SAS Workshop Notes

Before the first workshop, please read through a part of the SAS 9.4 Language Reference Concepts, Introduction to the SAS Windowing Environment. Look especially at the section on Main Windows in the SAS Windowing Environment.

Writing SAS Documentation

Some notes on how to write up SAS documentation using Markdown and RMarkdown. This is primarily geared toward writing web pages and PDF handouts that include SAS code, SAS output, and explanatory text.

This same system could be used to produce simple Word documents.

• The SASmarkdown Package
• SAS and R Markdown
• Linking SAS Code Blocks
• HTML Tables and Graphs
• Including SAS Logs
• Cleaning Up SAS Log Output
• SAS LaTeX tables
• SAS National Language Support
• Saving intermediate files
• spinSAS - Markdown in SAS comments

Notes in need of revision:

• Other approaches to SAS Logs in Your Document - PROC PRINTTO

Running R from SAS

• Configuration and Basic Use