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Providing technical tips and support information, written for and by SAS users.![SAS Visual Analytics autoload configuration made easy](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2015/08/VisualAnalyticsHTML5.jpg)
In the past, configuring a new autoload library for SAS Visual Analytics was a manual process involving steps to create very specific folder structures and to copy and edit scripts and SAS programs. No more! Updates to the SAS Deployment Manager have added a new task that creates and configures new autoload libraries
![Opening Up the SAS Environment Manager Report Center](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2016/03/EnvironmentManager.jpg)
The SAS Environment Manager Report Center is a set of SAS stored processes and SAS macros which leverage the SAS Data Mart for the purpose of monitoring and auditing a SAS installation. Full documentation on the structure and functioning of the Data Mart can be found in the SAS Environment Manager
![Who changed my SAS Visual Analytics reports and explorations?](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2015/07/VisualAnalytics.jpg)
In a couple of my previous blogs I discussed how to audit who made changes to data in a SAS environment. In the last couple of weeks I have been asked how to do the same thing for SAS Visual Analytics reports and explorations. The Visual Analytics administrator overview report
![Making Best Use of Date Formats in Visual Analytics Designer](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2015/08/VisualAnalyticsHTML5.jpg)
You may have noticed that when using date information in SAS Visual Analytics, that the date data values can be displayed in a variety of ways. You may see your dates displayed like Jan1916, 03Jun1915, or 03/12/16, for example. In this blog I’ll help you understand SAS date and time
![Expert tips for returning attendees to SAS Global Forum 2016](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2016/01/SASGlobalForum.png)
In my last post, Expert tips for first-time attendees of SAS Global Forum 2016, I asked members of the SAS Global Users Group Executive Board what advice they had for users attending SAS Global Forum for the first time. In this post, they share tips for returning attendees. Each year,
![Using a pipe to return the output of an operating system command to SAS® software](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2016/03/Using-a-pipe-to-return-the-output-of-an-operating-system-command-to-SAS®-software.jpg)
Being able to access information about your operating system from within SAS can be incredibly useful. For example, if you have a directory that contains an unknown number of CSV files that you would like to read into SAS, you certainly would not want to have to write an IMPORT