SAS Learning Post
Technical tips and tricks from SAS instructors, authors and other SAS experts.![Time to tell your analytics story](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2017/01/Analytics-1.png)
Predictive Analytics World is a little over a week away. I hope you’re planning to be in San Francisco for this exciting conference. This is the first time that SAS Publishing will participate in the event, and I am really looking forward to it. We’re teaming up with the Analytics
![To be or not to be, testing your cube's existence](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2012/02/olap_ICONnophysicalfiles.jpg)
Unlike BASE SAS tables, OLAP cubes must exist in within the metadata in order to access from any of the OLAP Viewers. In addition to having some metadata OLAP cubes have a physical file structure presence (at least for MOLAP/HOLAP because it's a different story for ROLAP). When you refresh
![Your chance to ask an author recruiter almost anything](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2012/02/Shelley_ShellyTwitter2.jpg)
On Thursday, February 23, SAS Press acquisitions editor Shelley Sessoms and I will take questions about getting published, why you should publish with us and the publishing industry in general. If you like our books or have considered writing your own SAS or JMP book, join us on Twitter at
![Skipping through OLAP to find your value](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2012/02/amo_OLAPviewer.jpg)
One of the cool things with SAS OLAP Viewer in Add-in to Microsoft Office is your ability to skip right into a specific value. Out of the box, viewing OLAP cubes can lead you to believe that in order to view a specific value you need to click-thru a hierarchy
![3 SAS Display Manager shortcuts](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2012/02/log-active.jpg)
How we love shortcuts. Our life seems more efficient with them. I try to take the earlier train for a good parking spot that lets me exit early. Actually change that to any spot (my train station has tons of commuters with FEW parking spaces so getting up early is the
![Review SAS Press books: registration open now!](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2012/02/KrispyKremeImage.jpg)
The 8th annual Krispy Kreme Challenge race was just held in downtown Raleigh, NC. This event was started in 2004 as a dare among a few NC State undergrads. They had this idea to race 2 miles to the local Krispy Kreme doughnuts, down a dozen of the confections, and