SAS ® Enterprise Guide ®

Access the functionality of SAS from a point-and-click Windows interface. SAS Enterprise Guide provides transparent access to data as well as the ability to export it to other applications. It's an easy-to-use menu- and wizard-driven tool for analyzing data and sharing results.

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• Technical Papers

• Hot Fixes
• Installation Notes
• Usage Notes
• Problem Notes
• Alert Notes
• Blogs & Communities
• Get Help

The most recent release is SAS Enterprise Guide 8.4.

SAS Enterprise Guide runs on SAS ® 9.4, 9.3, and 9.2. It also supports SAS ® Viya ® 3.4, 3.5, and 4.

Now supports connection to SAS Viya 4 Compute Server.

Get Started

Ready to get point-and-click access to much of the functionality of SAS? These SAS Enterprise Guide resources are a good place to star t.

Explore resources

Get a quick overview of SAS Enterprise Guide and its capabilities.

Learn the basics

Get up-to-speed on SAS Enterprise Guide with these getting started tutorials:

• Getting Started with SAS Enterprise Guide
• Navigating the SAS Enterprise Guide 8.1 Environment (Video)
• Read a free chapter from The Little SAS Book for SAS Enterprise Guide
  

Stay connected

Be a part of the community for SAS Enterprise Guide. We offer a variety of ways for you to interact with users and experts.

• Join the community
• Read our blogs
• Join a users group
• Attend an event

Tutorials

Browse our library of free SAS Enterprise Guide tutorials to learn something new or sharpen your skills.

Using the Query Builder in SAS Enterprise Guide 8.1

Using Programming Features in SAS Enterprise Guide 8.1

Getting to Know SAS & SAS Enterprise Guide

• Overview of SAS Enterprise Guide 8.1 (Video)
• About the Navigation Area
• About the Work Area
• Using SAS User Interfaces (Video)
• Getting Started with SAS Enterprise Guide (Online Tutorial)

Accessing Data in SAS Enterprise Guide

• Accessing Data in a SAS Enterprise Guide 8.1 Project (video)
• Accessing Data in SAS 9
• Accessing Data in SAS Viya
• Creating a SAS Library
• Exporting Data Files
• Accessing Other Types of Data
• Importing Data (Video)
• Viewing SAS Catalogs and Formats in SAS Enterprise Guide
  
• Filtering Your SAS Enterprise Guide Data with a WHERE Clause

Learning More About SAS Enterprise Guide

• Using the DATA Step Debugger
  
• Understanding Macro Variables and Prompts
• Understanding Program History
• About Git Integration in SAS Enterprise Guide
• Using the DATA Step Debugger in SAS Enterprise Guide
• Code Debugging and Program History in SAS Enterprise Guide
• How to Have SAS Enterprise Guide Prompt You for a Database User ID and Password
• Scheduling Projects and Process Flows in SAS Enterprise Guide
• Using SAS Enterprise Guide with Your Local SAS Installation

Getting the Most out of the Program Editor

• Using Programming Features in SAS Enterprise Guide 8.1 (Video)
• Ten SAS Enterprise Guide Program Editor Tricks
  
• How to Compare Programs in SAS Enterprise Guide
• Using %IF-%THEN-%ELSE in SAS Programs
• Using Editor Macros

Working with Tasks & Queries

• Using Tasks in SAS Enterprise Guide 8.1 (Video)
• Using SAS Tasks in SAS Enterprise Guide
• Built-In Tasks and SAS Studio Tasks
• List of Built-in Tasks and Associated SAS Procedures and Licenses
• List of SAS Studio Tasks and Associated Procedures and Licenses
• Using the Query Builder in SAS Enterprise Guide 8.1 (Video)
• About the Query Builder
• About the Query Builder (Online Tutorial)
• Create a Computed Column Using the Query Builder (Video)
• Working with Custom Tasks
  
• Creating Custom Tasks for SAS Enterprise Guide
• 11 Super-Useful Custom Tasks for SAS Enterprise Guide

Demos and Tips for Using SAS Enterprise Guide

• Generate Different Formats of SAS Results (Video)
• Customize Your Keys in SAS Enterprise Guide with AutoHotkey
  
• Tips for Coding Your Color Values in SAS Enterprise Guide
• Applying Conditional Highlighting in a Report (Video)

SAS Global Forum Papers on SAS Enterprise Guide

• Celebrity Makeover: A Fresh and Modern Look for SAS Enterprise Guide
  
• Getting Started with SAS Prompts
• Feeling Anxious about Transitioning from Desktop to Server? Key Considerations to Diminish Your Administrators' and Users' Jitters
• Find What You Are Looking For and More in SAS Enterprise Guide
• SAS Studio or SAS Enterprise Guide: What's the Best SAS Programming Interface for Me?
  

Ask the Expert Webinars

• SAS Enterprise Guide: Getting Started
• SAS Enterprise Guide: Hidden Gems
• A Deeper Dive into SAS Enterprise Guide Reporting

How-To Videos

Using the Data Step Debugger

Training Courses

Learn SAS technology quickly and efficiently by taking a course from the analytics experts.

SAS Enterprise Guide 1: Querying and Reporting

This course is for users who do not have SAS programming experience but need to access, manage, and summarize data from different sources, and present results in reports and graphs. This course focuses on using the menu-driven tasks in SAS Enterprise Guide, the point-and-click interface to SAS, to create queries and reports.

SAS Enterprise Guide for Experienced SAS Programmers

This course introduces experienced SAS programmers to SAS Enterprise Guide. SAS Enterprise Guide is an interface that enables users to write and submit code, as well as to use point-and-click tasks to generate queries, reports, and graphics.

Books

For more in-depth information, read books written by SAS experts.