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SAS

SAS is an integrated suite of analytics software products, available by site license and in the General Access Computing Labs, enabling:

  • Data entry, retrieval, and management

  • Report writing and graphics

  • Statistical and mathematical analysis

  • Business forecasting and decision support

  • Operations research and project management

  • Applications development

The core of the SAS system is the base SAS software consisting of:

  • The SAS programming language used to manage data

  • Software tools for data analysis and reporting

  • The SAS Macro Facility

  • Windowing environment with a graphical interface including menus, keyboard, and mouse use

More information regarding SAS software is available at http://support.SAS.com.

Site Licenses

  • Faculty or staff can purchase a SAS site license by submitting a request on the IT Services Site License website. When you purchase a statistical site license, an email with a download link and installation instructions will be sent to your UARK account. The SAS Enterprise Guide is included under the current SAS site license and is installed by default.

  • The annual license period is from July 1 to June 30. Faculty and staff will receive an annual renewal notice with instructions from IT Services in late May or June. After renewing your SAS site license, a link to the download and installation instructions will be emailed to your UARK account.

  • Students can purchase a SAS site license by submitting a request using the Student Software Site License Request form.

  • If you have purchased a new computer and need SAS reinstalled, contact keys@uark.edu.

  • Upgrades are free.

SAS on the Comp Server

If you have X Window support, you can run SAS interactively by entering sas at the prompt. If you don't have X Window support, you can run a SAS job by entering sas mysasfilename.sas at the comp prompt. To avoid hanging up at the prompt, add an ampersand (&) after the filename; for example, sas mysasfilename.sas &.

Support

Use your UARK username and password to access the SAS Online Tutorial. For further help with statistical computing, call 575-2905 or contact keys@uark.edu.

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