Duration
3 days
Overview
This course provides students with the essential knowledge to perform the job functions of a SAS platform administrator.
Learn how to
- administer and back up the SAS metadata
- administer SAS servers
- monitor, log, and troubleshoot SAS servers
- administer users, groups, and roles
- set up data access
- secure metadata.
Who Should Attend
Platform administrators
Prerequisite
Before attending this course, you should attend the Getting Started with the Platform for SAS Business Analytics course or have equivalent experience.
This course addresses SAS Analytics Platform, SAS Management Console software.
Course Outline
Reviewing the Platform for SAS Business Analytics
- the platform for SAS Business Analytics overview
- exploring the platform administrator role
- exploring the client tier, middle tier, server tier, and data tier
Administering the SAS Environment
- exploring the platform administrator tasks
Administering and Backing Up the Metadata
- exploring the metadata server
- exploring SAS metadata objects
- exploring metadata repositories
- backing up your system
Administering SAS Servers
- exploring SAS servers and spawners
- operating SAS servers and spawners
Monitoring, Logging, and Troubleshooting SAS Servers
- monitoring SAS servers and spawners
- logging SAS servers and spawners
- troubleshooting SAS servers and spawners
Administering Users, Groups, and Roles
- administering users and groups
- administering logins
- administering roles
Setting Up Data Access
- registering libraries and tables in the metadata
- updating table metadata
- setting up data access
- troubleshooting data access
Securing Metadata
- introducing metadata security
- exploring metadata permissions
- securing content in the folder tree
Case Study
- preventing users from storing credentials
- setting up new users
Leaning More
- identifying SAS resources
- beyond this course
Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.