SAS Learning Post
Technical tips and tricks from SAS instructors, authors and other SAS experts.![Map of idioms, from around the world](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2017/05/hover_text.png)
An idiom is a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words. For example, "don't cry over spilled milk," or "the cat is out of the bag." Idioms are fun to use, and fun to hear - don't you agree? And
![Explaining analytics: On craftsmanship](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2017/05/Explaining_Analytics_Craftsmanship-702x336.png)
In the Tuscan hilltop village of Montepulciano, a tourist can visit the shop of Coppersmith Cesare Mazzetti. But Mazzetti is not just running his family’s traditional business, he’s demonstrating all the qualities of a historic craftsman. The visitor may see him work and have him show you photographs of some of
![How to add rivers and lakes to your SAS maps](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2017/05/wood_boat_lake-702x336.jpg)
Water is in the news more & more lately - people seem to either have too much, or too little, at any given time. Therefore being able to plot rivers and lakes on a map could be a very useful skill to add to your graphical bag of tricks. A few
![Creating maps with a zoomed inset, in SAS](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2017/05/panama_inset-702x336.png)
While attending SAS Global Forum, a user asked me about creating a map with a zoomed inset map. This is a topic many users might be interested in, so I decided to create an example and share it. But first, I had to decide which map to use. I thought
![When do fatal crashes happen?](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2017/05/fars_20153-702x336.png)
I recently saw an interesting data visualization on the flowingdata website, which analyzed & compared the causes of fatal crashes in the US, by month and time-of-day. At first I thought it was a really cool visualization, but after I studied it a while, I realized that I had misinterpreted
![Do SAS Big Data credentials equal big professional value?](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2016/04/Certification_digitalbadge.png)
When I first wrote this blog post in early May 2017, it was to ask SAS users holding SAS “Big Data” certifications to participate in the CertMag Salary Survey Plus Big Data Edition. The response was overwhelming and thanks to all of you that participated. Now that the results are in, I wanted