Hi:
If you are take the Programming 1 class on the SAS e-learning servers, then inside the class, at the top of the List of Lessons or Table of Contents, there is a section entitled "Course Overview and Data Setup (REQUIRED)". You'll need to click into that section.
Then, once inside the Course Overview and Data Setup section, you should see the e-learning topics on the left side of the screen, as shown below:
Note that one of the topics on the left is titled "Setting Up Your Practice Files (REQUIRED)" and when you click that topic, you'll see a screen with several Open buttons. If you are going to use the internal Virtual Lab (the first link), then you do not need a zip file. The data are already created for you if you use the Virtual Lab. The other methods each have separate instructions under the Open button. A link to the zip file you need will be contained in these instructions. Warning -- the instructions are NOT interchangeable! For example, you can't use the Enterprise Guide instructions with SAS OnDemand for Academics and vice versa, you can't use SAS OnDemand instructions with Enterprise Guide.
There are some other platforms that host Programming 1, such as LinkedIn and Coursera. If you are taking the class under one of those platforms, there should be a similar topic at the top of the list of lessons or weeks or chapters, with instructions for how to make the data for class.
Cynthia
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