SAS Users

Ryan LolliOctober 26, 2017 6

Tip and tricks to promote CAS tables from session-scope to global-scope

When loading data into CAS using PROC CASUTIL, you have two choices on how the table can be loaded: session-scope or global-scope. This is controlled by the PROMOTE option in the PROC CASUTIL statement. Session-scope loaded proc casutil; load casdata="model_table.sas7bdat" incaslib="ryloll" outcaslib="otcaslib" casout="model_table”; run; Global-scope loaded proc casutil; load casdata="model_table.sas7bdat"

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Learn SAS

Larry LaRussoOctober 25, 2017 0

SAS Help Center: Your gateway to documentation

To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.-Winston Churchill If you've visited SAS documentation (also known as the "SAS Help Center") lately, you may have noticed that we've made some fairly significant changes in the documentation for SAS products and solutions. The new site is organized in a new way, search

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Advanced Analytics | Programming Tips | SAS Administrators

Phil WeissOctober 20, 2017 5

Top 12 Advantages of SAS Viya

There are many compelling reasons existing SAS users might want to start integrating SAS Viya into their SAS9 programs and applications. For me, it comes down to ease-of-use, speed, and faster time-to-value. With the ability to traverse the (necessarily iterative) analytics lifecycle faster than before, we are now able to generate

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Programming Tips

Amber ElamOctober 20, 2017 7

Tips for using the IMPORT procedure to read files that contain delimiters

Reading an external file that contains delimiters (commas, tabs, or other characters such as a pipe character or an exclamation point) is easy when you use the IMPORT procedure. It's easy in that variable names are on row 1, the data starts on row 2, and the first 20 rows

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Learn SAS | Programming Tips | SAS Administrators

Leonid BatkhanOctober 20, 2017 6

Creating reports in style with SAS Enterprise Guide

“The difference between style and fashion is quality.” -Giorgio Armani With an out-of-the-box SAS Enterprise Guide (EG) installation, when you build a report in SAS EG it is displayed in a nice-looking default style. If you like it, you can keep it, and continue reading. If you don’t quite

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Advanced Analytics | Data Management

Nicolas RobertOctober 18, 2017 0

SAS Viya 3.2 Bridge for SAS Data Integration Studio 4.902 (on SAS 9.4M4) configuration steps

The goal of this article is to describe the steps needed to configure the bridge that allows SAS Data Integration 4.902, based on SAS 9.4M4, to load data directly into CAS on SAS Viya 3.2. Of course, SAS 9.4M5 simplifies this process, as a SAS/CONNECT communication will no longer be required, enabled

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Analytics | Data Visualization | SAS Administrators

Gerry NelsonOctober 16, 2017 5

A tip for moving content between SAS Viya environments

In a SAS Viya 3.2 environment two types of content can be created: SAS Visual Analytics Reports and Data Plans. For administrators, who may want to manage that content within a folder structure, there are some things to keep in mind. In the current release, both types of content can be

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Cindy WangOctober 13, 2017 0

A preliminary analysis of the Nobel Laureates

Every year in early October, the eyes of the world turn to Sweden and Norway, where the Nobel Prize winners are announced to the world. The Nobel Prize is considered the world's most prestigious award. Since 1901, the Prize has been presented to individuals and organizations that have made significant

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | SAS Events

Larry LaRussoSeptember 27, 2017 1

SAS Viya: What’s in it for me? The user.

If you’re in the field of analytics, you’ve undoubtedly heard about SAS Viya. Designed for all analytic professionals, regardless of skills or experience, SAS Viya seamlessly handles big, complex, diverse data. It also supports any programming language, allowing analysts to choose the tool that makes them most productive. Recently a colleague

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SAS Administrators

Gerry NelsonSeptember 25, 2017 4

A review of the options available for upgrading a SAS 9 deployment

With the fifth maintenance release of SAS 9.4 (SAS 9.4M5) now available, it seems like a good time to get a refresher on some of the ways you can upgrade your existing SAS deployments to the latest release. Among several benefits, SAS 9.4M5 provides closer integration with the CAS in-memory runtime engine

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