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SAS Institute Inc. has released a free SAS University Edition which is good enough for learning SAS programming. It provides all the features that you need to learn in BASE SAS programming which in turn enables you to learn any other SAS component.
The process of downloading and installing SAS University Edition is very straight forward. It is available as a virtual machine which needs to run on a virtual environment. You need to have virtualization software already installed in your PC before you can run the SAS software. In this tutorial we will be using VMware. Below are the details of the steps to download, setup the SAS environment and verify the installation.
Download SAS University Edition
SAS University Edition is available for download at the URL SAS University Edition. Please scroll down to read the system requirements before you begin the download. The following screen appears on visiting this URL.
Setup virtualization software
Scroll down on the same page to locate the installation stpe-1. This step provides the links to get the virtualization software that suits you. In case you already have any one of these softwares installed in your system, you can skip this step.
Quick start virtualization software
In case you are completely new to virtualization environment, you can familiarize yourself with it by going through the following guides and videos available as step-2. Again you can skip this step in case you are already familiar.
Download the Zip file
In step-3 you can choose the appropriate version of the SAS University Edition compatible with the virtualization environment you have. It downloads as a zip file with name similar to unvbasicvapp__9411005__vmx__en__sp0__1.zip
Unzip the zip file
The zip file above needs to be unzipped and stored in an appropriate directory. In our case we have chosen the VMware zip file which shows the following files after unzipping.
Loading the virtual machine
Start the VMware player (or workstation) and open the file which ends with an extension .vmx. The below screen appears. Please notice the basic settings like memory and hard disk space allocated to the vm.
Power on the virtual machine
Click the Power on this virtual machine alongside the green arrow mark to start the virtual machine. The following screen appears.
The below screen appears when the SAS vm is in the state of loading after which the running vm gives a prompt to go to a URL location which will open the SAS environment.
Starting SAS studio
Open a new browser tab and load the above URL (which differs from one PC to another). The below screen appears indicating the SAS environment is ready.
The SAS Environment
On clicking the Start SAS Studio we get the SAS environment which by default opens in the visual programmer mode as shown below.
We can also change it to SAS programmer mode by clicking on the drop down.
Now we are ready to write SAS Programs.
Statistical Analysis System (SAS) , one of the most powerful data analytical software in the market which has recently released a university edition of its software. Despite being proprietary software, the developers have decided to do so, to help the students learn the basics of SAS programming. This edition offers the user all the basic functionalities of the industry level SAS software suite and hence it is a good place to start your journey into SAS programming from here. This walk-through is up-to-date with the recent changes that SAS has made to the setup process, which also includes the complimentary installation of JupyterLab.
Downloading the SAS University Edition
The SAS University Edition can be downloaded from here. This will direct you to the page shown below.
Here, you can select the appropriate Operating System and move ahead with the process.
Downloading VM VirtualBox
Setting up your Work Space
Just like any other application, SAS Studio has to assign a working directory. All files (may it be SAS programs or data sets) will be uploaded/downloaded into this directory. Choose your desired directory, and create a new folder named as SASUniversityEdition (with no spaces). Inside this newly created folder, create another folder called myfolders (again, with no spaces). These folders will now act as SAS Studio’s primary workspace.
Downloading the SAS Studio vApp
Setting up the SAS environment
Step 1: Launch the Oracle VM virtual Box.
Step 2: Import the SAS Studio OVA file from the Downloads folder.
On completion of step 2, your Virtual Box should look like this.
Step 3: Select the SAS University Edition vApp, and click on the Machine menu and select the settings part of it.
Step 4: Select the shared folders option and then click the Add Folder icon (+).
Step 5: Choose the “Other” option under the Folder Path input, and select the myfolders present in the SASUniversityEdition folder. Make sure the Read-Only option is not selected else, SAS Studio won’t be able to save files to this directory.
Step 6: Click ok to finish the work space set up process.
Step 7: Select the SAS University Edition app, and click the Machine->Start option.
If you have successfully completed all the steps till now, you will end up with this screen.
Step 8: Launch your browser, and go to the URL http://localhost:10080 . You will be greeted by this screen.
You have also received a complimentary installation of JupyterLabs!. Now you can launch SAS Studio and get started on programming!
To close the SAS Studio, all you need to do is turn off the Virtual Machine.
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