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
SAS Code for your Valentine - just in case you forgot to get flowers, chocolate or other tokens of affection for the big day yesterday.
I am a big fan of SAS Management Console. This is the central location where you can perform many of your SAS administration tasks. One of the most important tasks of a SAS Administrator is making sure data is available to the right people when they need it. Most of
There are many different ways to do something; my approach is all about breaking a problem into smaller problems. I try as much as possible to stay away from developing something that can only serve a purpose in one problem. I achieve this by keeping things modular. Each tool should
Were you at SAS Global Forum last spring? Dr. Goodnight sat down at a computer console and personally demonstrated the cool things that SAS® Visual Analytics Explorer can do? Take a look at his demo, and then imagine working in a drag-and-drop, point and click environment with billions of rows
The SAS Metadata Server holds all of the metadata for a given SAS EBI installation. For most SAS administrators, the sole view into the Metadata Server is through SAS Management Console. This is a very limited perspective out of the box, as much of the metadata is not surfaced by
I'm happy to announce a new SAS text analytics community (online forum)! The community is a centralized location for everyone using SAS text analytics, including those working with Text Miner, Enterprise/Content Categorization, Sentiment Analysis and Ontology Management. Join the community to: Discuss ideas. Ask questions. Seek peer assistance. Share areas
This technical case study by Faisal Dosani, Royal Bank of Canada; Lisa Eckler, Lisa Eckler Consulting Inc.; and Marje Fecht, Prowerk Consulting Ltd., discusses the steps to develop a hands-off process for creating flexible and extensible solutions that avoid maintainability issues and enable speed to market of results. Building reusable
