SAS Global Forum 2013 is a couple weeks in the past, but the feedback and anticipation shared by customers as they heard about SAS 9.4 are still fresh in our minds here at SAS. As we put the final touches on the June release, the excitement we felt in San Francisco is still in the air.
To borrow a quote from Ron Burgundy in the movie Anchorman - "I don’t know how to put this, but SAS 9.4 is kind of a big deal." So why is SAS 9.4 a big deal? Read More
As we have seen my previous post "Seeing SAS data through metadata", there is a fundamental difference between accessing a SAS library using a physical reference or a metadata reference to that library. By now, you should now be an expert on the nuances of physical references to SAS data versus metadata references! This time, we are going to dive into one of the more subtle aspects of metadata library management: pre-assigned libraries. Read More
Ever heard your grandmother say when you were little: If you have your heart set in the right place, you can achieve anything you set out to do! That’s what SAS users tried to do at SAS Global Forum 2013 held at Moscone West, San Francisco. The conference had a heart, and it was filled with passionate people who were industrious, intelligent and loved challenges. Read More
Do you remember when CPU time was a high-priced commodity? "Today, if you are any good at what you do, the constrained resource is you," says Timothy Berryhill from Wells Fargo. Berryhill has years of experience with SAS on "many platforms and operating systems." He says there are several things you can do to save your time - and your company's money.
According to Berryhill, there are two very important things you can do to make the best of your time and those who look at your code later: Make sure your code is clear and correct. "To me, the main thing is correct. If the answers are wrong, it doesn't matter how you got there," he says.
Here are three of his tried-and-true tips:
Read 27 more of Berryhill's SAS tricks in his paper, "30 in 20 things you may not know about SAS."
In today's fast-paced, jam-packed work day, many people answer email and read reports after business hours. And more and more, they're doing those things on a smartphone or tablet. How are your users accessing and using your reports? Statistics South Africa has found that their end-users would prefer a mobile environment for accessing reports, so it has moved to a mobile BI platform. Read More
Google holds the gold standard for maps and we have heard our users loud and clear. SAS will introduce enhanced mapping features in SAS Visual Analytics Explorer, SAS/GRAPH®, and other products. Read More
Rick Styll from SAS presents the latest features of SAS® Enterprise Business Intelligence which include improved dashboards, navigation and better integration with Excel and email clients. Read More
Stephen Overton from Overton Technologies, LLC discusses the features of OLAP technology in business intelligence reporting. Read More
According to research, less than half of an organization's data is structured data; nearly 80 percent is unstructured data that may come from social media, customer letters, web pages, invoices and freeform survey answers. Getting the information you need from that data can be a quick and automated experience or it can be long and painful. Alberta Parks is opting for quick and automated. Read More
Justin Choy from SAS presents an overview of best practices for providing data to clients and users while also maintaining analytic integrity of models and processes. Read More
