Garr Reynolds, author of Presentation Zen, has excellent ideas on organizing your information so it is effective and interesting. One tip is “Start with the End in Mind” – what is the purpose of your presentation? What do you want the audience to walk away knowing?
One of the roles my team enjoys is working with SAS customers on performance issues along with testing SAS software on selected hardware configurations. We also work closely with other groups within SAS who work with SAS partners to test the latest and greatest features. My team then takes what
In my previous post, I began a discussion of lists by explaining that big problems can be solved by breaking the problem into smaller pieces. The solutions to those smaller problems can then be used in combination to solve other problems. In this post, I will talk about formatting and
Last time we discussed the fundamentals of SAS data and how we reference that data in SAS Foundation. Now, we will turn our attention to how you access and protect data when you want to expose data through SAS clients versus the traditional LIBNAME method.
Thanks for reading my previous post about the importance of understanding your performance issues before trying to determine the cause. Compiling all the available information about the problem and finding a repeatable SAS process that can be monitored are the first steps toward fixing the issue. Since we now have
There was a lot of talk last year about What not to wear at SAS Global Forum and although informative and fun we didn’t necessarily help with what IS in style. Since 2013 is the year of Statistics we are going to focus our fashion series a little more on
So your paper abstract has been accepted to present at SAS Global Forum? Better get to writing it! Do not put it off or delay. Remember you have a paper AND a presentation to put together. Depending on how you plan to write the paper, you may have some SAS
So let’s get down to it, what exactly do we mean by data in SAS? We hear all about “big data”, tiny data, datasets, metadata, OLAP, relational data, but what do I really need to know when it comes to SAS?
~ contributed by Debbie Buck for the SAS Global Users Group Executive Board The SAS Global Users Group Executive Board is currently soliciting applications from individuals interested in applying for the position of Conference Chair for SAS Global Forum 2015 to be held in Dallas, TX, April 26-29. The deadline
Yes, it’s February 15 and plenty of people celebrated yesterday for obvious reasons; Valentine’s Day. But today, SAS Global Forum is celebrating for other reasons. It’s not about flowers, candy and love notes for us this week– it’s about content, content and more content. That’s right – we’re celebrating today
