The PROC step consists of PROC statements that call upon name procedures to perform analysis. These programs have a DATA step which retrieves and manipulates data and usually creating a SAS data set and a PROC step to analyze the data. Further developed in the 1980s and 1990s with additions such as new statistical procedures, additional components, and the introduction of JMP SAS continues to hold the largest share in advanced analytics at 36.2 percent of the market back in 2012, while having the fifth largest market share of BI software with a share of 6.9 percent.Ī software suite that can mine, manage, alter, and retrieve data from many sources with the ability to perform statistical analysis on it, SAS provides a graphical point and click user interface for users that are not very technical while also providing more advanced options through the SAS programming language. It was developed at North Carolina State University from the mid 1960s to the mid 1970s when SAS Institute was still incorporated. A software suite developed by SAS Institute for advanced analytics, business intelligence, predictive analytics, and data management SAS ( Statistical Analysis System) is the largest market share holder for advanced analytics.