SAS Enterprise Guide: for all of the hats that you wear, you're covered

Chris Hemedinger
Chris Hemedinger|May 7, 2013

Even though it’s been around for well over a decade, SAS Enterprise Guide was still a hot topic among attendees at SAS Global Forum this year. In the Technology Connection — the big session on Monday morning — SAS R&D staff used the conference agenda content to demonstrate the power [...]

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SAS Global Forum shows "Strength in Numbers"

Chris Hemedinger
Chris Hemedinger|April 29, 2013

What a conference so far… SAS Global Forum is now in full swing, and the two big sessions (Opening Session last night, and the Tech Session this morning) have been packed with impressive material. The attendees I’ve spoken with have been suitably impressed and enthused. You can view the sessions [...]

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SAS Global Forum Take-Out: Fast food for your SAS appetite

Chris Hemedinger
Chris Hemedinger|April 24, 2013

SAS Global Forum is like a BIG buffet of SAS knowledge, all served up in just a few days. There are so many good presentations and activities, but you cannot fit them all on your plate. You have to choose. To make the choices easier, the SAS Global Forum committee [...]

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The important people you meet at SAS Global Forum

Chris Hemedinger
Chris Hemedinger|April 16, 2013

In the SAS User Groups LinkedIn group, some generous “old timers” offer tips to the potentially shy newcomers for connecting with other SAS professionals at SAS Global Forum. Perhaps these folks remember their own introverted natures, and they want to encourage attendees to get the most out of their conference [...]

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Hats and apps on tap for my #SASGF13

Chris Hemedinger
Chris Hemedinger|February 4, 2013

When I travel to San Francisco in April for SAS Global Forum 2013, it will make my 12th time to attend the international SAS users group conference, and my 7th consecutive year. A lot of people assume that I automatically go every year, but the truth is that SAS employees [...]

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The makeup of SAS Global Forum

Chris Hemedinger
Chris Hemedinger|April 29, 2012

Question: What do John Travolta, Gina Davis, and I all have in common? (I mean, besides the obvious fact that we are all awesome dancers.) Answer: We have all had makeup applied by artist Roxie Stice. I was the host for two SAS Tech Talks, which were broadcast via Livestream [...]

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SAS Tech Talks LIVE from SAS Global Forum

Chris Hemedinger
Chris Hemedinger|April 18, 2012

For me, this will be a SAS Global Forum of many “firsts”. My first Closing Session. My first time attending as a staffer outside of SAS R&D (well, except for the chilly SUGI 21 in Chicago). And my first chance to host the SAS Tech Talk sessions, which will be [...]

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Doing more with SAS Enterprise Guide automation

Chris Hemedinger
Chris Hemedinger|April 17, 2012

Have you ever selected File->Schedule Project or Schedule->Process Flow in SAS Enterprise Guide? Are you curious about what magic these actions will trigger? Here’s what happens: SAS Enterprise Guide creates a VBScript program that contains the instructions to start SAS Enterprise Guide, load your project, run your project or flow, [...]

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The Heme-finder: Where I'll be during SAS Global Forum

Chris Hemedinger
Chris Hemedinger|April 11, 2012

I’m sorry to say that there will be no “Dummies around Me” smart phone app for SAS Global Forum this year. That means that if you want to catch up with me, you’ll have to do it the old-fashioned way: plan to be in the same place that I am, [...]

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I'm the last person you'll see at SAS Global Forum

Chris Hemedinger
Chris Hemedinger|March 7, 2012

A few years ago I had the privilege of presenting the last technical paper at SAS Global Forum. This year, conference chair Andy Kuligowski asked me to go one better than that, and present a talk at the official Closing Session. What will I talk about? That’s a mystery (maybe [...]

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