Out of the box, the simple bar graph uses the same color for each bar. A frequent request from users is to define a standard color palette for the dashboard indicators so distinct bars are the same color in each indicator or from refresh to refresh. With most dashboard tricks,
If you’re in the field of analytics, you’re more than familiar with the term ‘big data.’ It’s one of the big (no pun intended) topics on the agenda at Analytics 2012. Keynote speaker Will Hakes will kick it off with his presentation, “The Revolution Has Just Begun.” But before that,
Michele Burlew’s new book, SAS Hash Object Programming Made Easy takes users through the newest look-up technique from SAS, one that has many still shaking their heads. “Not many DATA step programmers have used hash objects much,” Burlew says. “They seem scary because they operate a little differently from the SAS
This week's SAS tip comes from superstar blogger Rick Wicklin and his book Statistical Programming with SAS/IML Software. You can learn more about Rick, read user reviews of his book and a free chapter, as well as sign up to receive notification of availability of his forthcoming book Simulating Data with SAS --by visiting his author page.
SAS Instructor Lynn Matthews teaches how to use user-defined formats to define data items in SAS Information Map Studio. This video tip shows you how to take one column from your data source and show it three different ways. This is going to be done without recoding your data or
Around the country and in my neighborhood, kids everywhere have returned to school. We’ve made it through the back-to-school ads in our newspapers, social media, and on TV. Our pocket books are lighter now (and credit cards heavier) with all the spending on school supplies and the very important back-to-school
A while back, I had seen the following map on the CEOs for Cities website. It seemed like an interesting topic and an interesting map, but I just couldn't grok what their map was saying ... So I decided to download the data and create my own map with SAS. I
There are many reasons why people attend Analytics 2012 such as networking and learning, but when I proposed that question to co-chair Jennifer Priestley she said it’s the best place to learn how others are solving problems. Here’s more of our conversation about the conference: I also talked to
Dear Reader, Recently, another SAS instructor had a student in class who has a raw data file that looks like this: Obs Var 1 15 Harvey Rd Macon 2 163 McNeil Pl. Kern 3 442 Glen Ave Miami Beach 4 2491 Brady St. Munger 5 PO Box 2253 Washington DC
SAS users world-wide have turned to Susan Slaughter, Lora Delwiche, and The Little SAS Book to learn SAS programming. This week's SAS tip is from their bestselling fourth edition of the book (the fifth edition is now available for preorder). Whichever version of The Little SAS Book you use, you'll benefit from the friendly
