Hi,
The challenge with the LinkedIn Learning version of the class was that the instructions assume that you are using a local copy of SAS on your own machine and the instructions were really not written to support any other platform. The other challenge is that the version of the course that's on LinkedIn is an older version of the course. Programming 1 is free for any independent learner on our e-learning server (not LinkedIn) and our server has the newest version of the training class AND the best news of all is that we have a really easy program on our server, with a different zip file that is designed specifically for using with SAS OnDemand for Academics.
If you are not committed in stone to taking the class on the LinkedIn platform, I'd recommend at least taking a look at our version of the training. In order to post you had to set up a SAS Profile, so all you need to do is go here https://support.sas.com/edu/elearning.html?ctry=us&productType=library and click the orange Start Now button for Programming 1 at the top of the page. When prompted to log onto your SAS Profile, do that and then accept the terms of use. The section with the explicit directions and the new zip file for SAS OnDemand is called "Course Overview and Data Setup".
The biggest difference between the 2 versions of the class other than the setup instructions are that the LinkedIn Course still uses the folder reference of EPG194 and the newest version of the course uses a folder entitled EPG1V2. The other difference is that we added a few new videos to demonstrate using Enterprise Guide 8 instead of Enterprise Guide 7. And, of course, we fixed some of the typos we found in the older course.
Cynthia
ps...if you want to stick with Linked In and can't figure out how to get the data creation program to run, then you'll need to send mail to elearn@sas.com so we can help you directly. BTW, the setup program assumes that you have a fixed path name on SAS OnDemand for Academics, something like:
/home/<yourUserID>/EPG194/data (for the older course)
or
/home/<yourUserID>/EPG1V2/data (for the newer course)
On other platforms, such as local versions of SAS or Enterprise Guide, you must provide the full pathname before you run the data creation program.