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Providing technical tips and support information, written for and by SAS users.![Establishing a SAS publication channel](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2012/12/channel1.png)
You can create SAS publication channels based on topics (3rd Quarter Results), organization (Business Unit X), user audience (new product release), or any other category. Once defined, authorized users can subscribe to the channels and automatically receive information whenever it is published.
![Create Engaging SAS Global Forum Presentations](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2013/03/ppt_03.jpg)
Garr Reynolds, author of Presentation Zen, has excellent ideas on organizing your information so it is effective and interesting. One tip is “Start with the End in Mind” – what is the purpose of your presentation? What do you want the audience to walk away knowing?
![Improving SAS performance on an IBM POWER7 system](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2017/01/SAS-Administrators-1.png)
One of the roles my team enjoys is working with SAS customers on performance issues along with testing SAS software on selected hardware configurations. We also work closely with other groups within SAS who work with SAS partners to test the latest and greatest features. My team then takes what
![Formatted or unformatted, that is the question](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2017/01/ProgrammingTips-2.png)
In my previous post, I began a discussion of lists by explaining that big problems can be solved by breaking the problem into smaller pieces. The solutions to those smaller problems can then be used in combination to solve other problems. In this post, I will talk about formatting and
![Seeing SAS data through metadata](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2013/02/metaeyes11.png)
Last time we discussed the fundamentals of SAS data and how we reference that data in SAS Foundation. Now, we will turn our attention to how you access and protect data when you want to expose data through SAS clients versus the traditional LIBNAME method.
![Improving performance: Determine the cause](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2017/01/SAS-Administrators-1.png)
Thanks for reading my previous post about the importance of understanding your performance issues before trying to determine the cause. Compiling all the available information about the problem and finding a repeatable SAS process that can be monitored are the first steps toward fixing the issue. Since we now have