SAS Administration Training

SAS Administration Training, available at $54.99, has an average rating of 2.2, with 23 lectures, 1 quizzes, based on 23 reviews, and has 154 subscribers.

You will learn about End-to-end knowledge of SAS Administration Prepare for SAS Platform Administration for SAS 9 exam Understand the specific job functions of a SAS platform administrator Identify the tiers of the platform for SAS Business Analytics Navigate the SAS Platform architecture Complete pre-installation tasks, install and configure the platform Start, stop, and check the status of SAS Platform servers and services Install client applications and identify next steps Configure server logging to assist with monitoring and debugging Understand metadata and how it can be modified by the various client tier applications Manage users and groups in the SAS Metadata Server Secure metadata content Manage access to SAS client functionality Set up access to data for processing and analysis Monitor your environment with SAS Environment Manager This course is ideal for individuals who are SAS Administrators or Anyone wishing to make career in SAS administration or SAS Software Engineers & Programmers or SAS Developers or Beginners and newbies aspiring for SAS Admin role or Database & Server Administrators or ETL Developers & Integration Specialists or SAS Configuration and Database Tuning Specialists or Web Application Developers & SQL Developers or SAS Clinical Programmers It is particularly useful for SAS Administrators or Anyone wishing to make career in SAS administration or SAS Software Engineers & Programmers or SAS Developers or Beginners and newbies aspiring for SAS Admin role or Database & Server Administrators or ETL Developers & Integration Specialists or SAS Configuration and Database Tuning Specialists or Web Application Developers & SQL Developers or SAS Clinical Programmers.

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Title: SAS Administration Training

Price: $54.99

Average Rating: 2.2

Number of Lectures: 23

Number of Quizzes: 1

Number of Published Lectures: 23

Number of Published Quizzes: 1

Number of Curriculum Items: 24

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 24

Original Price: $19.99

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What You Will Learn

End-to-end knowledge of SAS Administration

Prepare for SAS Platform Administration for SAS 9 exam

Understand the specific job functions of a SAS platform administrator

Identify the tiers of the platform for SAS Business Analytics

Navigate the SAS Platform architecture

Complete pre-installation tasks, install and configure the platform

Start, stop, and check the status of SAS Platform servers and services

Install client applications and identify next steps

Configure server logging to assist with monitoring and debugging

Understand metadata and how it can be modified by the various client tier applications

Manage users and groups in the SAS Metadata Server

Secure metadata content

Manage access to SAS client functionality

Set up access to data for processing and analysis

Monitor your environment with SAS Environment Manager

Who Should Attend

SAS Administrators

Anyone wishing to make career in SAS administration

SAS Software Engineers & Programmers

SAS Developers

Beginners and newbies aspiring for SAS Admin role

Database & Server Administrators

ETL Developers & Integration Specialists

SAS Configuration and Database Tuning Specialists

Web Application Developers & SQL Developers

SAS Clinical Programmers

Target Audiences

SAS Administrators

Anyone wishing to make career in SAS administration

SAS Software Engineers & Programmers

SAS Developers

Beginners and newbies aspiring for SAS Admin role

Database & Server Administrators

ETL Developers & Integration Specialists

SAS Configuration and Database Tuning Specialists

Web Application Developers & SQL Developers

SAS Clinical Programmers

A warm welcome to the SAS Administrationcourse by Uplatz.

SAS (Statistical Analysis Software) is used by business analysts, information management experts, risk managers and researches to provide more efficient methodologies for data visualization and faster business trend analysis and prediction.

SAS is one of the most implemented software in sectors such as pharmaceutical, finance, marketing, aeronautics, agriculture, etc. With the help of SAS we can generate sophisticated analytical reports , graphs, listings and many other statistical calculations. Many clinical research companies, banking & insurance organizations use SAS. Also, companies like Google, Twitter, Facebook, Amazon, IBM, and the like incorporate SAS concepts in their products & services or for internal use. Infact, most of the Fortune global 500 companies implement SAS and functions for their managements and decisions.

