Partition your CAS tables to greatly improve performance
Kevin Russell of SAS Technical Support shows you how partitioning CAS tables speeds processing.
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Visualize the structure of a sparse matrix
Sometimes in matrix computations, it is important to display the nonzero elements of a matrix. This can be useful for visualizing the structure of a sparse matrix (one that has many zeros) and it is also useful when describing a matrix algorithm (such as Gaussian elimination) that introduces zeros at
Speed up your COVID-19 research with text analysis: step-by-step
Adverse outcomes, and the rapid spread of COVID-19, have accelerated research on all aspects of the disease. You may have found it overwhelming, and very time-consuming, to find relevant and specialized insights in all the scientific literature out there. To aid researchers in quickly identifying relevant literature about key topics
5G – and 5 other good reasons for smarter network management
Intelligent Decisioning can help telcos adapt to disruption, meet new demands and plan for the future.
Getting Started with Python Integration to SAS® Viya® - Part 2 - Working with CAS Actions and CASResults Objects
In the second post of the Getting Started with Python Integration to SAS® Viya® series we will learn about Working with CAS Actions and CASResults Objects. CAS actions are commands sent to the CAS server to run a task, and CASResults objects contain information returned from the CAS server. This
Getting Started with Python Integration to SAS® Viya® - Index
CAS Actions and Action Sets - a brief intro - A quick introduction about the distributed CAS server in SAS® Viya®. Index of articles on Getting Started with Python Integration to SAS Viya. Making a Connection - An introduction to SAS Viya and the massively parallel processing CAS engine, and
Explaining complex models in SAS® Viya® with programmatic interpretability
In the preceding two posts, we looked at issues around interpretability of modern black-box machine-learning models and introduced SAS® Model Studio within SAS® Visual Data Mining and Machine Learning. Now we turn our attention to programmatic interpretability.
How a data analytics strategy supports resiliency in uncertain times
Kim Kaluba explains how connecting data to decisions helps create resiliency.
Offering Compassion During Different Seasons - Fitness Edition
Flash back to 4 years ago: 2016. I thought that THAT year was going to be one of the hardest years of my life. We decided to sell our house while living in it with 2 little boys (ages 2 & 5 at the time) and a dog and buy
Coming soon: Your SAS software, continuously updated
If you're my kids, the term, “continuous integration,” might have you thinking about how much time you’ve spent lately with the family, and “continuous delivery” is what's been happening on the front porch the past few weeks. But to a software developer, these terms mean something entirely different. Combined and
The Decisions of Things
An Essential Role for Intelligent Decisioning in Telecommunications
How to access Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) with SASEFRED in SAS/ETS® software
SAS Public Sector's Elena Shtern is your guide as you extract data from the Federal Reserve Economic Data site using the SASEFRED interface engine, part of SAS/ETS® software.
Write a CAS data table by using the iml action
A previous article shows how to use the iml action to read a CAS data table into an IML matrix. This article shows how to write a CAS table from data in an IML matrix. You can read an overview of the iml action, which was introduced in SAS Viya
Do the Principles of Analytics Apply to Forecasting?
