Did you see the Training & Exam Preparation recommendations here? https://www.sas.com/en_us/certification/credentials/data-management/big-data-professional/big-data-programming-exam.html ... View more

We do have tutorials that might help you with this! In the SAS University Help Center, you can find these tips http://support.sas.com/software/products/university-edition/faq/SAS_accessdata_Excel.htm We would also recommend this video tutorial https://www.sas.com/apps/webnet/video-sharing.html?player=brightcove&width=640&height=360&autoStart=true&playerID=1873162645001&playerKey=AQ~~,AAABs_kuvqE~,9q03viSCCi8Qu-ec7KH7e-bapzBTKVDB&videoPlayer=4262543790001&emptyPage=false ... View more

Thanks for providing more input! We have moved your post to another board to see if more users might provide feedback. If you still need help on this, you may also try reaching out to our technical support department https://support.sas.com/en/technical-support.html#contact-technical-support ... View more

See some tips in these two articles that might help https://support.sas.com/resources/papers/proceedings12/312-2012.pdf and https://blogs.sas.com/content/iml/2016/04/18/patterns-of-missing-data-in-sas.html ... View more

You can find some tips in this OnDemand webinar https://www.sas.com/en_us/webinars/accessing-data-and-creating-data-structures.html ... View more

Pavan, see if this problem note may help:  Problem Note 60708: Enabling ARM logging causes "ERROR: Communication Subsystem Protocol Error: Send attempted in receive state" to occur in your log http://support.sas.com/kb/60/708.html ... View more

We'd be happy to help! To clarify, are you using cloud offerings from SAS now and need documentation? Or, are you looking to learn more about it?  If so, what capabilities are you interested in? These may be handy: Cloud-Specific Offerings From SAS https://www.sas.com/en_us/solutions/cloud-computing/on-providers/offerings.html Architecture of the SAS Cloud Analytic Services in SAS Viya https://support.sas.com/resources/papers/proceedings17/SAS0309-2017.pdf ... View more

Here are some resources that may help:  How to import SPSS data files into SAS https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Communities-Library/How-to-import-SPSS-data-files-into-SAS/ta-p/238581 Coming to SAS from SPSS https://support.sas.com/content/dam/SAS/support/en/books/62272-view-this-free-guide.pdf ... View more

Absolutely! We're here if you need us! ... View more

You might find some helpful tips here if you are on Office 365 https://blogs.sas.com/content/sasdummy/2018/11/29/sas-programming-office-365-onedrive/ ... View more

Welcome! You've certainly come to the right place! For starters, we'd recommend taking a peek at our Learn How to Use SAS page https://www.sas.com/en_us/learn.html for everything from e-learning to video tutorials.  You'll also find resources for training, certifications, academic programs and books!  A great place to start would be SAS Programming 1, not sure your preferred learning format but if you like e-learning, you can find free ones here https://www.sas.com/en_us/training/offers/free-training.html. Since you stated an interest in Data Science, here's a link to our SAS Academy for Data Science resources https://www.sas.com/en_us/training/academy-data-science.html. It lays out the suggested route when trying to determine which credential to go for.  Additional resources you may find handy: SAS Starter Kit https://www.sas.com/en_us/sas-starter-kit.html Learn Tutorials https://video.sas.com/detail/videos/getting-started-with-sas-studio/video/4573016765001/writing-a-basic-sas-program We hope this helps! Let us know if you additional questions and welcome to SAS! ... View more

This blog post provides some insights and it also links to some documentation on this topic https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/2013/12/25/sas-metadata-and-third-party-databases-an-faq/ Let us know if it helps!  ... View more

SAS Exam vouchers are provided with certain discounts or bundle packages. To learn more about some of the certification discounts we offer, please go to https://www.sas.com/en_us/certification/discounts.html#academic-discount We also offer a limited "Back to School" discount that you can learn more about here https://www.sas.com/en_us/certification/discounts/back-to-school-discount-offer.html For general Q&A for our certifications go to https://www.sas.com/en_us/certification/faq.html#a0979554-3dd9-4e17-a363-0eb63915c28a Good luck! ... View more