It's generally easy to learn how to use SAS without extensive knowledge of how to use other types of data management software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I think the interface could be more visually appealing to make it even easier for beginners to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SAS Access provides option for processing of multiple file format.

It has very useful procedure/ functions e.g. SASSQL, Macro etc which makes programming easy & efficient.

It has multiple procedure for statistics and extensive reporting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

High License cost and unavailability of the community version of the software.

Not very efficient while working with huge file size. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy to use. Macros and SQL coding, export function and importing any kind of data sets helps to use SAS over broad platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

When data is large, and formatted data creates the problem in opening. So for this I have to make sure format is applied to data set. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SAS/ACCESS is a module which provides an easy method to connect to others database systems and allow integration of data extract/load via SAS programming. It's very simple to setup the connection to Impala and use all resources.

The performance and reliability is also a good advantage of using SAS/ACESS.

You can use DataSteps or Proc SQL for data munging inside SAS and create automatized processes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

This is a feature that make the connection to Impala very transparent using a libname so for security matters the developer needs to be always aware about where the data is being updated/loaded. Sometimes failures of communication between SAS server and Impala can happen and affecting the execution of processes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Excellent visualization tools such as heat maps, all in all, is an easy software because it does not require long training sessions (for the front end is very intuitive), everyone can do dashboard autonomously (once the programmer has prepared the cloud data and standard fields). An excellent feature that allows users to share comments directly on the charts (on the Qlik suite is not possible for example) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Licenses are expensive. SAS is not the most I intuitive. The security features, which seems more than adequate, are sometimes harder to use. It is not easy to see what amount of storage you are currently using with all the stacked data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love this application. It is very versatile and user friendly especially to those who are new to statistical analysis. It makes code user friendly and easy to write. The data visual are also easily digestible especially if you're looking to analyse large data sets Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes the application can stall especially when there is a lot of data to manipulate, but isn't this the case with all data analysis tools? Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like that SAS is very intuitive. For a new coder like me, SAS is clear about when you are making mistakes and where the errors are. It clearly highlights keywords and procedural words so that you know you are doing things correctly.

Additionally, there is a SAS page online that shows you how to do certain analyses. The step-by-step directions or videos show you how to complete each task and are very easy to follow for both novices and experts in coding. This is an amazing resource and I fully took advantage of it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The "help" function is not as useful as I would like. If I'm having trouble with my code in SAS, I am more likely to google my issue than to use the Help tab within SAS.

There are occasionally glitches that prevent me from having multiple tabs up at once, or from getting an output screen. In these instances, I have to close down SAS entirely and restart. Also, error messages don't always clearly show you the issue in your code, so a lot of troubleshooting is necessary to understand where you went wrong. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sas is a great platform for pulling and working with analytical data as a computer tech major. It has many functions and you can use SQL in SAS which gives another language to leverage in terms of functionality. It is helpful for school purposes and most likely useful in businesses. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The one thing I dislike is the layout of the software, it is very dull. Sometimes when working with large amounts of data, SAS takes forever to load and can sometimes crash which is very hard when working on an assignment and it wasn't previously saved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Good help available on SAS forum. Even other support forums are very active. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The interface could look a little better Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SAS has the capability to handle the large student record databases we use on a daily basis. SAS allows us to create foundational programming that analyzes data quickly. Once SAS programming language is learned users can create detailed programs that transform data in ways that are difficult to do manually. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SAS can be overwhelming for new users. It can have a steep learning curve depending on the users knowledge of programming. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.