SAS Learning Post
Technical tips and tricks from SAS instructors, authors and other SAS experts.![What comes shipped free with Base SAS 9.4?](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2016/10/What-comes-shipped-free-with-Base-SAS-9.4_01.png)
Like unexpectedly seeing this beautiful bird in nature, SAS has tons of free goodies you might be surprised to encounter as you explore your software. A user asked me how to find products licensed at their workplace and that's how this informative blog got started. While individual organizations may have
![The perfect storm for State Fair attendance!](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2016/10/fair_john.jpg)
The State Fair in North Carolina is just a few miles from SAS headquarters, and therefore it's virtually impossible for it to slip by without me noticing it. There are two aspects of the fair that usually get lots of news coverage - what's the latest fair-food, and did we
![New features in SAS Enterprise Guide 7.1](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2016/10/NewFeaturesinSASEnterpriseGuide71.png)
SAS Enterprise Guide has come a long way since version 1.0 was released in 1999! Are any of you original users that remember the Help characters, Clippy, Peedy or Merlin? I was working as a statistician for another company that year, and I attended a SAS user group meeting where
![How much does it cost to live to 100?](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2016/10/life_expectancy_healthcare.png)
Living to 100 isn't as simple as just paying a certain amount of money for your healthcare. But that is an interesting aspect of longevity, so let's have a look at the data ... In my previous blog post, we analyzed how much people from various countries spend on healthcare.
![Which SAS course should I choose?](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2016/10/Which_SAS_Course_Should-I-Choose.png)
As an instructor for SAS, I receive a wide variety of queries before, during and after delivering my courses. Most frequently, I am asked questions such as: Should I learn SAS programming or a point and click tool instead? I know lots of code, should I go straight to the
![How much does each country spend on healthcare?](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2016/10/magnifying_glass.jpg)
With the US Affordable Care Act (ACA) and other health topics in the news lately, I wondered how much people spend on healthcare in various countries. Of course spending varies from person to person, so I decided to take a look at the average per capita spending in each country (it's