This intensive training course provides accelerated learning for those students who will administer the platform for SAS Business Analytics. This course is for individuals who are comfortable with learning large amounts of information in a short period of time.
SAS ADMINISTRATION Training
Prerequisties
Knowledge of system administration.
Course Content:
Introduction
overview and logistics
security risks and how to avoid them
Controlling Access to Data Using SAS Tools
using passwords with SAS files
restricting access to a subset of data
using passwords with SAS views
Controlling Access to Data Using Host Security
host security and SAS passwords
using host security on Windows
host security on other operating systems (self-study)
Encryption and Encoding of Data Sets on Disk
using the encrypt=YES option to encrypt entire data sets
manually encrypting selected variables with SAS functions
Securing Your SAS Programs and Passwords
securing compiled DATA steps
securing macros
keeping SAS passwords secure
keeping database connection information secure
Encryption of PDF Documents Produced by SAS
encryption of documents
Summary and Conclusions
comparison of security technologies
Introducing SAS Enterprise Guide Administration
exploring SAS Enterprise Guide
reviewing the platform for SAS Business Analytics
exploring SAS Enterprise Guide's interaction with metadata
SAS Enterprise Guide and stored processes
defining the SAS Enterprise Guide administrator role
Setting Up SAS Enterprise Guide
installing and configuring SAS Enterprise Guide
customizing SAS Enterprise Guide options
setting up and managing profiles
administering role-based settings
Working with SAS Libraries
reviewing SAS library concepts
using SAS Enterprise Guide as the Assign Library type
using the Metadata Library Engine
pre-assigning libraries
choosing the type of library assignment
Migrating to SAS Enterprise Guide 5.1
migrating SAS Enterprise Guide projects
migrating SAS Enterprise Guide projects using the Migration Wizard (self-study)
Learning More
SAS resources
beyond this course
Additional Information
example of using the SAS Deployment Wizard to install SAS Enterprise Guide
Review of Platform Administration Topics
managing users and groups
enabling workspace server logging
securing content in the SAS Folder tree
securing servers and files
managing user-defined formats
moving metadata
Reviewing the Platform for SAS Business Analytics
the platform for SAS Business Analytics overview
SAS intelligence architecture overview
defining the SAS platform administrator role
Administering the SAS Environment
exploring the platform administrator tasks
checking the state of the SAS servers
Monitoring, Logging, and Troubleshooting SAS Servers
exploring the metadata server and repositories
identifying SAS server types
monitoring SAS servers and spawners
logging SAS servers and spawners
troubleshooting SAS servers
Backing Up the SAS Environment
backing up metadata with the Backup Wizard
exploring OMABAKUP
scheduling backups
backing up physical files
Administering Data Access
registering libraries and tables in the metadata
updating table metadata
pre-assigning libraries
troubleshooting data access
Administering Users
registering users
exploring authentication
creating groups
Administering Client Applications
exploring connection profiles
using roles to control access to application functionality
exploring SAS folders
Securing Metadata
introducing metadata security
securing content in the folder tree
exploring the authorization decision process
Moving Metadata
promoting selected content
Leaning More
identifying next steps
using the SAS documentation
