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Larry LaRussoMarch 16, 2016 0

Expert tips for returning attendees to SAS Global Forum 2016

In my last post, Expert tips for first-time attendees of SAS Global Forum 2016, I asked members of the SAS Global Users Group Executive Board what advice they had for users attending SAS Global Forum for the first time. In this post, they share tips for returning attendees. Each year,

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Programming Tips

Kevin RussellMarch 11, 2016 0

Using a pipe to return the output of an operating system command to SAS® software

Being able to access information about your operating system from within SAS can be incredibly useful. For example, if you have a directory that contains an unknown number of CSV files that you would like to read into SAS, you certainly would not want to have to write an IMPORT

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Data Management | Programming Tips

Nicolas RobertMarch 7, 2016 0

Data Governance Series: Share DataFlux Data Quality profiling metrics in SAS Visual Analytics (Part 2)

In this post, I continue the journey of getting data profiling results into SAS Visual Analytics. In my first blog I described the process of collecting DataFlux Data Quality profiling metrics to load a datamart. Now we load this datamart into memory (LASR) and then plug a VA report on

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Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Leonid BatkhanMarch 4, 2016 0

Data-driven SAS macro loops

In my previous post, Introducing data-driven loops, I suggested a way of implementing programming loops with a list of index variables pulled from an external data table. These ordinary programming loops iterate during code execution while processing some data elements of an input data table. SAS macro loops, on the

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Programming Tips

Edoardo RivaMarch 1, 2016 0

Avoid the pitfalls of parallel jobs

I recently received a call from a colleague that is using parallel processing in a grid environment; he lamented that SAS Enterprise Guide did not show in the work library any of the tables that were successfully created in his project. The issue was very clear in my mind, but

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SAS Events

Jennifer WallerFebruary 29, 2016 0

Ten things that excite me about SAS Global Forum 2016

It’s hard to believe, but SAS Global Forum 2016 is less than two months away. As chair of this year’s conference, I’ve been preparing for the event for nearly two years. Now, it’s right around the corner! Lately, I’ve been spending a lot of time reading and contributing to the

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SAS Events

Larry LaRussoFebruary 25, 2016 0

Expert tips for first-time attendees of SAS Global Forum 2016

SAS Global Forum 2016 is the largest gathering of SAS users in the world, with more than 5,000 data scientists, analytic professionals and business leaders expected for this year’s event at The Venetian in Las Vegas, April 18-21. While many users make the event a part of their professional development

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Programming Tips | SAS Administrators

Uttam KumarFebruary 22, 2016 0

Copy data to Hadoop using SAS Data Loader

The SAS Data Loader directive ‘Copy Data to Hadoop’ enables you to copy data from DBMS to Hadoop Hive tables. The SAS Data Loader for Hadoop can be configured to copy data from any external database which offers JDBC database connectivity. SAS Data Loader uses the Apache Sqoop™ and Oozie

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Programming Tips

Kim WilsonFebruary 19, 2016 0

Reasons to love PROC DS2

PROC DS2 (DS2) is a new SAS programming language that extends the power of the traditional DATA step. Some customers have wondered if this new functionality is simply the “DATA step on steroids,” meaning that we simply added more robust functionality so that it’s a replacement for the DATA step.

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Data Management | Programming Tips

Mary Kathryn QueenFebruary 17, 2016 0

DataFlux Data Management Server 2.7: REST APIs

REpresentational State Transfer (REST) is an architectural style for designing web services that access a system's resources using HTTP methods. With the release of DataFlux Data Management 2.7 earlier this year, three new REST Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) are now available: Data Management Server Batch Jobs Data Management Server Real-time

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Margaret CrevarFebruary 15, 2016 0

When can too much memory hurt SAS?

With memory being affordable now, we are constantly being asked by customers about doubling and tripling the amount of RAM that SAS recommends. More is better, right? Often, but we have found a specific scenario using SAS datasets where that is not the case. Remember, that increasing memory generally means a commensurate

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Data Management | Programming Tips

Nicolas RobertFebruary 11, 2016 0

Data Governance Series: Share DataFlux Data Quality profiling metrics in SAS Visual Analytics

This is my first blog post, and the first of a long series around Data Governance. The first thing I want to discuss is the ability to Share DataFlux Data Quality profiling metrics in SAS Visual Analytics. This post will illustrate how to extract profiling data from the DataFlux repository

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Programming Tips | SAS Administrators

Edoardo RivaFebruary 9, 2016 0

New year resolution: Don't let old stuff slow down your SAS Grid

As another year goes by, many people think about new year’s resolutions. It’s probably the third year in row that I’ve promised myself I’d start exercising in the fabulous SAS gym. Of course, I blame the recently concluded holiday season. With all the food-focused events, I couldn’t resist, ate way

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Programming Tips | SAS Administrators

Bobbie WagonerFebruary 8, 2016 0

Accessing the provided Relationship Report in SAS Visual Analytics 7.3

In SAS Visual Analytics 7.3, the usage reports accessed from the administrator includes a relationship report. This report provides very basic lineage and dependency information for selected object types. The data to populate this report comes from the middle-tier relationship service. Once you enable the collection and extraction of this

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Super Users in the Communities

Chris Hemedinger

Chris HemedingerFebruary 5, 2016 0

Super Users in the SAS Support Communities

There are SAS users, and then there are SAS Super Users in the SAS Support Communities. What makes a communities user "Super"? It's the Super Users that fly around the discussion boards -- answering questions and guiding other community members. They aren't just SAS experts; they are teachers as well,

