When I applied for a job at SAS over 15 years ago, I didn't even know what the company did. [Insert dummy joke here.] Most of what I knew about the company came from colleagues at my former workplace who, perhaps in an effort to make themselves feel better, described
The SAS Visual Data Discovery package includes, among other things, SAS Enterprise Guide and JMP. If you are among the growing numbers who use these two software applications together, you might be looking for more ways to integrate the two. Here's one way: a SAS Enterprise Guide task that opens
No, this is not about a super-expensive set of bed linens. It's about the 1000th thread (discussion topic) in the SAS Enterprise Guide discussion forum. This discussion forum began as a pilot program over two years ago, with SAS Enterprise Guide and ODS and Base Reporting among the first two
In her completely random blog entry, AnnMaria says: I can’t see a lot of people who are experienced SAS programmers switching to Enterprise Guide. Yeah, we get that a lot. SAS programmers sometimes resist adopting SAS Enterprise Guide citing these (paraphrased) reasons: "I don't need a point-and-click interface to generate
As a dedicated SAS employee, I take advantage of as many offered perks as I can, and that includes attending the annual SAS Winter Party. My wife and I have not missed one since I started working here, which means that last weekend we attended for the 16th time. Every
If you use SAS for just one purpose, you might be interested to see some of its other uses around your world. This video is also a great link to share with your less-tech-savvy friends/relatives who ask the question: what is SAS and why should I care?
Right-click on any SAS file and several options could appear, including but not limited to 'Open in SAS Enterprise Guide', 'Open in SAS 9.1', 'Submit in SAS 9.1', etc. In silent installs, multiple SAS version environments, or other registry impacting issues - these options could be rendered useless or simply
Over the last couple days, there have been some posts in SAS-L as well as those new fangled twitters, on whether 'R' open sourced software is a threat (ignoring the SAS Sales team's response) and on whether SAS could move to Open Source. Highlights from these discussions: New York Times
At SAS, our Windows client products (such as SAS Enterprise Guide and SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office) feature hundreds of Windows forms, or dialog windows, implemented with Microsoft .NET. Because we encourage customers to extend our products with their own custom tasks, I wanted to share some tips on how
"The cube has too few dimensions." - is related to Metadata Permissions on the cubes. When completing a refresh of the cube with full PROC OLAP syntax, the metadata permissions get removed on the individual cube. If this is the common practice (to run full PROC OLAP Syntax), it is
SAS recently appointed a Social Media Manager for the company. Check out Dave Thomas' recent interview here. The interview question that must have been edited out: "So, why did you decide to leave Wendy's?" Just like SAS ("what's a shoe company got to do with business analytics?"), I imagine that
Using the proc metalib process to update specific elements would generate errors related to the base SAS Library conflicting with the Metalib referenced library. You can run a libname _all_ list; statement to review all the libraries available to the process. Also, the reference material utilized to improve the process
Today's featured topic on support.sas.com teaches you how to use SAS to work with multiple languages and character sets in a single SAS session. The ability to switch locales and languages "on the fly" depends on the improved support for Unicode within SAS 9.2. Although it's a less heralded component
Today I discovered this thoughtful blog from AnnMaria (I found it by way of her Twitter tweet). I was pleased to see SAS Enterprise Guide in the "wonder" column. Here's the entry: The Dangers and Wonders of Statistics Using SAS.
Jason posted his thoughts on using a netbook with a thin layer of applications to do the stuff that he needs to do: surf the web and work his inbox. But don't underestimate these little machines. Over on the Dell Mini forum there is a discussion among folks who use
Who knew? It turns out that Santa gets more done using SAS. Maybe he even gets his mittens dirty with a little bit of DATA step: data good_kids; set world.allchildren (where=(BEHAVIOR <> "NAUGHTY")); run; title "Nice children"; proc print data=good_kids; run;
You know that game that people play with fortune cookie messages where you add a certain phrase to the end of the message to lend it a whole new meaning? Well, according to this announcement on our SAS support site, you'll be able to play that game with statements about
Within SAS Run the following code (the purple text is the password you would like to encode): proc pwencode in='myn3wpwd4u'; run; After submitting this code (F3), the resulting encoded password in available only in the log file. The results from this example are below, the highlighted line is the encrypted
I'd love to believe that our loyal SAS customers never have to touch a statistical package from another company. Even as I work away in my comfy SAS bubble here in Cary, NC, I occasionally catch wind of stories about SAS customers who need to use data that comes from
From the "how far can we take this metaphor?" department... Want to whet your Thankgiving appetite? Read this blog post from R. L. Burns. The "meat and gravy" section is near the bottom of the post. (Personally, I consider myself the giblets.)
In addition to writing code, SAS R&D developers are very accustomed to writing poems. I don't mean rhyming poetry like sonnets (though we do hear the occasional randy limerick). When a developer wants to make a code change in a SAS product, he or she is required to complete a
Get a jump start on your SAS 9.2 expeirence by attending some of the free (or cheap) training courses SAS has to offer. Check them out at: http://www.sas.com/apps/elearning/elearning_courses.jsp?cat=e-Lecture%20SAS%20Programming 1. SAS(R) 9.2 Session 1: New and Enhanced Procedures and Statements -- Free 2. SAS(R) 9.2 Session 2: The Macro Facility --
Think about all of the data now out there, from old transaction systems to new networking sites, there is an amazing amount for analysts to sink their teeth into. Some interesting sources that I have heard of over the past year include: Immediate web traffic analytics which then derive suggestions
During the SESUG2008 Conference, I attended the presentation: "Best Practices for SAS BI Administrators: Using SAS Configuration Troubleshooter to Keep SAS Solutions and SAS BI Applications Running Smoothly" by Tanya Kalich. It appears to be a great tool to troubleshoot initial installations or manage major changes to the configuration. The
Can you believe it? Three years ago the SAS BI-ogsource was started as a central area to store my personal musings about how to best use and manage the SAS Business Intelligence Solution (and the various components). It has been interesting meeting people from around the globe and see how
I saw an article this morning about the "world's most stupid bug" found in the firmware of a G1 phone. This flaw makes the phone interpret certain keywords in your text messages as system commands (among them: "reboot" to cause a system reboot). It reminds me of that quirky villian
Have you ever glanced through the obituaries and felt stunned to recognize an old friend? That's how it felt when I saw this announcement about Windows 3.11. One of my first assignments when I joined SAS in 1993 was to write Changes and Enhancements to the SAS System Release 6.10:
Click 'Help' -> 'About SAS Web Report Studio' to display the list of hotfixes applied to the installation. http://support.sas.com/kb/20/281.html
In the past we’ve had a lot of issues with calling stored processes from the SAS Portal without being “re-prompted” for authentication. We’ve tested this approach out and it works. http://support.sas.com/kb/19/234.html (Submitted by Brian Miles, Zencos Consulting)
Mentioned during a paper at the NESUG conference, Lex Jansen has set up a complete search of SAS papers on his website: http://www.lexjansen.com/ I typically use the SAS Global Forum search (http://support.sas.com/events/sasglobalforum/previous/online.html) but Lex brought in all the regional and industry specific papers.