As the Virtual SAS® Global Forum 2020 is running live online, we have a guest blog post today from Udo Sglavo, Vice President of Analytics R&D at SAS. Udo is a long time colleague and co-editor (with me and Len Tashman) of Business Forecasting: Practical Problems and Solutions. In this
SAS User Feedback Award winner helps drive innovation, shape SAS® 360 Engage software
SAS users help drive innovation, providing feedback on SAS products through various mediums, including customer advisory boards, communities, SASware ballot ideas and SAS Global Forum. The SAS User Feedback Award is presented annually to a user whose recommendations and insights lead to significant improvements to SAS software. This year SAS
Are you ready for true cloud native computing? Meet SAS Viya 4
It’s official: NASA no longer builds spaceships. They’ve outsourced that task. According to NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine, "We're going with commercial partners. NASA is not purchasing, owning and operating the hardware. We're buying the service." Why? Because NASA needs to focus on exploring space, not building the transportation to get
SAS, Microsoft bring analytics to everyone, everywhere
Digital transformation continues to change our relationship with technology. As part of this change, the world is transforming from one of technology-literate people to one of people-literate technology. What do we mean by people-literate technology? We mean smart, automated, reliable, explainable decision systems that operate at scale. Analytics and AI
Read a CAS data table by using the iml action
A previous article compares a SAS/IML program that runs in PROC IML to the same program that runs in the iml action. (You can read an overview of the iml action.) The example in the previous article was very simple and did not read or write data. This article compares
6 new ways to connect at virtual events
I’m going to be honest. When we decided back in March to pivot our largest event of the year from an in-person event to a virtual one, I wasn’t sure what we were getting ourselves into. I didn’t know how we could replace the in-person networking, the unlimited learning opportunities
A data scientist finds her way in a world of data
Your journey could look very different to mine, but I think as long as you’re curious, you’re on the right track!
Getting started with the iml action in SAS Viya
A previous article provides an introduction and overview of the iml action, which is available in SAS Viya 3.5. The article compares the iml action to PROC IML and states that most PROC IML programs can be modified to run in the iml action. This article takes a closer look
Virtual SAS Global Forum (complimentary event) June 16
I hope you will join me (and over 20,000 of my closest friends) on Tuesday June 16, for the complimentary Virtual SAS Global Forum 2020. The SAS event team has put together an impressive program of live and recorded content. You can create your own virtual experience, selecting from multiple
Moving Forward Courageously: A message from the Work/Life Center
A message from the Work/Life Center: We are getting many requests from employees asking what they can do to challenge racism and to support their Black coworkers. We love that we work for a company with this level of concern. In our last blog post we shared some thoughts on context as
What's wrong with this code?
Whether you enjoy debugging or hate it, for programmers, debugging is a fact of life. It’s easy to misspell a keyword, scramble your array subscripts, or (heaven forbid!) forget a semicolon. That’s why we include a chapter on debugging in The Little SAS® Book and its companion book, Exercises and
Rapid demand response forecasting helps retailers adapt during COVID-19
Rapid demand response forecasting techniques are forecasting processes that can incorporate key information quickly enough to act upon in real time by agile supply chains. Retailers and consumer goods suppliers are urgently trying to determine how changes in consumer behavior will affect their regions, channels, categories, brands and products during
Tips and Tricks for Working Remote: Neurodivergent Edition
Let’s face it. Change is tough. Right now, we’re in a state of constant change where routines are disrupted and uncertainty looms. Stress levels are high, and juggling a new remote-work-life schedule (that may include roles of employee, parent, teacher, chef, caregiver, etc.) continues to be a big adjustment from
How rapid analytics app deployment accelerates transformation
I think that this pandemic has put digital transformation at the top of every executive agenda.
Dihydrogen monoxide - still the best way to hydrate
Why all the fuss about hydration? H2O helps regulate body temperature, transports nutrients throughout the body and cushions joints. Not only that, but it is essential for flushing waste products and toxins from the body. Environmental pollutants, household chemicals, alcohol, medications and end products from your body’s natural chemical reactions
More alike than different: Two health systems share their COVID-19 response
What do two health systems, 4000 miles apart (6600 kilometers) have in common in their COVID-19 response? Despite different policy responses to the pandemic, they are more alike than you might think. Brought together by SAS and the FutureNHS COVID-19 analytics huddle, these two health systems recently shared their experience
AI and continuous monitoring in the fight against procurement fraud
Procurement fraud is, to put it simply, huge. An estimate by PwC a few years ago suggested that it was one of the most common economic crimes around the world. That estimate has not changed. What’s more, few companies have taken steps to address the problem. “Procurement fraud is notoriously