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Providing technical tips and support information, written for and by SAS users.![Data Governance Series: Share DataFlux Data Quality profiling metrics in SAS Visual Analytics (Part 2)](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2016/02/profiling-processes-results-in-SAS-Visual-Analytics..jpg)
In this post, I continue the journey of getting data profiling results into SAS Visual Analytics. In my first blog I described the process of collecting DataFlux Data Quality profiling metrics to load a datamart. Now we load this datamart into memory (LASR) and then plug a VA report on
![Data-driven SAS macro loops](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2016/03/data-driven-loops_2.jpg)
In my previous post, Introducing data-driven loops, I suggested a way of implementing programming loops with a list of index variables pulled from an external data table. These ordinary programming loops iterate during code execution while processing some data elements of an input data table. SAS macro loops, on the
![Avoid the pitfalls of parallel jobs](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2016/03/parallel2.jpg)
I recently received a call from a colleague that is using parallel processing in a grid environment; he lamented that SAS Enterprise Guide did not show in the work library any of the tables that were successfully created in his project. The issue was very clear in my mind, but
![Ten things that excite me about SAS Global Forum 2016](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2016/01/SASGlobalForum.png)
It’s hard to believe, but SAS Global Forum 2016 is less than two months away. As chair of this year’s conference, I’ve been preparing for the event for nearly two years. Now, it’s right around the corner! Lately, I’ve been spending a lot of time reading and contributing to the
![Expert tips for first-time attendees of SAS Global Forum 2016](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2016/01/SASGlobalForum.png)
SAS Global Forum 2016 is the largest gathering of SAS users in the world, with more than 5,000 data scientists, analytic professionals and business leaders expected for this year’s event at The Venetian in Las Vegas, April 18-21. While many users make the event a part of their professional development
![Copy data to Hadoop using SAS Data Loader](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2016/02/Copy-Data-to-Hadoop-using-SAS.jpg)
The SAS Data Loader directive ‘Copy Data to Hadoop’ enables you to copy data from DBMS to Hadoop Hive tables. The SAS Data Loader for Hadoop can be configured to copy data from any external database which offers JDBC database connectivity. SAS Data Loader uses the Apache Sqoop™ and Oozie