1. Introduction to SAS & SAS Environment

2. Reading data using Datalines and importing and exporting datasets

3. Use FORMATTED, LIST and COLUMN input to read raw data files

4. Use INFILE statement options to control processing when reading raw data files

5. Use various components of an INPUT statement to process raw data files including column and line pointer controls, and trailing @ controls

6. Combine SAS data sets using the DATA step

7. Creating Data Structures

8. Create temporary and permanent SAS data sets

9. Create and manipulate SAS date values

10. Use DATA Step statements to export data to standard and comma delimited raw data files

11. Control which observations and variables in a SAS data set are processed and output

12. Managing Data

13. Investigate SAS data libraries using base SAS utility procedures

14. Sort observations in a SAS data set

15. Conditionally execute SAS statements

16. Use assignment statements in the DATA step

17. Modify variable attributes using options and statements in the DATA step

18. Accumulate sub-totals and totals using DATA step statements

19. Use SAS functions to manipulate character data, numeric data, and SAS date values

20. Use SAS functions to convert character data to numeric and vice versa

21. Process data using DO LOOPS

22. Process data using SAS arrays

23. Generating Reports

24. Generate list reports using the PRINT and REPORT procedures

25. Generate summary reports and frequency tables using base SAS procedures

26. Enhance reports through the use of labels, SAS formats, user-defined formats, titles, footnotes and SAS System reporting options

27. Generate HTML reports using ODS statements

28. Handling Errors

29. Identify and resolve programming logic errors

30. Recognize and correct syntax errors

31. Examine and resolve data errors