• Review of Base SAS programming concepts
• Scope and importance of Advanced SAS
• Advanced data handling requirements
• Enterprise use cases of Advanced SAS
• Overview of SAS Advanced certification
• Programming best practices
• Scope and importance of Advanced SAS
• Advanced data handling requirements
• Enterprise use cases of Advanced SAS
• Overview of SAS Advanced certification
• Programming best practices
• Advanced DATA step processing
• Conditional logic optimization
• BY-group processing
• Retaining values across observations
• Using FIRST. and LAST. variables
• Efficient data transformations
• Conditional logic optimization
• BY-group processing
• Retaining values across observations
• Using FIRST. and LAST. variables
• Efficient data transformations
• Concept of arrays in SAS
• Temporary and permanent arrays
• One-dimensional arrays
• Multi-dimensional arrays
• Array processing for data manipulation
• Performance improvement using arrays
• Temporary and permanent arrays
• One-dimensional arrays
• Multi-dimensional arrays
• Array processing for data manipulation
• Performance improvement using arrays
• Introduction to hash objects
• Hash tables vs traditional lookups
• Declaring and loading hash objects
• Searching data using hash methods
• Handling large lookup tables
• Real-time data matching
• Hash tables vs traditional lookups
• Declaring and loading hash objects
• Searching data using hash methods
• Handling large lookup tables
• Real-time data matching
• Character and numeric functions
• Date and time functions
• CALL SYMPUT and SYMGET
• CALL EXECUTE
• Dynamic variable creation
• Advanced function use cases
• Date and time functions
• CALL SYMPUT and SYMGET
• CALL EXECUTE
• Dynamic variable creation
• Advanced function use cases
• Macro language architecture
• Macro variables and scope
• Automatic and user-defined macro variables
• Macro quoting functions
• Resolving macro variables
• Debugging macro issues
• Conditional logic in macros
• Iterative macro processing
• Parameterized macros
• Dynamic SAS code generation
• Macro reuse and modularization
• Macro performance considerations
• Iterative macro processing
• Parameterized macros
• Dynamic SAS code generation
• Macro reuse and modularization
• Macro performance considerations
• Overview of PROC SQL
• Creating and managing tables
• Joins and subqueries
• Set operators
• SQL views
• PROC SQL vs DATA step
• Creating and managing tables
• Joins and subqueries
• Set operators
• SQL views
• PROC SQL vs DATA step
• Correlated subqueries
• Index creation and usage
• Updating and deleting records
• SQL pass-through facility
• Integrating SQL with macros
• Query optimization techniques
• Data validation strategies
• Handling missing and inconsistent data
• Complex merging techniques
• Data transformation workflows
• Managing large datasets
• Data quality best practices
• Understanding SAS logs
• Identifying syntax and logic errors
• Debugging DATA steps
• Debugging macro programs
• Resolving warnings and notes
• Best debugging practices
• Understanding SAS execution process
• Indexing strategies
• Optimizing SORT and MERGE operations
• Memory and CPU utilization
• Writing efficient SAS code
• Performance tuning techniques
• Indexing strategies
• Optimizing SORT and MERGE operations
• Memory and CPU utilization
• Writing efficient SAS code
• Performance tuning techniques
• PROC REPORT advanced features
• Custom report layouts
• Output Delivery System (ODS) basics
• Creating PDF, Excel, and HTML outputs
• Automating reports
• Professional reporting standards
• Custom report layouts
• Output Delivery System (ODS) basics
• Creating PDF, Excel, and HTML outputs
• Automating reports
• Professional reporting standards
