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Christina HarveyOctober 2, 2013 0

Parallel processing in SAS: when and how to use it

Do your SAS programs read extra-large volumes of data? Do they run multiple DATA steps and procedures one after the other for hours at a time? Two papers from MWSUG 2013 show how you can speed up those long-running SAS jobs. Although their approaches and environments differed, both authors made

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Data Management | SAS Events

Christina HarveySeptember 24, 2013 0

7 tips for creating cleaner data sets

Although she’s an analyst, Anca Tilea estimates that she spends 80% of her time cleaning data. Tilea and co-author Deanna Chyn shared seven of their favorite methods for checking, cleaning and restructuring data. Attendees at MWSUG 2013 got a bonus tip: Ask SAS peers in one of the SAS Support

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Christina HarveySeptember 23, 2013 0

SAS Regional Users Groups--a note of thanks

I’m here at MWSUG 2013 soaking up the regional experience. After spending a couple of days in Columbus, I’m seeing first-hand how much users care about working with SAS software and about being part of the SAS community. It’s been a great conference so far—-presentations are packed! Walking through the

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Natalie MeyerSeptember 23, 2013 0

Take a second look! Best papers Global Forum 2013

When we announced the SAS Global Forum 2013 Best Contributed Paper winners on our blog, the response was huge! I asked the authors to comment on whether or not their paper topics had any broader applications. The response was overwhelmingly positive. Seems like these winning SAS findings are Swiss army

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SAS Administrators

Side-by-side diagrams of SAS 9.3 and SAS 9.4 middle tier architectures

Christina HarveySeptember 19, 2013 0

SAS 9.4 middle tier architecture: need a map?

My family are all Lord of the Rings Trilogy fans. As a novice in the world of SAS administration, I find discussing the SAS middle tier architecture a little like traveling through Middle Earth. For me, it’s new and fascinating terrain. And like other travelers, I would find it useful

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Christina HarveySeptember 12, 2013 0

What’s happening with SAS regional users groups?

One of our readers asked if we could explain some of the thinking behind SAS’ recent decision to modify its support for US regional users groups. Over the past five to ten years, users have been telling SAS they need more targeted, more local and more immediate types of support, especially technical

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SAS Administrators

Gail BakerSeptember 11, 2013 0

SAS 9.4 webinar: What's new for SAS administrators

Please register and join SAS Product Manager Amy Peters on September 26 at 1:00 pm ET for a SAS Talks webinar: SAS 9.4: What's New for SAS Administrators. This SAS Talks webinar is laser-focused on enhancements and changes that will interest SAS administrators. Specifically, Amy will highlight how the new

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Natalie MeyerSeptember 9, 2013 0

SAS conferences offer opportunities for students and young professionals

If you're a student or young professional, you're in luck! I've compiled a cheat-sheet of the grants, scholarships and mentorship programs offered at SAS Users Group conferences. Why attend a conference in the first place? Simple. You can increase your SAS knowledge, network with experienced SAS professionals and generally improve

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SAS Administrators

Christina HarveySeptember 4, 2013 0

Installing SAS 9.4--three videos that can help

Some handy folks at SAS got together and created a series of videos to help you get started with the SAS 9.4 installation. It starts with the basics that explain what you should do with your Software Order Email. Step two provides videos for creating or moving the software depot.

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Michelle HomesSeptember 3, 2013 0

SASuser power!

SASuser power! Does this phrase conjure up any images for you? I visualize SAS users across the globe, addressing messy data, combating fraud, and making use of business analytics to provide insight and add business value for organizations around the world. We, SASusers are powerful! With the Potential of One

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Tricia AanderudAugust 30, 2013 0

You're invited to St. Pete for SESUG!

Fall is rolling around, which means time to plan and attend at least SAS regional conferences. I’m heading to the Southeastern SAS User’s Group (SESUG) conference in beautiful St. Petersburg, Florida. While I do love the conference, they had me at St. Pete Beach!

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SAS Administrators

Margaret CrevarAugust 28, 2013 0

Looking for a clustered file system for SAS Grid?

With the popularity of SAS Grid Manager, this question often comes up: which clustered or shared file system should we use with the multiple nodes of the SAS Grid? This is a question that needs to be thought through very carefully because the amount of time and effort to fix

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Natalie MeyerAugust 26, 2013 0

5 Reasons to attend MWSUG

With registration for the Midwest SAS Users Group well underway, I reached out to conference chair George Hurley to get the scoop on what makes MWSUG a can’t-miss event for SAS users. As a veteran MWSUG attendee, he’s an absolute expert in what makes it such a rewarding opportunity for

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SAS Administrators

Christina HarveyAugust 21, 2013 0

SAS 9.4 metadata cluster: what and why?

Over the past few releases, SAS has offered high availability for servers through various failover techniques. So I’ve been wondering how metadata clustering differs and why does SAS 9.4 provide it. The “why” is an easy question to answer. Today’s SAS software is used in a wide array of business-critical applications

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Marje FechtAugust 19, 2013 0

SAS Global Forum 2014. . . a global show and share!

Remember being young and bursting with anticipation of the next show and tell? You knew you had something really amazing to share, and you wanted your classmates to see or hear it. Get ready for that same feeling of excitement and anticipation. Because it’s back. On a much bigger, global

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Data Management

Fiona McNeillAugust 16, 2013 0

Need help with Data Management?

