Here is a code snippet I came up with today to save output with various _odsoptions AND allow the users to choose what type of output they need: RTF, PDF, or HTML. (Note that this will default to PDF if the user doesn't pick anything. Also there is a report
Tag: business intelligence
Pick a Display, Any Display - The Power of _odsdest in Stored Processes
Viewing OLAP Cubes outside of the Web
Enterprise Guide has a wonderful OLAP Viewer if you don't/can't use the web stuff. I went to the SAS Course 'Creating and Exploiting OLAP Using the SAS System' which has in the Course Notes some great steps on using EG for OLAP Viewing. Basically, the 'Tasks by Category' menu has
Fallacy of Measures
When developing the business intelligence measures, you have to be entirely cognizant of the behaviors you could promote. For instance, in measuring and setting business objectives for number of defects per line of code, developers could write more lines of code to reduce the calculated result or they could document