SAS Viya Training and Tutorial Review – USA 2021

SAS Viya is a cloud-enabled, in-memory analytics engine that uses elastic, scalable, and fault-tolerant processing to address complex analytical challenges. In this article, we will review some highly-requested SAS VIYA training and tutorials for the USA.

Here is a list of SAS Viya Trainings out there along with their reviews:

1. SAS Tutorial by SAS Users – YouTube Link

The SAS Tutorial by SAS Users is a 2 hour long course that teaches you how to deploy SAS Viya, explores SAS Studio environment, and much more.

The YouTube video is a perfect crash course for anyone looking to get started with SAS Viya and we give it a rating of 4/5 for being short and concise.

2. Machine Learning Using SAS Viya – Coursera

The Machine Learning Using SAS Viya is a 4-week course that takes you through the ins-and-outs of SAS Viya. The course structure is as follows:

• Week 1: Course Overview, Getting Started with ML using SAS Viya
• Week 2: Data Preparation and Algorithm Selection
• Week 3: Decision Trees and Ensemble of Trees
• Week 4: Neural Networks

The course can be audited for free or you can take the paid route to receive a certification. Since the course is offered by SAS itself and is highly detailed, we give it a rating of 4.8/5.

3. Using SAS Viya REST APIs with Python and R – Coursera

This is another course offered by SAS on Coursera that teaches you how to use the SAS Viya APIs to take control of SAS Cloud Analytic Services from a Jupyter Notebook using R or Python. The course structure is as follows:

• Week 1: Course Overview, SAS Viya and Open Source Integration
• Week 2: Machine Learning
• Week 3: Text Analytics, Deep Learning
• Week 4: Time Series, Image Classification, Factorization Machines

This course is great if you feel more comfortable using either Python or R for data analytics. We give it a rating of 4.2/5.

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