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Kirk Paul LaflerMarch 23, 2017 2

Exploring the content of the DICTIONARIES table and VSVIEW SASHELP view

SAS® users have an easy and convenient way to quickly obtain useful information (referred to as metadata) about their SAS session with a number of read-only SAS DICTIONARY tables or SASHELP views. At any time during a SAS session, information about currently defined system options, libnames, tables, columns and their

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Analytics | Data for Good | Data Visualization | Learn SAS

Robert AllisonMarch 23, 2017 3

Bringing the heat! - Creating heat maps with proc sgplot ...

If you're a fan of SAS' ODS Graphics, you probably know that it does pretty much everything except geographical maps. But it's flexible enough that you can "fake it 'till you make it"! This example describes how to fake a geographical (choropleth) heat map using Proc SGplot polygons. In my

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Robert AllisonMarch 21, 2017 8

How to create a 'pretty' map with Proc SGplot

If you give an artist some tools, they can create a pretty picture. Sure, they might have a preferred tool - but they can probably do a pretty decent job no matter what you give them (paint, colored pencils, watercolor, charcoal, etc). And creating pretty graphs in SAS is no

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Jay LaramoreMarch 16, 2017 0

Visiting Open Attractions and Open SAS

As a SAS instructor, I’m often on the road, but, in April, my work travel path is going to take me to a place I haven’t visited since I was 12 years old. The occasion? SAS Global Forum 2017. The location? Walt Disney World® in Orlando. While the main conference

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Cindy PuryearMarch 13, 2017 5

Reuse a Graph with Different Data

This post is from SAS Author Sanjay Matange. It's part of our SAS Author Tips series. Do you have a complex multi-cell graph created in ODS Graphics Designer that you’d like to reuse with different data? Ideally, you’d like to change the data without having to change the plots in each cell. The

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Larry LaRussoMarch 8, 2017 26

Adding SAS Viya to your SAS 9 programming toolbox

Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of articles to help current SAS programmers add SAS Viya to their analytics skillset. In this post, SAS instructors Stacey Syphus and Marc Huber introduce you to our new Introduction to SAS Viya Programming for SAS 9 Programmers video library, designed to show SAS programmers how they can

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Robert AllisonMarch 8, 2017 3

What's your next move? (analytics for a chess tournament)

The NC Scholastic Chess Championship is coming up this weekend, and my buddy Michael Thomas asked if I might could create a few graphs to help analyze the event data. How could I pass up an opportunity like that?!?! Read along, and find out what graphs I created, and the

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Ruth Dobson-TorresMarch 2, 2017 0

Modern learners meet modern training at SAS Global Forum 2017

Word on the proverbial technology street is that online learning is ideal for modern learners, and, at SAS, we wholeheartedly agree. In 2016, more than 80,000 SAS users trained in an online or blended learning format. In 2017, we kicked off the year with the announcement of our new SAS

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Larry LaRussoMarch 2, 2017 0

That analyst is certifiable!

Editor's note: The following post is from Emma Warrillow, Chief DiGGer at Data Insight Group Inc. (DiG). Emma is a featured speaker at SAS Global Forum 2017 and recently named as one of the Top Women in Direct Marketing by Direct Marketing News. Learn more about Emma. “I need

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Terry BarhamMarch 1, 2017 0

New practice exam options for SAS Global Certification

A common request we receive about SAS Global Certification practice exams is to make them as close as possible to the actual exams so that future test takers get a more accurate feel for the overall exam experience. Good news. Our new practice exams come as close to the “real thing”

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