Jedi SAS Tricks: FUNC(y) Formats

Mark Jordan
Mark Jordan|May 10, 2012

In the previous episode, we built our own custom SAS function – a masterful trick indeed. Gordon Keener, a developer here at SAS, responded exuberantly “You think that’s cool? – try THIS!” and proceeded to demonstrate prodigious powers with the SAS by using a custom function in a custom informat [...]

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Automatic program execution

Linda Jolley
Linda Jolley|August 22, 2011

Dear Miss SAS Answers, We recently upgraded to SAS 9.2 (PC Version) and now when I double click on the SAS icon on the desktop, the program automatically executes rather than simply opening in the program editor. How do I change this so that double-clicking the desktop icon equals open [...]

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The Human Side of Statistical Process Control: Three Applications of SAS/QC You Might Not Have Thought About

Catherine Truxillo
Catherine Truxillo|March 22, 2011

When you think of statistical process control, or SPC for short, what industry first comes to your mind? In the past 10 or 15 years, diverse industries have begun to standardize processes and administrative tasks with statistical process control. While the top two bars of the industrial Pareto chart are [...]

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Good News for Map Geeks--SAS/GRAPH Mapping Course is Finally Here!

Mike Kalt
Mike Kalt|March 21, 2011

Growing up in Michigan, I, like all state residents, learned early on that the lower peninsula of Michigan is shaped like a mitten. This piece of information has served me well all my life; whenever I meet a stranger who wants to know where in Michigan I grew up, I [...]

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Can SAS/GRAPH Get You a Gig in Vegas?

Mike Kalt
Mike Kalt|March 1, 2011

A few months ago I wrote a blog entry titled “SAS/GRAPH “SG” Procedures–Not Just for Statisticians!” It was so well received that I was invited to open for Celine Dion at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas! Well, not really, but I was invited (along with co-blogger Cynthia Zender) to give [...]

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Weekday Morning Quick-trick: How to Score from PROC VARCLUS

Catherine Truxillo
Catherine Truxillo|December 2, 2010

Have you used multivariate procedures in SAS and wanted to save out scores? Some procedures, such as FACTOR, CANDISC, CANCORR, PRINCOMP, and others have an OUT= option to save scores to the input data set. However, to score a new data set, or to perform scoring with multivariate procedures that [...]

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Jedi SAS Tricks: Custom Bookmarks

Mark Jordan
Mark Jordan|November 19, 2010

I was building a nice little PDF report the other day.  I love the way ODS PDF replicates the SAS Results window navigation structure as PDF bookmarks, but… I’d much rather write the text for the bookmarks myself.  So, I decided to "use the SAS" and make ODS do my [...]

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