Choose Your Own Adventure
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Choose Your Own Adventure is a live, virtual presentation+demo series. A SAS facilitator as your tour guide, they will take you on a tour of the latest destinations and guide you through the latest adventures - SAS Viya VA, SAS EG, diving into programming, modelling, and so much more!
Get off the beaten path with our local SAS experts, no matter your style. Each of our tour packages is poised to bring you the adventure of a lifetime, and maybe even change the way you work.
Hear that? That’s the call of the wild. Get out there!
Featured Tour Package
A Predictive Analytics Adventure
February 24 | 1PM EST
Presenter: Cristina Anton
This hands-on workshop will guide you through an end-to-end predictive analytics process. Using real life data, we will identify a business problem, explore and prepare the data, build models and make predictions. This end-to-end process will be built in SAS Studio, a comprehensive programming interface embedded with tools for the modern-day programmer.
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2020
November | Programming in Viya
Our 15m (52 ft) exclusive yacht is the perfect way to see some of SAS's newest web-based platform, SAS Viya This adventure takes you this powerful environment. Relax in the sun or try your hand at extending the SAS language as your experienced skipper guides you through SAS Viya and SAS Studio. You will have plenty of time for exploring Viya CAS Snippets and relaxing before digging into some Cloud Analytical Services.
This presentation will introduce you to programming on SAS’s newest web-based platform SAS Viya. You will learn how to write SAS code to take advantage of this powerful environment.
September | Advanced Macro Programming
Can you swim? Well let’s hope you can because we will jump right into advanced macro techniques. Experience a short-guided tour of some SAS Advanced Macro techniques with scenarios. These interactive session lets you participate and choose a coding method that we will use for our Data Driven and Macro functions/Routines scenarios. The instructor will then guide you on that coding adventure that you have chosen, while explaining the code within each demo.
July | Preparing Data for Visual Analytics in SAS Viya
Now's the time to explore SAS Visual Analytics on your terms with this tour. Always wanted to explore SAS VA but kinda don't know where to start? We got you. This introduction to the Land of Data Preparation is super informative and super fun. Travel by train to introduce yourself to the Default district and the new data items of Analysis. Experience the country's traditions and cutting-edge modernity with lots of time to do your own thing. When you see SAS Visual Analytics with a group of like-minded adventurers, you'll never want to leave.
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July | Top 5 PROC SQL Hacks
Scan the procedure for functionality from the comfort of your couch, contemplate dataset vistas or take a flight over the Coding Lines — this epic journey explores the geography and culture of PROC SQL, offering you the perfect blend of guided excursions and free time. Hike the Syntax Trail, which rewards those willing to break a sweat with stunning views of mountainscapes and cloud forest. And because we run our own treks, we can ensure the quality of tour service and equipment.
Credits to G Adventures for the description inspiration
June | Transitioning to EG8 From Earlier Versions
A data-tourist's dream, SAS Enterprise Guide has become synonymous with all an unspoiled tropical paradise can be. Rarely does reality measure up to hype, but EG8 certainly comes close. Blessed with tabs and ability-diversity, this is a verdant land of misty keyboard shortcuts, roaring servers, and lush integrations teeming with exotic windows. Throw in the friendly, educated tour guides and you can see why people call it Pura Vida – "pure life."
May | Data Visualization in SAS Viya
Get a taste for SAS Visual Analytics on this 45-minute trip to Viya, located just around the corner from SAS 9.X. Replete with gorgeous interface and all the fantastic functionality and interaction you’d expect, you’ll unwind on an office chair or couch and learn how your reports can engage with your audience. With a local instructor as your host, you'll get an in-depth look at what life at an Interactive Report is like. Walk along the stunning data coastline, visit the elite island of Data Calculations, and a stop at Trends. Don’t be a tourist in SAS Viya — live the dream.