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Providing technical tips and support information, written for and by SAS users.![Nurturing the #lifelearner in all of us](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2017/04/FinalProduct-702x336.jpg)
In addition to his day job as Chief Technology Officer at SAS, Oliver Schabenberger is a committed lifelong learner. During his opening remarks for the SAS Technology Connection at SAS Global Forum 2017, Schabenberger confessed to having a persistent nervous curiosity, and insisted that he’s “learning every day.” And, he
![How LASR servers are started from SAS Visual Analytics Administrator](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2017/04/SAS-Visual-Analytics-Administrator3.jpg)
In this post, I will explain how LASR Servers (both Distributed and Non-distributed) are started from the SAS Visual Analytics Administrator application. We will also look at one particular issue and I will provide you with more details to understand the situation and two strategies to address this issue. When
![One deadly sin SAS programmers should stop committing](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2017/04/DeadlySin-702x336.jpg)
Even if you are a traditional SAS programmer and have nothing to do with cybersecurity, you still probably have to deal with this issue in your day-to-day work. The world has changed, and what you do as a SAS programmer is not just between you and your computer anymore. However,
![SAS Visual Analytics Designer 7.3 Schedule Chart](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2017/04/SAS-Visual-Analytics-Designer09-702x336.png)
You may be wondering if you need something special to gain access to the Schedule Chart object. Don’t worry, you don’t, you just need to unhide this visualization if it isn’t already. You can do this from the Objects’ drop down menu. There are several other objects available to you
![Easy Scheduling in Visual Data Builder - SAS Visual Analytics 7.3](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2017/04/Scheduling-in-Visual-Data-Builder13-702x336.jpg)
You can expand on the functionality of SAS Visual Data Builder in SAS Visual Analytics by editing the query code, adding code for pre- and post-processing, or even writing your own query. You can process single tables or join multiple tables, writing the output to a LASR library, a SAS library, or a
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Emma Warrillow, President of Data Insight Group, Inc., believes analysts add business value when they ask questions of the business, the data and the approach. “Don’t be an order taker,” she said. Warrillow held to her promise that attendees wouldn’t see a stitch of SAS programming code in her session