The easiest option is to simply move your 9.2 format catalog to Lev1/SASApp/SASEnvironment/SASFormats/formats.sas7bcat. But you can also modify your SASv9.cfg configuration file to point to a different location: -set fmtlib1 "E:sharedformats" -fmtsearch (fmtlib1.formats) So e:sharedformats is a shared location for the format catalog, and formats (filename formats.sas7bcat) is the name

A couple notes on how to set up and use a SAS dataset for a BI Dashboard Data Model. 1. The folder location (for TS2M2 installations) of dboard_sas.dsx is: <config dir>Lev1AppDataSASBIDashboard4.2dataSourceDefs 2. The format for the libref change is LIBRARYName 'File Location'; LIBRARYName 'File Location'; Such as: <LibRefs>BIDASH 'C:SASDataBIDashboard';</LibRefs> Where

Have you looked into scheduling reports in Web Report Studio? Two scenarios that make this option valuable to SAS Business Intelligence Users: 1. Performance Improvement via Report Caching If the data is only updated weekly (for instance) but the report is viewed multiple times in the week, scheduling the report

Included are some notes on Portal Administration in SAS 9.2. 1. Create a User Group in SMC, include members and a content administrator to this group. 2. Restart the Web Service or Log into Portal as sasadm@saspw (per documentation: http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/biwaag/63059/HTML/default/ag_permissiontrees.htm) 3. Configure a group content administrator by opening the 'Group

So you want to grab tweets from twitter? There are several other blog posts to assist, including the SAS blog reference below. Grab the status of one twitter account (changing USERNAME to the twitter handle) via: http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline.xml?screen_name=&USERNAME&count;=3200 Then to help folks get jumpstarted, use the XMLMAP that I created below

As I mentioned earlier this week via Twitter: "Newsalert: You are no longer considered an expert if you hoard all the info to yourself. You MUST share - train/blog/ppr/tweet!" (http://twitter.com/angelahall1/status/7445045263) I have personally experienced subject matter experts who refuse to share the information they learn. They feel they must charge

Contributed by Michele Burlew, president of Episystems Inc. and SAS Publishing author What a great way to end 2009 by having both Combining and Modifying SAS Data Sets: Examples, Second Edition (CMDS) and Output Delivery System: The Basics and Beyond (ODS) in print! Each is a hefty stocking stuffer for

This is surely an exciting season, not just because Santa’s on his way and there’s a new year around the corner, but also because an exciting new book from SAS Press has just been published. Veteran SAS Press author Sandra Schlotzhauer has followed up her Elementary Statistics Using JMP and

Contributed by Brenda and José Ramírez, authors of Analyzing and Interpreting Continuous Data Using JMP: A Step-by-Step Guide A few years ago an exciting and wonderful opportunity presented itself to us. The JMP team approached us with the idea to write a book for engineers and scientists. From a professional

‘Twas two weeks before Christmas, and all through the halls You could hear Stacey & Christine’s heads banging a wall; Their study group met, and they had a few questions, Please read below and give them your suggestions. This week’s assignment has been Chapter 4 and 5 in the Certification

My primary job with SAS Press is to acquire new books. I do this by talking to customers about their use of SAS…whether it’s on the phone, via email or during conferences and trade shows. There are many SAS customers, and many people interested in writing about their experience. Take

For SAS 9.2 implementations, changing SASADM, SASSRV, and other SAS account passwords has gotten much easier. The SAS 9.2 Deployment Manager Tool (found at /SAS Deployment Manager/9.2/config.exe) can actually be run to complete this task! The section starting with "To update a password with SAS Deployment Manager:" on page: http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/bisecag/61133/HTML/default/a003071148.htm#a003262956

You may (or may not) have noticed, but we took the week off from our rigorous blogging schedule (and, frankly, from studying for the certification exam) to celebrate Thanksgiving. The tryptophan-filled turkey would have probably made me nod off in the pages of my certification guide anyway. My holiday was