SAS Overview

Last Updated : 29 June , 2004

Center of Excellence
Data Warehousing
SAS Overview

 An integrated system that enables us to perform

 Data entry, retrieval and management
 Report writing and graphics
 Statistical and Mathematical Analysis
 Business planning, forecasting and DS
 Quality, OR and project management
 Application Development
Milestones

 Started in 1976 as software package for Statistical

Analysis
 By early 80s SAS branched out into graphics,
spreadsheets and online data entry
 Today SAS products range from C Compilers to Web
enabling software's
 33K customers in over 110 countries
 3.5 million users
SAS System Functionality

DataBase Data
User Interfaces Entry and
Raw Data
Editing
…
Access Manage Retrieval
Format …
Data

Present Analyze
Statistics
Report
Forecast
Graphics App Development Tools
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SAS System Architecture

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Graphs

SAS Base Drill

RDBMS Down
Reports

ERP/Legacy Files
SAS Base Components

 SAS Language
 SAS Procedures
 Macro Facility
 Data Step Debugger
 Output Delivery System (ODS)
 SAS Windowing Environment
Terminology

 SAS Data Sets

 SAS Data Libraries
 SAS Catalog
 Observations
 Variables
Why SAS?

 Platform Independence
 Portability
 Data Access from diverse sources
 Powerful Tools for various Business needs
 Data warehousing Made Easy
 Single integrated system
Key SAS Products

 Assist  MDDB Server

 Access  Graph
 Insight
 Connect
 Stat
 Share  ETS
 EIS  EMiner
 AF  WebHound
 AppDev Studio  Warehouse Admin.
 IntrNet
The SAS
The SAS Data
Data Warehouse
Warehouse
The Integrated,
The Integrated, Open,
Open, End-to-End
End-to-End Solution
Solution
SAS/Base
Warehouse Admin SPDS OLAP tools

Operational Customer
Data
Extractor
Data Mining
RDBMS
Metadata Risk
H-OLAP
Transformation
Engine Query and Reporting
Legacy Internet Exploitation Market

Loader EIS

SAS DSS Product

Data Visualisation
Scheduler
OO RAD
External Information Quality
Environment Intelligent
Metadata Client/Server
Manager
SAP Future

Management Organisation Exploitation

Questions