[...]  I did a better job creating my schedule this year: however, there were still papers that I missed. Steve Overton pointed me to this paper, Beyond Star Schema: Exploring the Next Query Generation with the SAS Enterprise BI Server that had some great information about the new intelligence query generator. I was able to attend Top Ten SAS Performance Tuning Techniques when some free time opened up.  I always enjoy hearing some tips from Kirk Paul Lafler, and he labeled me as SAS Nerd this year, which I wear with honor. (Gordon Cox had this picture in his post.) …