SAS Learning Post
Technical tips and tricks from SAS instructors, authors and other SAS experts.![Building a better meningitis map](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2012/10/meningitis-702x336.png)
You've all heard about the recent meningitis outbreak, right? Being a data-guy and a map-guy, I went looking for maps related to the outbreak. I found the following map on the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) website. It shows the states that received the recalled drug used in epidurals (for back
The Analytics conference has just concluded and the unofficial theme of the final day was Big Data. It began with our very first talk, a keynote presentation delivered by Will Hakes, CEO and co-founder of Link Analytics. Will spent the first part of his talk outlining the current state of
![On the Roadshow again](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2017/01/ProgrammingTips-2.png)
Program update for 2013! The SAS Training Roadshow is back on tour. This year, we’re heading out to six rockin’ cities. We’d love to see you there. Cleveland - Portland - San Jose - Indianapolis ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ As I prepare for my stint on the SAS Programming "Roadshow," it occurs to
![Analytics titles attract attention](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2012/10/analytics2012_bookstore.jpg)
Books are anything but boring in Las Vegas. Just ask Stacey Hamilton and Lisanne Roskam, who’ve spent the past two days in the SAS bookstore at Analytics 2012. Despite their hectic pace, I managed to track down a few conference highlights from Stacey (a developmental editor for SAS Press—and a runner) this
![Go on a date with SAS BI Dashboard, part 1](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2012/10/bid_datasource_stp.jpg)
Don't give up on the dating game. Just because there is no prompt type specifically for dates, it can still be accomplished with some stored process matchmaking. BI Dashboard offers a dynamic prompt indicator which provides the ultimate flexibility in developing prompt based reports and dashboards. The dynamic prompt indicator
![Custom SAS graphs = competitive advantage](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2012/10/example13-700x336.png)
SAS/GRAPH gives you the ability to customize your graphs (or even create totally new types of custom graphs) ... and it is my firm belief that it gives you a competitive advantage by allowing you to "make sense" of your data in ways your competitors can't. Most of the examples in