SAS Learning Post
Technical tips and tricks from SAS instructors, authors and other SAS experts.![Take that SAS option](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2017/05/10931221_10204735309614780_434060889481613208_o-702x336.jpg)
Elizabeth is courageous. Scoliosis since birth, corrective spinal surgery replaced her spine with steel, tripping on stairs permanently broke her right ankle. Then she decided to come take yoga with me. To help ease back pain & reduce hip stress, I offered options like bent legs not cross. In class
![Foreigners in Germany - let's map it!](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2017/05/foreigners_in_germany-702x336.png)
These days, more and more people move to where the work is. And for many people in Europe, that 'where' is Germany. I recently saw a map of Germany, that showed which country had the most foreigners living in each area. It was an interesting map, but I thought I might
![Using a peekaboo map to align your solar panels](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2017/05/solar_panel_angle-702x336.png)
In recent years, solar panels have become much more economical, and therefore more popular. But because of the curvature of the Earth, the angle at which you need to install the panels varies, depending on where you live. In this example, I demonstrate how to visualize this kind of data
![Several ways to look at US unemployment data](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2017/05/unemployed_27-702x336.png)
The US unemployment rate was down to 4.4% in April, which is the lowest we've seen since before the big recession (about 10 years ago). But a single number seldom tells the whole story, so let's look at unemployment data in several different ways, to get a more complete picture...
![What happened to the dinosaurs? (not the coding dinosaurs - the real ones!)](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2017/05/crater-700x336.png)
I guess a coding dinosaur is someone who uses an old/legacy computer language, or at least a language that isn't en vogue these days. Coding dinosaurs are still around (and probably will be for a while), whereas the real dinosaurs that lived millions of years ago are extinct. What caused
![The Little SAS Program’s Big Night Out](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2017/02/LearnSAS-4.png)
The little SAS program’s official name was Extract_Transform_Load_ 0314.sas. But, that name was much too formal, way too long, and did not roll off of the tongue very easily at all. So, everybody simply called her: ETL Pi. ETL Pi was conceived in a 2-hour project strategy meeting in conference