In reply to Gwen.

Hi Gwen,

SQL experience is not required to learn/use SAS. However, if you have SQL experience, there are ways you can use it inside SAS.

As far as learning resources, SAS has a bunch of tutorials and e-learnings for beginners and experienced programmers on our learn page https://support.sas.com/en/software/base-sas-support.html#get-started