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Providing technical tips and support information, written for and by SAS users.![Spice up SAS output with live Google maps](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2014/10/google_thumbnail2.jpg)
➤ DISCLOSURE! In June 2018 Google introduced changes to the way it handles its Maps platform. They now require API key in order to embed a map, plus Google Maps "projects" must now be associated with a billing account. Unless these new Google rules are met, Google maps described in
![A day in the life of a SAS Administrator: Understanding the roles we play](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2014/06/mindmap1.jpg)
I can’t believe that it has been almost two months since SAS Global Forum in Washington DC! As always, I was reinvigorated and came back with even more ideas on how to improve the way that we do things, apply new lessons and try some things out – along with
![Assigning graph style attributes easily!](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2014/02/ProblemSolvers.jpg)
Frequently you may want to modify the default colors, line patterns and symbols that are displayed on the graphics output produced by the Statistical Graphics, or SG procedures, and the Graph Template Language, GTL. Enhancements in SAS 9.4 have made that task much easier! In the examples below, we will look
![SAS Visual Analytics: managing user permissions](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2014/05/VApermissions1.jpg)
I’ve recently had the opportunity to learn a little more about administering SAS Visual Analytics. The sessions introduced me to two new GUI interfaces that simplify the work for SAS administrators. In my last post, I shared how to load data into memory using the SAS Visual Data Builder. After
![Finding and deleting orphaned SAS WORK and SAS Utility directories](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2017/01/SAS-Administrators-1.png)
SAS administrators often ask for a utility that can detect orphaned SAS WORK and SAS Utility directories on their back-end SAS compute systems. These orphaned directories result when a SAS Enterprise Guide or any other SAS GUI application is terminated incorrectly, and the SAS session does not terminate properly. SAS
![Which Base procedure is best for simple statistics?](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2014/02/ProblemSolvers.jpg)
It’s an understatement to say there are many Base SAS procedures! Some procedures may be used for basic report writing. Other procedures may be used to perform statistical analysis. Some have similar functions. Others are unique in the output that they can produce. Which procedure you choose generally depends on