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Mastering SAS Programming for Data Warehousing

You're reading from   Mastering SAS Programming for Data Warehousing An advanced programming guide to designing and managing Data Warehouses using SAS

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789532371
Length 494 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Monika Wahi Monika Wahi
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Preface 1. Section 1: Managing Data in a SAS Data Warehouse
2. Chapter 1: Using SAS in a Data Mart, Data Lake, or Data Warehouse FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Reading Big Data into SAS 4. Chapter 3: Helpful PROCs for Managing Data 5. Chapter 4: Managing ETL in SAS 6. Chapter 5: Managing Data Reporting in SAS 7. Section 2: Using SAS for Extract-Transform-Load (ETL) Protocols in a Data Warehouse
8. Chapter 6: Standardizing Coding Using SAS Arrays 9. Chapter 7: Designing and Developing ETL Code in SAS 10. Chapter 8: Using Macros to Automate ETL in SAS 11. Chapter 9: Debugging and Troubleshooting in SAS 12. Section 3: Using SAS When Serving Warehouse Data to Users
13. Chapter 10: Considering the User Needs of SAS Data Warehouses 14. Chapter 11: Connecting the SAS Data Warehouse to Other Systems 15. Chapter 12: Using the ODS for Visualization in SAS 16. Assessments 17. Other Books You May Enjoy

Questions

  1. True or false: Because data step code formatting doesn't impact how the program runs, it doesn't matter how the programmer formats data step code files.

  2. Imagine you develop a transformation step, but when you run it, you see many errors. What are the initial troubleshooting steps you can take?

  3. How can using a PUT statement in a data step help a programmer troubleshoot code?

  4. You realize you need to design 10 transformation steps for a new source dataset. How might you approach this task to minimize data step troubleshooting?

  5. What does BREAK do if set on a loop command in the data step debugger?

  6. Imagine you need to make a macro involving two loops and four macro variables, and you are in a hurry. Is it a good idea to skip using the step-by-step process, and just try to make the macro code from scratch since you are in a hurry?

  7. Imagine you decide to slow down and use a step-by-step process to build the macro that involves two loops and...

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