So you want to install the Platform for SAS Business Analytics?

Scott Vodicka
Scott Vodicka|January 23, 2013

So you want to install the SAS Intelligence Platform on a server, but you just don’t have the time to read the documentation about how to perform the install.  Or, maybe, you just do not feel comfortable jumping into the install on your own. Let me give you a few [...]

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Updated SAS Business Intelligence training path now available

Eric Rossland
Eric Rossland|October 2, 2012

We have recently made a few changes to our training paths on http://support.sas.com/training. I thought that it might be helpful to explain the updated SAS Business Intelligence path. To help make it easier to find the training you need, the training path has been restructured to organize the courses by [...]

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Watch and learn: Save time with Task Templates

Brooke Fortson
Brooke Fortson|September 28, 2012

In this SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office Tip, instructor Rob McAfee teaches how to save steps with Task Templates.   Using Task Templates saves you time and ensures consistency when you are creating several similar reports and analysis. A Task Template allows you to easily save task options and settings and [...]

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SAS Information Map Studio: Include in the Default Query

Brooke Fortson
Brooke Fortson|September 21, 2012

SAS Instructor Lynn Matthews teaches how to use the include function in the default query in SAS Information Map Studio. This video demonstrates how adding the “include in the default query” option in Information Map Studio affects the default display of opening this information map directly in SAS Web Report [...]

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Save time by creating SAS Favorites

Brooke Fortson
Brooke Fortson|September 14, 2012

In this SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office Tip, instructor Rob McAfee teaches how to create and manage SAS Favorites.  Creating and using SAS Favorites allows you to save time by quickly navigating to the reports and analysis that you use the most. SAS Favorites can be created with just a [...]

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Watch and learn: How to use user-defined formats to define data items

Brooke Fortson
Brooke Fortson|September 7, 2012

SAS Instructor Lynn Matthews teaches how to use user-defined formats to define data items in SAS Information Map Studio. This video tip shows you how to take one column from your data source and show it three different ways.  This is going to be done without recoding your data or [...]

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How to create and customize SAS Styles

Brooke Fortson
Brooke Fortson|August 31, 2012

In this SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office Tip, instructor Rob McAfee teaches how to create and customize SAS Styles.  Using custom SAS Styles gives you greater control over the appearance of your results from the SAS add-in.  You can specify title fonts and styles, foreground and background colors, table appearance [...]

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Learn how to use the CASE function in SAS Information Map Studio

Brooke Fortson
Brooke Fortson|August 24, 2012

There are some situations where you need to create a new data item based on different conditions. To do this, you need to use the CASE statement available in the Expression Editor window.  Watch SAS Instructor, Lynn Matthews, give a step-by-step tutorial.   You can learn about this topic and more [...]

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The benefits of SAS Education's fast track courses

Brooke Fortson
Brooke Fortson|August 13, 2012

It was my pleasure to sit down and talk with Education Director Eric Rossland to get the inside scoop on our fast track courses.  This is an intense training format that is offered in the Business Intelligence, Data Management and Administration curricula.  The courses cover a hefty amount of content [...]

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Free SAS training - how can you resist?

Eric Rossland
Eric Rossland|July 13, 2012

SAS Education has released a free training course on What’s New in the SAS® Add-In 5.1 for Microsoft Office, SAS® Enterprise Guide® 5.1, and SAS® 9.3 Stored Processes. With this free training course you can stay up-to-date on the latest features and functionality in some of the most popular SAS Business [...]

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