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Matt ScicchitanoDecember 22, 2021 0

Invest in a rapidly growing currency…skills

It feels like yesterday that we were signing a contract with a new vendor, Acclaim, to provide digital badging services for our SAS Certification candidates. That was over five years ago. Since then, Acclaim joined forces with another market leader and became part of Credly. SAS has expanded our badging

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Programming Tips

Ron CodyDecember 16, 2021 0

Summarizing data

Because it is near the end of the year, I thought a blog about "Summarizing" data might be in order. For these examples, I am going to use a simulated data set called Drug_Study, containing some categorical and numerical variables. For those interested readers, the SAS code that I used

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Programming Tips

Marcia SurrattDecember 10, 2021 0

How to view CAS tables in SAS® Studio

CAS libraries enable you to access your CAS data. By defining the librefs for those caslibs in SAS Studio, you can have more interactive access to the CAS data.

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Cloud | Programming Tips | SAS Administrators

Anthony KanDecember 6, 2021 0

A Novice Perspective on SAS Viya Deployment

This post is written in the hopes of easing the SAS Viya deployment process for novices like me. Firstly, deploying SAS Viya, like most enterprise software packages, isn't a skill we're innately born with. We're going to need a little help, some good documentation, and time to absorb the intricoes

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Programming Tips

Lora D. DelwicheDecember 3, 2021 0

Using variable names with special characters

When we wrote the sixth edition of The Little SAS Book: A Primer, one of our goals was to write it for all SAS programmers regardless of which interface they use for coding: SAS Studio, SAS Enterprise Guide, the SAS windowing environment, or batch. This is harder than it sounds.

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Advanced Analytics | Internet of Things

Nick JohnsonDecember 2, 2021 0

4 ways to make better, faster decisions with enterprise decision management from SAS Viya on Azure

SAS and Microsoft empower you to make better, faster decisions with unique enterprise decision management.

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Banking | Insurance | Retail

Programming Tips

Ron CodyNovember 16, 2021 0

Creating Simulated Data Sets (Part Two)

This blog is a continuation of a previous blog that discussed creating simulated data sets. If you have not seen it, you might want to review it, especially if you are not familiar with the RAND function. The program that I'm going to show you simulates a drug study with

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Data Visualization

Cindy WangNovember 10, 2021 0

How do people divide their time among daily activities?

SAS' Cindy Wang uses SAS Visual Analytics to explore how people around the world spend their days.

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Programming Tips

Pedro PucheNovember 9, 2021 0

How I used a SAS ML model and Intelligent Decisioning to build a calculator

If you are thinking that nobody in their right mind would implement a Calculator API Service with a machine learning model, then yes, you’re probably right. But considering curiosity is in my DNA, it sometimes works this way and machine learning is fun. I have challenged myself to do it,

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Analytics | SAS Administrators

Erik PearsallNovember 4, 2021 0

SAS Enterprise Session Monitor - Obsessing over Observability

Think about what a modern implementation of SAS looks like for a customer. Programmers rely on robust environments to run the models and programs that answer business questions. These environments can be different for platforms like SAS® 9 and SAS® Viya®. They can be deployed across distributed servers, either on

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Programming Tips

Ron CodyNovember 2, 2021 0

Creating Simulated Data Sets

There are times when it is useful to simulate data. One of the reasons I use simulated data sets is to demonstrate statistical techniques such as multiple or logistic regression. By using SAS random functions and some DATA step logic, you can create variables that follow certain distributions or are

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Programming Tips

Mike GillilandOctober 29, 2021 0

Additional statistical capabilities in the containerized deployment of SAS Analytics Pro

SAS Analytics Pro consists of three core elements of the SAS system: Base SAS®, SAS/GRAPH® and SAS/STAT®. The containerized deployment option adds the full selection of SAS/ACCESS engines making it even easier to work with data from virtually any source.

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Programming Tips

Xavier BizouxOctober 28, 2021 0

Creating a React web app using SAS Viya

From articles I've read on the web, it is clear that data is gold in the twenty-first century. Loading, enriching, manipulating and analyzing data is something in which SAS excels. Based on questions from colleagues and customers, it is clear end-users are willing to display data handled by SAS outside

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Programming Tips

Kim WilsonOctober 20, 2021 0

Debugging a stored-process problem

Have you ever submitted a stored process, and instead of the expected output, you saw errors or no output at all? Depending on how you submit the stored process, various logs are available to assist you with debugging. This article provides guidance for understanding which situations call for which logs, where to find each log, and what you should look for in each log.

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Data Management | Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Leonid BatkhanOctober 14, 2021 0

Introducing TRIMS function to remove any leading and/or trailing characters from SAS strings

Leonid Batkhan introduces multipurpose TRIMS function that removes any leading, trailing or both leading and trailing characters from SAS strings.

