Seven steps for avoiding (data) hangovers

In a production environment, where dozens of SAS programs are run in sequence, often monthly or quarterly, and where logs can span thousands of lines, it’s easy to overlook the small stuff that can cause data hangovers.  Recognize any of these? A temporary data set finds its way into subsequent [...]

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Running SAS PROCs on your Facebook friends

Contributed by Kirsten Hamstra, SAS Social Media Manager Prolific blogger and author of SAS for Dummies Chris Hemedinger knows maybe a little too much about his Facebook friends. Presenting his paper titled “Social Networking and SAS: Running PROCs on your Facebook Friends,” Chris shared basic techniques to analyze your friends [...]

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SAS Rock Star, World Champ, wife, mom and entrepreneur: What’s next?

I believe I would have interviewed AnnMaria De Mars even if you hadn’t sent me scads of e-mails and tweets suggesting her as a perfect candidate for the SAS Rock Stars series. I “met” AnnMaria when I started looking for SAS users on Twitter – nearly three years ago while [...]

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Rick Langston has SASonality

This is the fifth post in the SASonality series. In this week’s post, I’ve interviewed Rick Langston, a man most SAS users have met or read about. He’s been with SAS for 30 years and attended nearly every SUGI/SAS Global Forum. In the photo at the right, Rick is the [...]

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