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Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Leonid BatkhanFebruary 4, 2016 0

Introducing data-driven loops

Programming loops are a staple of any computer programming language. In essence, loops are what make programming languages so powerful. In all programming loops, a group of statements is executed repeatedly based on the value of an index variable that changes from one iteration to another. The iterations are continued

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SAS Events

Larry LaRussoFebruary 2, 2016 0

SAS Global Forum Executive Board: Shaping the conference experience for SAS users

SAS Global Forum is the premier worldwide event for SAS professionals. It brings nearly 5,000 users and executives from across the world together to share new techniques and technologies to help expand users’ SAS skills. But an event of this size (hundreds of presentations, dozens of workshops and several networking

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SAS Events

Larry LaRussoJanuary 29, 2016 0

Nominations for Chair of SAS Global Forum 2019 being accepted through Feb. 8

SAS Global Forum is an all-volunteer event, with SAS users from around the globe serving in a variety of roles to make the event happen. Still, no position is more impactful to the success of the conference than the SAS Global Forum Conference Chair. Its importance is highlighted by the

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Programming Tips | SAS Administrators

Gerry NelsonJanuary 26, 2016 0

What is going on with my Visual Analytics audit data archiving?

In my last blog (What is going on with my Visual Analytics audit data collection) I reviewed how middle-tier auditing works and where to look for logs to debug issues. In this follow up blog I will do the same for the Visual Analytics audit data archiving process. The archive process is

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SAS Events

Larry LaRussoJanuary 18, 2016 0

Junior Professional Program brings the SAS Global Forum experience to new users

This April, thousands of SAS users will converge on Las Vegas for the premier event for SAS professionals: SAS Global Forum. The event will attract users from across the globe; in every industry imaginable; and from countless government and academic institutions. It’s an excellent place to network with and learn

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Programming Tips

Kim WilsonJanuary 15, 2016 0

New year refresher on reshaping data

As support analysts in the SAS Technical Support division, we answer many phone calls from SAS customers. As members of the SAS Foundation team, we get questions that vary significantly in content from all of the areas that we support. We offer coding tips and suggestions as well as point

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Learn SAS | Programming Tips | SAS Administrators

Leonid BatkhanJanuary 13, 2016 0

SAS administrators tip: Keeping track of SAS users

If you are a SAS Administrator who is tasked with managing SAS users including adding and removing SAS users in the SAS Management Console, assigning (or re-assigning) them to Groups and Roles, maintaining their General information and user Accounts, then you know that when number of users grow, at some

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SAS Administrators

Larry LaRussoJanuary 8, 2016 0

Help for SAS administrators only a click away

If you install, update, manage or maintain a SAS deployment, you're a SAS administrator, and a very valuable resource for your organization. Every day, SAS users at your company depend on you to do their job. Being a SAS administrator is a critical and rewarding role, but it can sometimes be a lonely one as

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Programming Tips | SAS Administrators

Gerry NelsonDecember 29, 2015 0

What is going on with my Visual Analytics audit data collection?

In my last blog I discussed purging audit records from the Web Infrastructure Platform SharedServices database. The blog generated a fair bit of discussion around the SAS Visual Analytics auditing data gathering and archive process. So let’s take a step back and in this blog review how data collection for auditing works and

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SAS Events

John AmrheinDecember 21, 2015 0

"What's your major?" Thoughts about networking at SAS Global Forum

“What’s your major?” All of us recognize the cliché intro line from our years at university. It was the fail-safe, go-to remark to get a conversation started. The most difficult time when meeting someone socially is the first few moments. First impressions are important and the interactions we have during

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Programming Tips

Charley MullinDecember 18, 2015 0

Will indexing my SAS data sets help?

Will indexing my SAS data sets help? This is one of the most frequent questions I hear in SAS Technical Support. The response is always the same: “Maybe. Tell me about your data, and what you are doing with it.” Here is a primer on effective indexing. Indexing can improve

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Data Management | Programming Tips

Mary Kathryn QueenDecember 16, 2015 0

Matching Names: How to Avoid a Common Mistake

Sometimes when trying to fuzzy match names you want to fuzzy match just a portion of the name: for example, Family Name and/or Given Name. A common mistake that people make is to feed in the Family Name and Given Name columns separately into the Match Codes node instead of

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Kristen HaddockDecember 9, 2015 0

SAS user group reminders for the New Year

When clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve, the year won’t be the only thing that starts anew around here - January is right around the corner and the SAS Users Group support program starts fresh on January 1st 2016 as well. Auld Lang Syne Even if you were registered

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Programming Tips

Larry LaRussoDecember 7, 2015 0

Problem Solved: Highlights from your SAS Communities

"Where do you go to get help with SAS?" It's a question I've asked users more times than I can remember. Some will tell me they take a SAS class or call SAS Technical Support, but the most common answer is "colleagues." There's no doubt fellow users are a great resource, but if you're only relying on colleagues at your

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SAS Events

Jennifer WallerNovember 23, 2015 0

Giving Back – It’s What We Do

SAS Global Users Group and SAS have a history of giving back to the community where the conference is held. We think giving back is important. Conference attendees have played a big part in contributing to this effort every year. Over the years, the opportunities where attendees have been able

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