SAS Learning Post
Technical tips and tricks from SAS instructors, authors and other SAS experts.![SAS Press is heading to JMP Discovery Summit](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2015/08/SASbooks.jpg)
In a little more than two weeks, I will be in one of my favorite places, San Diego, California, recruiting potential SAS Press authors at the JMP Discovery Summit, which will be held at the beautiful Paradise Point Resort and Spa from 14 September to 17 September 2015. I’m especially
![Reading hierarchical data - Part 2](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2017/01/LearnSAS-1.png)
This post is the second in a series that illustrates three different solutions to "flattening" hierarchical data. Solution 1, from my previous post, created one observation per header record, summarizing the detail data with a COUNT variable, like this: Summary Approach: One observation per header record Obs Family Count
![Reading hierarchical data - Part 1](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2015/08/Family.jpg)
A family and its members represent a simple hierarchy. For example, the Jones family has four members: A text file might represent this hierarchy with family records followed by family members' records, like this: The PROC FORMAT step below defines the codes in Column 1: proc format; value $type
![Flexibility of SAS Enterprise Miner](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2015/08/analyticsClass.jpg)
Do you use an array of tools to perform predictive analytics on your data? Is your current tool not flexible enough to accommodate some of your requirements? SAS Enterprise Miner may be your solution. With growing number of data mining applications, having a tool which can do variety of analysis
![How is electricity generated in your state?](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2015/08/us_power_sources_bar_coal.png)
I recently saw an article on washingtonpost.com showing what methods are used to generate electricity in each state. The data was interesting enough that I decided to try my hand at graphing and mapping it with our SAS software. Read along to see what I kept the same, and what
![What areas do venture capitalists invest in medical research?](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2015/08/human_body_venture_capital.png)
The Wall Street Journal recently published a study of the top 17 medical areas (or body parts) that venture capitalist investments are likely to benefit. They used graphs to summarize the results, but "the graph guy" in me just couldn't resist trying to improve them. Did my improvements help? -