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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Running PROCs on Your Facebook Friends (2011 version)

Chris Hemedinger
Chris Hemedinger|April 3, 2011

While talking to fellow SAS users at SAS Global Forum 2011 this week, I’ll be discussing how SAS programmers can “play” with social media data that they can access on Facebook and Twitter. I always refer people to my blog for more information, and so I’ve prepared this blog post [...]

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SAS programmers: meet Twitter

Chris Hemedinger
Chris Hemedinger|March 31, 2011

“Twitter, thou art nought but data.” So sayeth the SAS programmer. Many data analysts now recognize Twitter for what it is: a tremendous source of data covering almost any topic, from Justin Bieber’s hair to political uprisings to technical conferences to company brands. SAS offers sophisticated solutions to harness this [...]

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An archeological breakthrough: Early SAS conference proceedings

Chris Hemedinger
Chris Hemedinger|March 21, 2011

In the computer software industry, 35 years is like an eon. I mean, 35 years ago, the computing power that I carry around within my mobile phone didn’t even exist all in one place; but if it did, it would have filled an entire building. That’s why the recent posting [...]

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Setting the stage for SAS Global Forum

Chris Hemedinger
Chris Hemedinger|March 17, 2011

SAS Global Forum 2011 just over two weeks away. The R&D and product management teams are preparing the demos to show on stage during the highly-visible opening sessions. A tremendous amount of work goes into planning the program. It’s great to see what they come up with. When it comes [...]

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You're the World's Expert

Chris Hemedinger
Chris Hemedinger|October 4, 2010

Space is big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it’s a long way down the road to the drug store, but that’s just peanuts to space. – Douglas Adams, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy SAS is big. It’s not quite [...]

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