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Data Setup For SAS Courses 01-07

The document provides instructions for setting up data files for SAS courses 01-07 by: 1. Signing up for a free SAS OnDemand for Academics account to access the cloud-based SAS software. 2. Running a SAS program called "createdataPG1_oda.sas" that creates all the necessary data, practice, and demo files for courses 01-07 and organizes them into folders. 3. Verifying that the EPG194 folder contains subfolders for data, demos, output, and practices containing the files needed for the courses.

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Data Setup For SAS Courses 01-07

The document provides instructions for setting up data files for SAS courses 01-07 by: 1. Signing up for a free SAS OnDemand for Academics account to access the cloud-based SAS software. 2. Running a SAS program called "createdataPG1_oda.sas" that creates all the necessary data, practice, and demo files for courses 01-07 and organizes them into folders. 3. Verifying that the EPG194 folder contains subfolders for data, demos, output, and practices containing the files needed for the courses.

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Data Setup Instructions for SAS Courses 01-07

SAS Courses are designed for hands-on learning and the practices give you an opportunity to solidify what you learn by
writing code in SAS. In addition, you can choose to follow along with demos by using the provided SAS demo programs.
Follow these instructions to create the data, practice, and demo files for courses 01-07.

Task 1: Sign up for a free SAS OnDemand for Academics account.

SAS OnDemand for Academics gives you free, cloud-based access to SAS. You only need a browser to access the
software. If you already have an account, you can skip to Task 2.

1. To sign up for an account, press Ctrl and click here to keep these instructions open and open the SAS OnDemand
for Academics support site in a new window or tab.

2. Click the Getting Started tab.

3. In the Independent Learners section, click the link for the registration application. If you need help, view the
Register and Log in video.

4. To access SAS OnDemand for Academics, you must have a SAS Profile. If you don't have one already, click Don't
have a SAS Profile? and fill out the registration form to create a SAS profile and gain access to SAS OnDemand
for Academics.

Note: You do not need to upload your own data. You will run a program that creates the data for this course in the
next task.

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Task 2: Run a program to create your practice data for Courses 01-07.

1. Open pg1setup_oda_linkedin.zip and extract it to any location on your computer. The unzip process creates a
folder named EPG194 that includes one SAS program: createdataPG1_oda.sas.

2. Sign in to your SAS OnDemand for Academics Dashboard. If you don't have it open, you can press Ctrl and click
here to open SAS OnDemand for Academics in a new tab or window, and then sign in.

3. In the Applications tab, click the SAS Studio link.

4. SAS Studio opens. At the top of the Server Files and Folders panel on the left, click New and select Folder.

5. In the Name box, type EPG194 in uppercase exactly as shown. Click Save.

6. If necessary, expand Files (Home) and verify that the EPG194 folder was created.

7. Select the EPG194 folder, and then click Upload .

8. In the Upload Files window, click Choose Files. Browse to the EPG194 folder you saved on your computer, select
createdataPG1_oda.sas, and click Open. Click Upload.

9. In SAS Studio, verify that the program is added to the EPG194 folder. Double-click createdataPG1_oda.sas to
open the program.
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10. Click Run or press F3 to run the program. This program creates all the SAS files and data you need for this
course. After the program runs, a list of SAS tables is displayed in the Results tab.

11. In the Server Files and Folders panel, view the EGP194 folder and verify that you have four
subfolders: data, demos, output, and practices.

When you are asked to provide a file path to a data file, you can use ~/EPG194/data as a shortcut to your files. To see the
full path, right-click the data folder and select Properties.

Note: The EPG194 folder is the location of your course files in SAS OnDemand for Academics. These files are
available each time you sign in to SAS OnDemand for Academics and open SAS Studio. In practices, the
instructions specify the name of the file to open from the practices folder. In demos, the name of the starter
program is shown on the tab for the program that is open.

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