SAS Administration refers to the activities and tasks involved in successfully administering and managing the SAS software platform in its entirety. SAS platform administrators perform the following major tasks:

Secure the SAS configuration on each server machine

Check status and operate servers

Monitor server activity and administer logging

Establish formal, regularly scheduled backup processes

Add users and manage their access

Establish connectivity to data sources

Set up and secure metadata folder structures

Administer repositories and move metadata

Uplatzprovides this comprehensive training on SAS Administration. SAS Admin training course is the best way to equip you with the right set of tools to be prepared for the SAS Platform Administration for SAS 9 certification exam as well as for the large number of job opportunities available in the market. In this SAS Admin training, you will learn how to administer the SAS Metadata Server and the initial authentication process, how to secure the SAS Intelligence Platform and the content that it contains, how to identify and administer the different types of users, identify and establish various security techniques, secure data and other shared content, and troubleshoot metadata security.

If you are aiming for SAS certifications, then this SAS Administration course will be extremely helpful as it prepares you for the SAS Platform Administration for SAS 9 exam. For SAS administrators, SAS 9.4 provides a broad suite of management capabilities that support management tasks, auditing, and software deployment and upgrades.

Course Objectives

Define the architecture of the platform for SAS Business Analytics

Describe the Platform Administrator role

Identify The Platform Administrator tasks

Examine how to secure SAS Platform configuration

Course Curriculum – SAS Administration

1. Securing The SAS Configuration

Secure a SAS platform configuration

2. Checking The Status And Operation Of SAS Servers

Manage metadata repositories

Identify the properties and functionality of SAS servers

Configure a SAS Metadata server cluster

3. Monitoring, Logging, And Troubleshooting SAS Servers

Monitor SAS servers

Administer SAS server logging and modify logging configurations

Troubleshoot basic SAS server issues

4. Backing Up The SAS Environment

Back up the SAS environment

Restore the SAS environment

5. Administering Users

Manage connection profiles

Manage roles

Register users and groups in the metadata

Give users access to processing servers and data servers

Determine when to store passwords in the metadata

6. Administering Data Access

Register libraries and tables in the metadata

Update table metadata

Pre-assign a library

Troubleshoot data access problems

Use the metadata LIBNAME engine

7. Managing Metadata

Identify how the metadata authorization layer interacts with other security layers

Identify where, how, and to whom metadata permissions are assigned

Determine the outcome of metadata authorization decisions

Use metadata permissions to secure metadata

Create and use Access Control Templates

Promote metadata and associated content

Key Topics covered in this course include:

Reviewing the Platform for SAS Business Analytics

Exploring the platform for SAS

Business Analytics overview

Exploring the client tier, middle tier, server tier, and data tier

Administering the SAS Environment

Overview of administration tasks

Determining the State of the SAS Environment

Checking the state of SAS servers

Exploring the metadata server and repositories

Troubleshooting the metadata server

Monitoring, Logging, and Troubleshooting SAS Servers

Identifying different types of SAS servers

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 Client Applications

Exploring connection profiles

Using roles to control access to application

Functionality

Exploring SAS folders

Administering Users

Defining regular users and groups

Defining administrative users

Giving users access to servers

Administering Data Access

Registering libraries

Tables in the metadata

Updating table metadata

Pre-assigning libraries

Troubleshooting data access

Securing Metadata

Introduction to metadata security

Exploring metadata permission

Exploring predefined ACTs

Securing content in the folder tree

Securing content outside the folder tree

Creating additional ACTs

Moving Metadata

Replicating an entire repository

Promoting selected content

Updating the SAS Environment

Applying hot fixes to the SAS environment

Key Roles of SAS Administrator

There will be different kinds of servers one needs to handle at work like SAS BI which are used by users also

It includes fixing the daily issues in the server, tuning it and troubleshooting

One need to know the mechanics of installing the up gradations in servers and software updates

To do quality checkups and ensure to fix the service packs

SAS admin needs to test and assure quality on leftest suppuration and fixes

He need to plan the outages and and monitor the software testing and developments with the help of the SAS Programmer

In emergency reboots the users should be intimated quickly on risk of managements in outages

He need to choose and fix the relevant SAS software by analysis and evaluations

One needs to maintain scheduled backups of meta databases and user defined controls and access

Risk managements and desk space planning are also done for good user support

The administration also takes charge of consultation of users on problems like malfunctions and also arrange meetings for incidences

The SAS Administrator also need to perform the required guiding classes and coaching to other coordinating departments

To develop tolls and up-gradation s per the best need and ease of usage of the users

Administrators use SAS Deployment Wizards to install SAS Enterprise guides

He takes care of the security risks and ensures the safety factors to avoid them as the least possible

Using the functions one should manually or with software options encrypt data sets

The metadata backups are taken care through backup wizards and ensures a scheduled times for backups of physical files, and also promotes particular or selected content as required

Administering users by registering users ,exploring authentications and also creating groups are maintained in the admin team.