I'm happy to announce the SAS Data Management support community has a new look and feel! And there’s lots of additional content and resources now too. The SAS Data Management community on support.sas.com is a central hub for anyone interested in SAS data access, integration, quality and governance. Community Manager

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SAS Administrators

Wendy McHenryAugust 14, 2013 0

Four ways to schedule SAS tasks

What do you do all day long? I spend my time speaking with customers about what’s new in SAS 9.4, answering technical questions, and showing new users what they can do in SAS. You might spend your time on SAS data management tasks such as bringing in data and joining

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Natalie MeyerAugust 13, 2013 0

What's new for NESUG 2013

As the NorthEast SAS Users Group (NESUG) approaches, I sat down with NESUG volunteer and Executive Committee member Sue Douglass to discuss all the features of this year’s conference and why SAS users can’t wait to register. This year, they’re offering over 125 papers, expanded preconference training sessions and perennial

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Christina HarveyAugust 7, 2013 0

Updated deployment tool for SAS hot fixes

An updated version of the SAS Hot Fix Analysis, Download and Deployment Tool (SASHFADD) has just been released on the SAS Technical Support Hot Fix site. If you are not familiar with SASHFADD (pronounced SAS-H-F-ADD), it’s a tool that will analyze a SAS 9.2, SAS 9.3 or SAS 9.4 deployment

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Buffie SilvaAugust 5, 2013 0

Celebrating Circle of Excellence members

Celebrations happen throughout the year. Here at SAS, we like to celebrate our users. The global Circle of Excellence program was started a little over a year ago to achieve this goal. We have been getting stories from you guys and posting them. Well, a new group for 2013 has

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Natalie MeyerAugust 2, 2013 0

Don’t trust the data: Advice from Best Paper winners

Missing San Francisco already? I caught up with the SAS Global Forum 2013 paper winners and asked them to share some of their insights about their work, the conference and what they took away from the experience. To kick off this series, I've posted their words of wisdom for other SAS Users. The question was

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SAS Administrators

Margaret CrevarJuly 31, 2013 0

Tuning SAS performance in a virtual environment

Users often ask if there are any major tuning efforts that need to be made in order for SAS to execute ideally in a virtual environment. The quick answer is "not really". The longer answer is “it helps to set up your virtual environment properly.” There are a few minor

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Amy PetersJuly 24, 2013 0

Capturing the number of logins per SAS user

Christina Harvey recently forwarded this question from SAS user Bob Wasicak to several administrators here at SAS: “Does the metadata layer capture the number of login's per user? And how can I get at it? I have been using the metadata browser but would like to write a query to extract

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Natalie MeyerJuly 22, 2013 0

Top 10 reasons for presenting a conference paper

Professional development, popularity, untold fame: the benefits of submitting a paper to a SAS conference are certainly varied and widespread! In a recent SAS Users LinkedIn discussion started by David Corliss, avid SAS users and former presenters discussed their motivations for writing, researching and presenting papers. From the many wonderful

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Katie StrangeJuly 19, 2013 0

Share your knowledge. Submit your ideas. Make a difference.

SAS Global Forum is a three-day, education-focused and energy-packed conference – created by SAS users, for SAS users. Next year’s event will be in Washington D.C., March 23-26. Featuring the best and brightest SAS users and experts from all over the globe, SAS Global Forum 2014 offers the SAS community the chance

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SAS Administrators

Christina HarveyJuly 17, 2013 0

Guide to SAS user IDs and password rules

I love tables. As a writer, there's nothing more satisfying to me than distilling complicated information into neat rows and columns. That's one of the features that caught my eye in SAS User ID and Password Usage Rules. The other is its potential usefulness for SAS administrators who manage SAS

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Christina HarveyJuly 12, 2013 0

Where to learn more about SAS 9.4

SAS® 9.4--Enable, simplify and innovate with more deployment options! July 10 marked the beginning of the "SAS 9.4 Era"--the next step in the evolution of SAS. This newest platform release offers product enhancements galore, more deployment choices than ever, simplified administration and more. I thought you might find it useful

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SAS Administrators | SAS Events

Amy PetersJuly 10, 2013 0

SAS Environment Manager: The buzz around SAS 9.4

I don’t think people typically think of administration as a fun thing, but it really was fun talking to SAS administrators at SAS Global Forum this year. There seemed to always be a crowd around the administration demo station. We had quite a few super demos and papers, and we

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Programming Tips | SAS Events

Christina HarveyJuly 8, 2013 0

A Day in the Life: Inspiration for your next paper

Four authors. Four papers. One set of data. The month of August and the 2014 Call for Content are just around the corner, and this seems like a good time to share a little inspiration and innovation. The Foundations and Fundamentals paper section at SAS Global Forum 2013 featured a four-part

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SAS Administrators

Edoardo RivaJuly 3, 2013 0

Help, I lost my SAS server again!

In my last post, I introduced the hardware solutions (such as a virtual IP switch or IP load balancer) that enable client applications to access services regardless of whether they are running on a primary or a failover server in a grid-enabled environment configured with high availability. In this post,

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