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Providing technical tips and support information, written for and by SAS users.![SCSUG kicks off Oct. 31--no costumes required!](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2013/10/SCSUG-2013-logo.jpg)
San Antonio plays host to this year’s South Central SAS Users Group (SCSUG) Educational Forum. Instead of the usual Sunday to Tuesday schedule, this year’s forum is being held on a Thursday (Oct. 31) and Friday (Nov. 1). But don’t worry – Halloween costumes aren’t being encouraged – the focus
![Parallel processing in SAS: when and how to use it MWSUG logo for 2013](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2013/08/MWSUG24_logo_black1.gif)
Do your SAS programs read extra-large volumes of data? Do they run multiple DATA steps and procedures one after the other for hours at a time? Two papers from MWSUG 2013 show how you can speed up those long-running SAS jobs. Although their approaches and environments differed, both authors made
![7 tips for creating cleaner data sets MWSUG logo for 2013](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2013/08/MWSUG24_logo_black1.gif)
Although she’s an analyst, Anca Tilea estimates that she spends 80% of her time cleaning data. Tilea and co-author Deanna Chyn shared seven of their favorite methods for checking, cleaning and restructuring data. Attendees at MWSUG 2013 got a bonus tip: Ask SAS peers in one of the SAS Support
![SAS Regional Users Groups--a note of thanks](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2013/09/MWSUG2013_thanks.jpg)
I’m here at MWSUG 2013 soaking up the regional experience. After spending a couple of days in Columbus, I’m seeing first-hand how much users care about working with SAS software and about being part of the SAS community. It’s been a great conference so far—-presentations are packed! Walking through the
![Take a second look! Best papers Global Forum 2013](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2017/01/SASevents-2.png)
When we announced the SAS Global Forum 2013 Best Contributed Paper winners on our blog, the response was huge! I asked the authors to comment on whether or not their paper topics had any broader applications. The response was overwhelmingly positive. Seems like these winning SAS findings are Swiss army
![SAS 9.4 middle tier architecture: need a map? Side-by-side diagrams of SAS 9.3 and SAS 9.4 middle tier architectures](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2013/09/midtier_combo.jpg)
My family are all Lord of the Rings Trilogy fans. As a novice in the world of SAS administration, I find discussing the SAS middle tier architecture a little like traveling through Middle Earth. For me, it’s new and fascinating terrain. And like other travelers, I would find it useful