The client applications are taken responsibility by the admin, ensuring their registrations and authentications and even in grouping the similar users

It is very important for and SAS architect to be able to  foresee the next steps through SAS documents

The access to the data is secured by the admins it involves registering libraries and tables in the metadata, updating table metadata and trouble shooting the data access

After the SAS Intelligence Platform has been installed, configured, and validated, you will have a functional system. SAS administrators can now begin performing administration tasks that are necessary to fully implement the SAS Intelligence Platform in your environment. These include the following categories of tasks:

First-Priority Setup Tasks that are necessary to protect the integrity of your system. You should perform these tasks first, as soon as possible after you have completed your installation.

Standard Setup Tasks that enable the users in your organization to begin using SAS Intelligence Platform client applications to access and analyze your data.

Optional Setup Tasks that you might want to perform to address specific requirements in your environment.

Ongoing System Administration Tasks to keep the SAS Intelligence Platform operational.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: SAS PLATFORM ADMINISTRATION INTRODUCTION

Lecture 1: SAS PLATFORM ADMINISTRATION INTRODUCTION

Chapter 2: SAS INTELLIGENCE PLATFORM ARCHITECTURE

Lecture 1: Part 1 – SAS INTELLIGENCE PLATFORM ARCHITECTURE

Lecture 2: Part 2 – SAS INTELLIGENCE PLATFORM ARCHITECTURE

Chapter 3: SAS GRID ARCHITECTURE

Lecture 1: SAS GRID ARCHITECTURE

Chapter 4: SAS ARCHITECTURE DEPLOYMENT DESIGN

Lecture 1: SAS ARCHITECTURE DEPLOYMENT DESIGN

Chapter 5: SAS GRID INSTALLATIONS AND CONFIGURATIONS

Lecture 1: SAS GRID INSTALLATIONS AND CONFIGURATIONS

Chapter 6: SAS GRID NODE INSTALLATION

Lecture 1: SAS GRID NODE INSTALLATION

Chapter 7: SAS VA CONFIGURATION

Lecture 1: SAS VA CONFIGURATION

Chapter 8: SAS MANAGEMENT CONSOLE

Lecture 1: SAS MANAGEMENT CONSOLE

Chapter 9: UPDATING SAS ENVIRONMENT

Lecture 1: UPDATING SAS ENVIRONMENT

Chapter 10: SAS POST CONFIGURATION STEPS

Lecture 1: SAS POST CONFIGURATION STEPS

Chapter 11: SAS DATA ADMINISTRATION

Lecture 1: SAS DATA ADMINISTRATION

Chapter 12: SAS AUTHENTICATION

Lecture 1: SAS AUTHENTICATION

Chapter 13: SAS ENVIRONMENT MANAGER ADMINISTRATION

Lecture 1: SAS ENVIRONMENT MANAGER ADMINISTRATION

Chapter 14: SAS BACKUP AND RESTORE

Lecture 1: SAS BACKUP AND RESTORE

Chapter 15: SAS MONITORING, LOGGING, TROUBLESHOOTING

Lecture 1: SAS MONITORING, LOGGING, TROUBLESHOOTING

Chapter 16: SAS DESKTOP APPLICATIONS

Lecture 1: SAS DESKTOP APPLICATIONS

Chapter 17: SAS ADMINISTARTION INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

Lecture 1: SAS ADMINISTARTION INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

Chapter 18: SAS ADMINISTRATOR RESUME PREPARATION

Lecture 1: SAS ADMINISTRATOR RESUME PREPARATION

Chapter 19: SAS ADMINISTRATION CERTIFICATION PREPARATION

Lecture 1: SAS ADMINISTRATION CERTIFICATION PREPARATION

Chapter 20: SAS BASE PROGRAMMING BASIC CONCEPTS ADMINISTRATION

Lecture 1: SAS BASE PROGRAMMING BASIC CONCEPTS ADMINISTRATION

Chapter 21: SAS BASIC WINDOW AND LINUX ADMINISTRATION

Lecture 1: SAS BASIC WINDOW AND LINUX ADMINISTRATION

Chapter 22: SAS CUSTOMER CARE SUPPORT

Lecture 1: SAS CUSTOMER CARE SUPPORT

Chapter 23: End of Course Quiz

Instructors

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4 stars: 1 votes

5 stars: 3 votes

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