SAS Enterprise Guide

Additional features

Point-and-Click Windows Interface

Provides an intuitive graphical user interface (GUI) for ease of use, allowing users to perform complex analyses without extensive coding.

Guided Analysis & Reporting

Features a menu- and wizard-driven approach that guides users through tasks like data integration, preparation, analytics, and reporting.

Process Flows

Enables users to visually organize and maintain their projects, illustrating the logical steps of data processing and analysis within a diagram.

Comprehensive Programming Interface

While GUI-driven, it includes a robust program editor with syntax coloring, code suggestion, autocompletion, integrated syntax help, and support for SAS macros for advanced users.

New Start Page

Offers quick access to common tasks, recently opened items, and learning resources upon launching the application.

Updated User Interface & Themes

Features a modern look with a flexible workspace, including a new "Open Items" pane and the option to choose between light and dark themes.

Run Multiple Items Simultaneously

Allows users to execute multiple SAS programs or tasks concurrently while continuing to work in other parts of SAS Enterprise Guide.

Transparent Data Access

Provides easy access to various data sources, including SAS data sets and external formats like Microsoft Excel, HTML, Access, TXT, CSV, and databases via ODBC/OLE DB.

Graphical Query Builder

Empowers users to visually access, manipulate, subset, and join data tables (up to 256 tables) without needing to write SQL code.

Data Transformation

Enables the accurate conversion of data formats from source data into the specific formats required for reporting and analysis.

Data Modeling

Offers capabilities to restructure and prepare data in a way that facilitates faster and more accurate extraction of insights.

Data Parameterization

Allows for interactive filtering of information, enabling dynamic analysis and decision-making based on user-defined parameters.

Select and Sort Interface

Provides an intuitive interface for organizing and sorting data for clearer viewing and analysis.

Data Explorer Tool

Helps users create custom data views, quickly calculate basic statistics and charts for data columns, and integrate these explorations into their projects.

Drag-and-Drop Data/Variable Names

Simplifies program writing by allowing users to drag data set and variable names directly from the Servers pane into their SAS code.

Prebuilt Tasks/Wizards

Includes over 100 prebuilt analytical tasks and nearly 90 wizards for common reporting and analytical needs, streamlining workflows.

Descriptive Reports & Analysis

Offers standard reporting functions such as basic listings, summary statistics, one-way frequencies, correlations, and distribution analysis (both tabular and graphical).

Wide Range of Graphs and Charts

Supports numerous visualization types including area, bar, box, bubble, donut, line, maps, pie, radar, scatter, surface, and contour plots.

Predictive Models

Provides various statistical modeling techniques, including ANOVA models (t-test, one-way ANOVA, linear, mixed linear), Regression models (linear, logistic, nonlinear, generalized linear), Multivariate relationship models (cluster, factor, principal components), and Survival analysis.

Capability Analysis

Includes tools like CDF plots, histograms, P-P plots, probability plots, and Q-Q plots for assessing process capability.

Control Charts

Offers a variety of control charts (e.g., mean and range, individual measurements, p, np, u, c charts) for statistical process control.

Forecasting

Supports various forecasting methods, including data transformation, basic forecasting, ARIMA modeling, and regression analysis with autoregressive errors.

OLAP Access, Visualization & Manipulation

Allows users to drill, dynamically slice, and pivot OLAP data from SAS OLAP Server or third-party vendors, supporting calculations and providing an MDX Viewer/Editor.

Publishing to Multiple Channels

Enables distribution of analytical results and interactive content to various destinations, including printers, Microsoft Office documents, and email.

Publish to SAS BI Repository (SAS 9)

When connected to a SAS 9 environment, users can publish results to the SAS Business Intelligence report/content repository for centralized access.

Publish to SAS Stored Process Server (SAS 9)

Facilitates the deployment of dynamic content as stored processes, enhancing report automation and sharing.

Custom Wizards

Allows users to extend the core functionality by developing and deploying their own customized tasks as wizards.

HTML Output Default

Results are presented in HTML format by default, with options for customizable styles.

SAS Viya Integration

Enables connection to SAS Viya for leveraging its modern cloud-based architecture, scalability, and advanced analytics capabilities.

High-Performance Computing

Delivers optimized performance for analyzing large datasets, utilizing SAS Cloud Analytics Services with SAS Viya and automatically detecting/using grid environments with SAS 9 connections.

Parallel Processing

Supports configuring process flow branches to run in parallel on different grid nodes for faster execution times.

IT-Managed Role-Based Security

Provides a centralized system for managing user access to corporate data, ensuring appropriate privileges and data security.

Automated Grid Management (SAS 9)

When deployed with SAS Grid Manager, it offers dynamic load balancing, resource assignment, and job prioritization for efficient grid computing.

Git Integration

Features a new user interface for common Git functionalities like cloning, pulling, pushing, and branching, supporting version control for projects and programs.

Comprehensive Support & Resources

Offers a wealth of learning materials, including tutorials, e-learning courses, webinars, and access to the SAS Enterprise Guide Support Community.