G2

Niranjan K.

Research Assisstant

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

Originally submitted 4/4/2018

"Great for data transformation"

4/5

What do you like best about SAS/ETS?

It is a great software to manipulate your data, especially for working with large datasets or claims data which requires a lot of transformation and retransformation. It borrows and allows procedures from other languages like SQL which makes it easier to work with. It runs faster than many other programs like R and STATA. The ETS and other packages are great for carrying out specific tasks like ETS time series modelling. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SAS/ETS?

The survey procedure is not adequate. They could adapt a lot from Stata. Where performing final analysis is much easier than SAS. Another big problem with this program is that it does not allow user-written procedures or packages which other programs like R or STATA do. The only workaround is the use of macros which are not as easy and intuitive as the user-written procedures. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering SAS/ETS:

It is a great software to manipulate your data, especially for working with large datasets or claims data which requires a lot of transformation and retransformation. It borrows and allows procedures from other languages like SQL which makes it easier to work with. In all, it works great for most of your data analytic needs; it does not, however, allow user-written procedures. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SAS/ETS solving and how is that benefiting you?

Mainly academic work related to the analysis of healthcare-related large databases. We mainly use it for working with large claims data and working with large national survey data, creating analytical datasets, etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.