For the background to this series of summary posts see Altair SLC 2026 series: Introduction to posts.
Book links:
Book A: Advanced Altair SLC
Comparing Altair SLC with SAS Software
A-01 Run it once, publish it five ways
Run the analysis once. Publish it five ways.
ODS DOCUMENT captures the output of a procedure. PROC DOCUMENT replays it later to a different destination, in a different style, without running the analysis again.
It is one of the most useful things in the Output Delivery System, and one of the least used. Altair SLC supports it, and Book A works through a complete example.
The same chapter sets out where the ODS implementation in Altair SLC matches SAS software, and where it does not.
Advanced Altair SLC, chapter 2.
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Book B: Altair SLC for Business Users
Working with Altair SLC day to day
B-01 Altair SLC is a runtime, not an interface
Altair SLC is a runtime, not an interface.
That distinction matters, because there are several ways to reach it: Analytics Workbench, the command line, Visual Studio Code, a remote server, or another application driving it.
Book B lays the routes out plainly, so that a new user knows which one they are actually using, and why the same program can behave differently depending on how it was started.
Altair SLC for Business Users, sections 2.1 to 2.2.
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Book C: Altair SLC for Companies
The case, the cost and the migration
C-01 Why organisations are making the move
Why are organisations moving to Altair SLC?
Four reasons, and Book C gives the detail behind each. Cost, from a subscription model with a lower upfront commitment. Flexibility, from multi-language support for Python, R and SQL and an open architecture that fits an existing pipeline. A modern approach, with current machine learning and automation. And a comprehensive feature set under a single licence, rather than assembled from separately priced modules.
Written for the people who have to sign it off, not for the people who will use it.
Altair SLC for Companies, sections 3.1 to 3.2.
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See you in London for the SAS Users (SUGUKI) Meetup on October 4th.