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SAS Visual Analytics 7.4 Exploration and Design Exam
Data Sources and Data Items
Use SAS Visual Data Builder to create queries from existing tables using joins,
aggregations, and column selections
Add tables to a query
Join tables
Select columns for a query
Set column data properties
Set the query properties
Filter data
Import data into SAS Visual Analytics
Import local data
Import server data (Oracle, Hadoop, SAS)
Import social media data
Differentiate between local, server, and social media data imports
Examine, modify, and create data items
Create and use parameterized data items
Examine data item properties and measure details
Change data item properties
Create custom sorts
Create distinct counts
Create aggregated measures
Create calculated items
Create hierarchies
Create custom categories
Select and work with data sources
Work with multiple data sources
Change data sources
Refresh data sources
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SAS Visual Analytics Explorer
Create, modify, and interpret automatic chart visualizations
Identify default visualizations
Identify the properties available in an automatic chart
Create, modify, and interpret graph and table visualizations
Work with list table visualizations
Work with crosstab visualizations
Work with bar chart visualizations
Work with line chart visualizations
Work with scatter plot visualizations
Work with bubble plot visualizations
Work with histogram visualizations
Work with box plot visualizations
Work with heat map visualizations
Work with geo map visualizations
Work with treemap visualizations
Work with correlation matrix visualizations
Enhance visualizations with analytics
Add fit lines to visualizations
Create forecasts
Interpret word clouds
Interact with visualizations and explorations
Control appearance of visualizations within explorations
Add comments to visualizations and explorations
Use filters on data source and visualizations
Share explorations
Share visualizations
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SAS Visual Analytics Designer
Create and modify list tables and crosstabs report objects
Create and modify tables
Create table display rules
Add sparklines
Create and modify crosstabs
Manipulate columns
Change properties for tables and crosstabs
Create hierarchies from a crosstab
Create and modify graph report objects
Create and modify bar charts, targeted bar charts, waterfall charts
Create and modify pie charts
Create and modify line charts
Create and modify scatter plots
Create and modify time series plots
Create and modify bubble plots
Create and modify treemap
Create and modify dual axis charts
Adjust properties for graphs
Create and modify controls, containers, and other objects
Create and modify geography maps
Understand how stored process objects work within report layout
Place report objects in containers
Add text report objects
Add image report objects
Create gauges
Set gauge measures & targets
Change gauge styles
Change gauge display rules
Share gauge display rules
Add controls to reports
Work with report layouts, filters, and interactions
Layout the report and sections
Move, duplicate, and import report objects
Add filters and ranks to report objects
Add section prompts and report prompts
Add interactions to reports
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Create and work with sections
Modify report properties and display rules
Work with parameters
Add links, alerts, and comments to reports
Add links within reports
Add links to other reports
Add external links
Add alerts to report object
Add comments to reports and report objects
Share and print reports
Distribute reports
Print reports
Email reports
Note: All 14 main objectives will be tested on every exam. The 86 expanded objectives are
provided for additional explanation and define the entire domain that could be tested.