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Providing technical tips and support information, written for and by SAS users.![Build your PROC TEMPLATE muscles: Using the COMPUTE AS and TRANSLATE INTO statements](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2014/02/ProblemSolvers.jpg)
When you work out, you probably have a routine set of exercises that you do. But if you read health-and-fitness websites or talk to a personal trainer, you know that for optimal fitness, you should vary your workout routine. Not only does adding variety to your fitness regime help you
![About LASR Load Balancing](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2016/07/LASR-Load-Balancing04.png)
The Distributed SAS 9.4 LASR Analytic Server provides a massively parallel processing solution for working very quickly with huge volumes of data. LASR was built from its earliest invocations to provide for incredible scalability and growth. One of the primary criteria which drives the considerations of scalability is load management.
![15 top Global Forum 2016 papers for SAS administrators](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2016/01/SASGlobalForum.png)
I look forward to SAS Global Forum each year and this past conference ranked up that as one of the best I've ever attended. This year there were so many wonderful presentations, Super Demos and workshops on the topic of administration of SAS and the underlying hardware infrastructure needed for SAS
![Tips for reading XML files into SAS® software](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2016/06/Reading-XML-files-into-SAS-Software05.png)
XML has become one of the major standards for moving data across the Internet. Some of XML’s strengths are the abilities to better describe data and to be more extensible than any of its predecessors such as CSV. Due to the increased popularity of XML for moving data, I provide
![Need an aggregation of an aggregation? Use Visual Data Builder to pre-aggregate your data](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2015/08/VisualAnalyticsHTML5.jpg)
Report designers often discover after aggregating data by groups in the Visual Analytics Designer that it would also be nice to see additional aggregations of the data, for example, a maximum or minimum of that sum across groups. This means creating an ‘aggregation of an aggregation.’ If you plan your report objectives in
![Auditing using the SAS Environment Manager Report Center– tips and tricks](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2016/03/EnvironmentManager.jpg)
As an addendum to my previous two blogs on using the SAS Environment Manager Report Center, this blog illustrates further tips and tricks you can use to help make the creation of your custom reports easier. The Ad-Hoc Reporting section of the Report Center is specifically designed to provide a