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SAS Credentials and Exams

SAS offers professional certifications validating a candidate's knowledge within programming, data warehousing, and predictive modeling. Designed in tracks, each certification will require the successful completion of one or more exams to earn a credential.

1. Programming Certification

Successful programmers know the value of developing efficient code to solve business problems and derive accurate answers. SAS offers two credentials for SAS programmers worldwide to validate their expertise.

A. SAS Certified Base Programmer Credential for SAS 9

Required Experience

  • Successful candidates should have experience in programming and data management using SAS 9 and should be able to
  • import and export raw data files
  • manipulate and transform data
  • combine SAS data sets
  • create basic detail and summary reports using SAS procedures
  • identify and correct data, syntax and programming logic errors.

B. SAS Certified Advanced Programmer Credential for SAS 9

  • The formerly offered SAS Base Programming Exam can be substituted for the SAS Base Programming
  • Exam for SAS 9. Required Experience
  • Successful candidates should have experience in programming and data management using SAS 9 and should be able to import and export raw data files
  • manipulate and transform data
  • combine SAS data sets
  • create basic detail and summary reports using SAS procedures
  • identify and correct data, syntax and programming logic errors.

2. Data Warehousing Certification

Data warehousing is vital to the success of businesses across the globe, and insures one version of the truth across the enterprise. SAS offers two credentials for SAS data warehouse professionals worldwide to validate their design and implementation expertise.

  • SAS Advanced Programming Exam for SAS 9
  • The formerly offered SAS Advanced Programming Exam can be substituted for the SAS Advanced
  • Programming Exam for SAS 9.
  • Required Experience
  • Successful candidates should have experience in programming and data management using SAS 9 and should be able to use advanced DATA step programming statements
  • use efficiency techniques to solve complex problems
  • write and interpret SAS SQL code
  • create and use the SAS MACRO facility

3. Predictive Modeling Certification

Predictive modeling enables businesses to create a model to predict an outcome. SAS offers a credential for predictive modelers worldwide to validate their expertise.

Required Experience

Successful candidates for this exam should have at least one year of experience with data mining and at least six months of experience with SAS Enterprise Miner 5.2. The successful candidates should know how to use SAS Enterprise Miner 5.2 to prepare data, construct predictive models, assess models, and implement models.

4. ITIL Manager's Certificate in IT Service Management

Inventes Institute and SAS have joined forces to provide IT managers with the skills they need to align their IT demands with their business demands.

The ITIL Manager's Certificate in IT Service Management provides you with internationally recognized credentials that show you have clearly demonstrated your ability to implement and manage the overall IT Service provision.
Program details

Co-sponsored event from Inventes Institute and SAS

Only available to IT and business professionals who have already successfully completed ITIL Foundation Manager's Certificate in IT Service Management

Consists of 14 days of training and testing over a 12-15 week period

Training materials incorporate the latest in industry concepts, standards, best practices, and implementation approaches

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