Welcome to the SAS Programming for Distributed Computing in SAS Viya course. SAS Viya is an AI, analytic and data management platform running on a scalable, distributed, cloud-native architecture. In this course you will learn how to modify existing Base SAS programs to execute in SAS Viya. The programs you create will leverage the power of SAS Cloud Analytic Services (CAS) to access, manage, and analyze in-memory tables.
SAS® Programming for Distributed Computing in SAS® Viya®
SAS® Programming for Distributed Computing in SAS® Viya®
This course is part of Distributed Programming in SAS® Viya® for Data Analysts Specialization
Instructors: Stacey Syphus
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46 hours to complete
3 weeks at 15 hours a week
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What you'll learn
Load data into SAS Cloud Analytic Services
Modify DATA step and SQL procedure code to execute in CAS
Use CAS-enabled procedures and CAS actions
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There are 10 modules in this course
In this module you learn about the courses included in this specialization.
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1 video2 readings
In this module you discover what you will learn in this course and access the files you will use to practice.
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2 videos3 readings1 app item
In this module you learn the basics of the SAS Viya platform architecture including the two primary servers, the SAS Compute Server and the SAS Cloud Analytics Services (or CAS) server.
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7 videos1 assignment1 app item
In this module you execute traditional SAS code on the SAS Compute Server. You explore considerations to make when migrating programs from SAS®9 to the Compute Server.
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6 videos2 assignments1 app item
In this module you learn about the CAS server, the in-memory massively parallel processing analytic engine. You explore the architecture of CAS, how data is processed, and some of the main considerations when determining if programs should execute on the Compute Server or the CAS Server.
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16 videos8 assignments1 app item
In this module you load different types of files into memory in CAS and examine the common attributes of those in-memory tables. You learn to reference in-memory tables in your programs and how to save those tables efficiently back to disk in a variety of file formats.
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17 videos10 assignments1 app item
In this module you modify DATA step code to run in CAS and discover the potential impact of multi-threaded processing.
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9 videos6 assignments1 app item
In this module you explore procedures that perform data management and manipulation, calculate descriptive statistics, and generate reports in CAS.
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10 videos5 assignments1 app item
In this module you modify PROC SQL code to run in the distributed CAS server using PROC FEDSQL. You also explore the additional data types are supported in CAS.
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12 videos7 assignments1 app item
In this module you are introduced to the CAS Language, or CASL. You utilize several CAS actions to access, explore, and summarize data.
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9 videos7 assignments1 app item
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