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WHAT’S NEW IN ENTERPRISE GUIDE 7.1

MATT MALCZEWSKI, SAS CANADA

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THE GOAL

• To improve a tool which can be leveraged by programmers and non-

programmers alike

• To make data exploration and analysis (relatively) easy and (definitely) fun

• To boldly go where no analytical software has gone before…

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THE EVOLUTION OF

ENTERPRISE GUIDE

• Much like ‘Star Trek’, Enterprise

Guide has evolved over time

• Enhancements for

organization/navigation

• Efficiency improvements (Mr. Scott

would be proud)

• Prime Directive-like seamless

integration with other SAS

applications

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AGENDA

• Programmer Productivity

• Business Analyst Enhancements

• Project Organization/Navigation Enhancements

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PROGRAMMER PRODUCTIVITY

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NEW TOYS!

• Program History

• Summary View of the Project Log

• Smart Highlighting in the Program Editor

• SAS Macro Variable Viewer

• SAS System Options Viewer

• Custom Code Feature (integrated in the task code preview)

• Expanding Macros in Code Analyzer

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PROGRAM HISTORY

• Finally…. Source/version control is built in to Enterprise Guide!

• Allows programmers to manage changes to SAS programs in a more

structured way

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SUMMARY VIEW OF

THE PROJECT LOG

• ‘Log Summary’ view was added in EG 6.1

• Now, the entire project log can be viewed in this fashion

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SMART

HIGHLIGHTING IN

THE PROGRAM

EDITOR

• Allows you to locate every instance of a given word

• Extremely helpful especially when finding/following multiple references

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SAS MACRO

VARIABLE VIEWER

• A nod to Chris Hemedinger on this one – began life as a custom task he

wrote

• Allows you to view the current values of any – or all – of the macros variables

defined in a session

• Also provides a macro expression ‘quick view’ – immediately evaluates macro

functions and resolves macro variables - like %sysfunc(upcase(&_clientapp))

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SAS SYSTEM

OPTIONS VIEWER

• Does what it says – let’s you view the current SAS system options for your

server

• Not a replacement for ‘proc options’… but a convenient alternative

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INTEGRATING

CUSTOM CODE

• EG allows you to add custom code

within task generated code

• Now, custom code may be entered

directly into the Code Preview for Task

window

• More intuitive/user-friendly

• Uses the Program Editor features

(syntax colouring, suggestion,

autocompletion, etc.)

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EXPANDING

MACROS IN CODE

ANALYZER

• The Analyze Program allows you to create a Process Flow out of existing

SAS code – a useful way to visualize the component parts of a program

• Starting in 7.1 you can expand macro functions

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BUSINESS ANALYST ENHANCEMENTS

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NEW TOYS!

• Task Browser

• Query Builder

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TASK BROWSER

• Enterprise Guide has over 90 tasks – cumbersome to navigate

• New browser allows for:

• List of recently run tasks

• List of favourite tasks

• Search field

• Filtering of tasks by category/type/procedure

• Importing/exporting task templates

• Task info/tips with mouse hover

• A docked tool window for quick task access

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QUERY BUILDER

• Can now be launched with multiple data sets pre-selected

• Particularly useful when joining multiple tables

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QUERY BUILDER

• Accessed through the query ‘options’

• Queries can now be explicitly executed in database AND leave output date

results there as well

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QUERY BUILDER

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QUERY BUILDERWHEN NOT SELECTING ‘KEEP RESULTS ENTIRELY IN

DATABASE’

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QUERY BUILDERWHEN SELECTING ‘KEEP RESULTS ENTIRELY IN

DATABASE’

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PROJECT ORGANIZATION/NAVIGATION

ENHANCEMENTS

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NEW TOYS!

• Managing and organizing work has become easier

• Support for

• Favourites

• Project Search

• Copy/Paste (Branches or Process Flows)

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FAVOURITES

• Tasks, stored processes, reports can all be added as favourites

• Will surface in the Task Browser once added

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PROJECT SEARCH

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COPY/PASTE

• You can now copy/paste branches… or entire process flows (will still need to

re-run however)

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SUMMARY

• Some fun new functionality that improves efficiency and productivity

• Enterprise Guide continues to grow and evolve… thanks to user feedback!

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Questions?

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REFERENCES

• Smith, Casey, 2015. ‘Find What You Are Looking For and More in SAS

Enterprise Guide’ Proceedings of the SASS Global 2015 Conference, Cary,

NC: SAS Institute Inc.

https://sasglobalforum.activeevents.com/2015/connect/sessionDetail.ww?SE

SSION_ID=1924

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THANK YOU

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