SAS INTERVIEW QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 1. Compare SAP BO & SAS BI Criteria Deploying data for Presentation Ad hoc analysis Mobile BI Analytics Application
SAP BO High level of visualization, customerfriendly Very Good Very Good Good Predictive analytics Front-end suite to sort, view and analyze BI data
SAS BI Quick data integration with diverse sources Average Average Very Good Easy analytics Combining BI & Analytics for enterprise-grade data
2. Explain SUBSTR function? SUBSTR Function is used for extracting a string or replacing contents of character value.
3. Explain TRANSLATE function? TRANSLATE Function : Characters which are specified in a string are replaced by the characters specified by us.
4. Explain PROC SORT? PROC SORT sorts SAS data set by variables so that a new data set can be prepared for further use.
5. Explain PROC UNIVARIATE? PROC UNIVARIATE is used for elementary numeric analysis and will examine how data is distributed.
6. Explain APPEND procedure? APPEND means adding at the end so in terms of SAS we can say adding one sas data set to another sas data set.
7. Explain BMDP procedure? For analyzing data BMPD procedure is used.
8. Define RUN-Group processing?
RUN-Group processing is used to submit a PROC step using RUN statement without ending the procedure.Interested in a high-paying career in Big Data?
9. Explain BY-Group processing? BY statement is used by BY-Group processing so that it can process data which are indexed, grouped or ordered based on the variables.
10. What will CALENDAR procedure do? CALENDAR procedure will show data in a monthly calendar format from SAS dataset.