SAS Users
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How to expand the number of available SAS functions within the macro language
The %SYSFUNC macro function allows you to access most SAS® functions. In this blog post, I demonstrate how %SYSFUNC can help in your programming needs when a macro function might not exist. I'll also share the formatting feature that is built in to %SYSFUNC and introduce the %QSYSFUNC that masks the returned value.
SAS Visual Analytics filters on periodic calculations: Apply them or ignore them!
SAS Visual Analytics filters in 7.4 and 8.2 enable you to improve the appearance of reports based on calculations that use periodic operators. Parameter settings also enable you to provide users with a prompt for choosing the data to display in a report, without having any effect on the calculations themselves.
How to Emulate DESCENDING BY Variables in DATA Step Code that Runs Distributed in SAS® Viya™
DESCENDING BY Variables in DATA Step Code that Runs Distributed in SAS Viya