SAS Learning Post
Technical tips and tricks from SAS instructors, authors and other SAS experts.![A little fun with UFO sightings data](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2015/05/daves_drone.jpg)
As a kid, I was always intrigued with UFO sightings and I guess I'm still a little that way ... therefore how could I not jump at the opportunity to explore some UFO sightings data! I guess "UFO" doesn't necessarily imply that something is an alien space ship - just
![Creating your own customized graphs for SAS analytic procedures](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2015/05/mds_example_graph9.png)
In recent releases of SAS, you can use Output Delivery System graphics or 'ODS graphics on' to produce nice graphical output for most of the analytic procedures. These default graphs are nice, but when you want your graphs to look "a certain way" SAS also lets you create your own custom graphs!
![Doctor, I have this friend who has a pain right about here](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2015/05/200377649.jpg)
We have all heard the old joke about the person who sidles up to a doctor at a party and describes in great detail a medical problem a "friend" is having in order to get free medical advice. It could just as easily be a person buttonholing an accountant for
![U.S. federal government is shrinking](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2015/05/federal_employment-1-702x336.png)
I was surprised to find that the size of the U.S. federal government is smaller today, than in the past many decades - let's graph it out, so it's easy to analyze... The way I got started on this little adventure was via Jishai's graph on dadaviz.com. Here's a snapshot
![10 reasons to learn SAS code even when you have Enterprise Guide](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2017/02/ProgrammingTips-3.png)
New York City Mayor, Michael Bloomberg made a new-year's resolution to learn code. Apple’s Steve Jobs said, “I think everybody in this country should learn how to program a computer because it teaches you how to think.” President Barrack Obama said, "Don't just buy a new video game, make one.
![SAS/GRAPH: Intermediate Tricks (a Handbook for the Wizard’s Apprentice)](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2015/05/graph_book_cover.jpg)
Did you ever wish you could master SAS/GRAPH, and create graphs and maps that were customized exactly like you wanted them? Then this free eBook is for you! Probably the most memorable book for me was the Necronomicon in the Army of Darkness movie. How many of you liked that