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Programming Tips

Ron CodyOctober 13, 2021 0

Encrypting Data Using SAS

There are many reasons why you might want to encrypt data. I use a SAS program to encrypt a list of logon names and passwords. Before we get started describing how to encrypt data, let's discuss some basic concepts concerning encrypting and decrypting data. All computer data is stored as

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Advanced Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Internet of Things

Nick JohnsonOctober 12, 2021 0

Your guide for analyzing real time data with streaming analytics from SAS® Viya® on Azure

This article was co-written by Jane Howell, IoT Product Marketing Leader at SAS. Check out her blog profile for more information. As artificial intelligence comes of age and data continues to disrupt traditional industry boundaries, the need for real-time analytics is escalating as organizations fight to keep their competitive edge.

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Programming Tips

Peter Styliadis

Peter StyliadisOctober 8, 2021 0

CAS-Action! Executing the SAS DATA Step in SAS Viya

Just because you are using CAS actions doesn't mean you can forget about the powerful SAS DATA step. The dataStep.runCode CAS action is here! Welcome back to my SAS Users blog series CAS Action! - a series on fundamentals. I've broken the series into logical, consumable parts. If you'd like

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Learn SAS | Programming Tips

SAS JediSeptember 30, 2021 0

Jedi SAS Tricks: 5 Ways to Make Your SAS Code Run Faster

Tired of waiting for answers? Then make your SAS code run faster with these 5 tips.

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Programming Tips

Peter Styliadis

Peter StyliadisSeptember 28, 2021 0

CAS-Action! Executing SQL in SAS Viya

SQL is an important language for any programmer working with data. In SAS Cloud Analytic Services (CAS) you can execute SQL queries using the fedSQL.execDirect CAS action! Welcome back to my SAS Users blog series CAS Action! - a series on fundamentals. I've broken the series into logical, consumable parts.

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Programming Tips

Peter Styliadis

Peter StyliadisSeptember 23, 2021 0

CAS-Action! Simply Distinct - Part 2

In my previous post CAS-Action! Simply Distinct - Part 1 I reviewed using the simple.distinct CAS action to explore distinct and missing values in a distributed CAS table. Welcome back to my SAS Users blog series CAS Action! - a series on fundamentals. I've broken the series into logical, consumable

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Programming Tips

Ron CodySeptember 21, 2021 0

Fuzzy Matching

The term "fuzzy matching" describes a method of comparing two strings that might have slight differences, such as misspelling or a middle initial in a name included or not included. One of my favorite functions to compare the "closeness" of two strings is the SPEDIS (spelling distance) function. Have you

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Programming Tips

Peter Styliadis

Peter StyliadisSeptember 15, 2021 0

CAS-Action! Simply Distinct - Part 1

Welcome back to my SAS Users blog series CAS Action! - a series on fundamentals. I've broken the series into logical, consumable parts. If you'd like to start by learning a little more about what CAS Actions are, please see CAS Actions and Action Sets - a brief intro. Or

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Learn SAS | Programming Tips | Students & Educators

Suzanne MorgenSeptember 13, 2021 0

Top Books for SAS Programmers

The Day of the Programmer is not enough time to celebrate our favorite code-creators. That’s why at SAS, we celebrate an entire week with SAS Programmer Week! If you want to extend the fun and learning of SAS Programmer Week year-round, SAS Press is here to support you with books

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Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Leonid BatkhanSeptember 2, 2021 0

Removing trailing characters from SAS strings

SAS' Leonid Batkhan shows how to cut away ANY unwanted trailing characters (not just blanks) from SAS text strings to clean up your data.

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Advanced Analytics

Nick JohnsonSeptember 1, 2021 0

Transforming Your Business With SAS® Viya® on Microsoft Azure

See how intelligent decisioning and machine learning from SAS and Microsoft help a fictitious banking customer simplify and reduce risk in its home loan portfolio.

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Programming Tips

Peter Styliadis

Peter StyliadisAugust 27, 2021 0

CAS-Action! Show me the ColumnInfo!

Welcome back to my SAS Users blog series CAS Action! - a series on fundamentals. I've broken the series into logical, consumable parts. If you'd like to start by learning a little more about what CAS Actions are, please see CAS Actions and Action Sets - a brief intro. Or

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Analytics

Jack LiuAugust 24, 2021 0

My SAS journey: from data citizen to analytics "explorer"

Editor's note: Jack Liu is a member of SAS Analytics Explorers, a SAS community that is dedicated to exploring analytics, sharing knowledge, having fun and helping SAS users in their careers. Members were recently invited to share their analytics journeys, and Jack responded with his impressive story. If you're a

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Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Leonid BatkhanAugust 23, 2021 0

Removing leading characters from SAS strings

SAS' Leonid Batkhan shows you how to remove ANY leading characters (not just blanks) from text strings to tidy up your data.

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