It is obvious, that SAS Enterprise Miner (EM) brings a lot of benefits to data miners, statisticians and data analysts. However, in inexperienced hands, EM may become a dangerous tool.

Check if the following true:

 "Going from raw data to accurate, business-driven data mining models becomes a seamless and efficient process with SAS Enterprise Miner..."

  "Enterprise Miner provides advanced predictive and descriptive modeling tools and algorithms."

  "Model your data by allowing the software to search automatically for a combination of data that reliably predicts a desired outcome."

  "Complex mining techniques are carried out in a totally code-free environment, allowing you to concentrate on the visualization of the data, discovery of new patterns, and new questions to ask."

I am sure that I didn't mention here all "dangerous turns", but those that I mentioned - are extremely important for successful deploying of EM. If you have more to add - send me your comments to publish, or enter our Forum do discuss it with others.

All quotations are taken from: http://www.sas.com/technologies/analytics/datamining/miner/index.html and http://www.sas.com/technologies/analytics/datamining/miner/semma.html