS is applied in Clinical trials? : Epoch Research Institute India Pvt. Ltd. (www.epoch.co.in)

Watch this video, don’t miss it : How SAS is applied in Clinical trials? : 
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I have prepared one video regarding the application of SAS in Clinical trials as well as the excellent opportunities with data analytics in Clinical research industr


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My choice to join Epoch SAS training turned out to be one of the best choice – A word with one of our placed student : Epoch Research Institute India Pvt. Ltd. (www.epoch.co.in)

 My choice to join Epoch SAS training turned out to be one of the best choice – A word with one of our placed student : Epoch Research Institute India Pvt. Ltd. (www.epoch.co.in)

One of the major benefits of joining Epoch SAS training is the SAS authorization. A word with one of the student placed through Epoch.We interviewed one of the candidates who wanted to share his views and experience regarding SAS training at Epoch.

 
His advice for individuals interested in SAS training and certification

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Partial list of SAS elements used to work with error conditions – SAS programming


Here I am sharing the partial list of SAS elements that are useful in managing program execution within steps as well as between steps
Automatic macro variables:

sqlrc Set at end of each SQL statement e.g. after each SELECT or CREATE TABLE; Remains accessible in non-SQL steps until next SQL
statement is run; Successful=0.
syserr Set at the end of every DATA or PROC step; For multi-part PROCS such as DATASETS, the code is set only after the QUIT;
Successful=0.
sysfilrc Set after every FILENAME statement or function; Successful=0.
syslibrc Set after every LIBNAME statement or function; Successful=0.
sysmsg Contains text to display in the message area of a macro window; SYSMSG() function is probably more useful.
sysrc Contains the last return code generated by your operating system for commands you execute using X, %SYSEXEC, %TSO, etc.; Does
not work under all versions of Windows; I haven’t tried it on other platforms; Test before using; Successful=0.
Functions:
SYSMSG()returns the text of error or warning messages from SAS functions that perform an operating system task (e.g.EXIST, FILEEXIST);
can be reset to blank by running CALL SYSTEM() or X; NOT the same as &sysmsg.
SYSRC() returns a system error number from SAS/OS functions (e.g.FEXIST, LIBNAME); not reset until next SAS/OS function; similar to
SYSMSG function, but it yields a code number instead of a message; also its value may be reset sooner; NOT the same as &sysrc.


Conclusion: Use integral SAS features to make the system more robust by having them take defensive action whenever necessary

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Must need tips for preparing SAS resume – Part II


 It really seems to me that everyone is quite excited in building their resume format suitably in order to seek the attention of the interviewer. I hope so my last post “Some of the helpful tips for preparing SAS resume after completion of SAS training” would have help you. I presume that this may be the reason you might be attracted to read some few more tips and techniques and articulate ideas regarding the resume building. Let us proceed further with few more useful tactics and tips.
He/she should know the Importance and have concern for the first page of resume. This is the most important fragment of the resume. It should be well written and descriptive as the recruiters usually seek for. Mention all the significant points and try to cover all the points regarding your experience, summary, skills sets, contact details and many more. Try to approach the recruiter through all the important information within the first page. Don’t try to mention the apparent objectives instead you can include certifications, experience. This would sound more professional and remarkable. Let me make somewhat clearer with two examples
Example 1: Career objective – I want to face the challenges and want to have a better approach toward my task. I want to utilize my talent in some exigent and challenging assignments/projects
Example 2: Career objective – I am SAScertified professional with 4 years of experience, possess strong analytical skills and have completed MBA and graduation with statistics. I am looking forward for a strong analytical profile where I can apply my analytical skills and knowledge for the company growth.
You can easily make out the genuine and real career objective from the above two that I have portrayed. The second one easily provides the recruiter with some useful information regarding the profile. Don’t think that you will not be provided with a chance to express yourself with an interviewer
Next I would recommend you to highlight your pertinent and relevant experience. You might have other experience too and that you can summarize in four to five lines. The flow of resume should be generic and amenable. The perfect resume should be around 3-4 pages. Don’t make it clumsy rather than the text and all the details should be clear just at one momentary look.
Always avoid the fake experience and you should have justification it and should be able to defend
If you have mentioned that you have 2-3 years of experience in Base SAS, Macro then the interviewer’s expectations are as you would expect going to be at the top and high. You should add your complete project environment to make your profile look more convincing.
You should include all the other tools and skills that you have utilized in the project industry along with primary skills like UNIX, toad, document management tool etc in order to let him know that you have actually worked in a real project environment. Highlight all of your keywords with bold text you want to actually display.
This was my advice as well some healthy tips you can apply and don’t take it casually as you may never know you might miss the opportunity of becoming qualified and shortlisted. Feel free to contact
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Do you agree with the statement that the SAS certified advanced programmer credential is very prominent globally?


I would certainly agree that SAS certified advanced programmer is much esteemed. Even as per Support.sas.com, there are about more than 10,000 entities who have earned this prestige of being SAS certified advanced programmer. There are various advantages of becoming SAS certified advanced programmer. Let’s go through them step by step.

Initially, once you become certified, you can earn industry confirmation regarding your SAS skills and knowledge, and also it augments your credit as an Advanced SAS programmer. Subsequently it clearly reveals that being SAS advanced programmer, you possess high skill sets and knowledge and a result it increases your career opportunities in SAS. As per Support.sas.com, a study showed that there are 83% of career professionals who have earned SAS certification helping them in gaining promotions and around 66% of the professionals succeeded in getting the increment in the salaries. Isn’t that really prestigious? The third is the learning process and through this process, you can broaden your SAS knowledge and skills. There are various procedures, statements, operations etc in SAS and it’s difficult to keep a mindset storing them equally in your mind. As a result, many of the programmers learn the topics and acquire knowledge as per the job requirement. They become skilled at the topics that can help them to land a job successfully.

We came across various benefits and advantages of becoming SAS Advanced programmer programmer. But still the candidates are unaware of the realistic evaluation of the difficulty that has to be overcome in the exams along with the time that is required and the effort that has to be dropped on. This sadly results into the stop of boarding a pleasing journey towards SAScertification. Mine this post might help you cross over the limits that deprive you of the vast opportunities that are availing for you.