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Providing technical tips and support information, written for and by SAS users.![Esri integration with SAS Visual Analytics: Geocoding](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2019/08/csh_geo6_image1-702x336.jpeg)
Geocoding is no longer limited to just Base SAS. You can also geocode from within Visual Analytics, thanks to the integration with the Esri geocoding api. This feature is part of the Esri Premium agreement, and became available in VA 8.3.
![Summarization in CASL](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2019/08/sumcasl1-1-596x336.png)
Summarizing numeric data is an important step in analyzing your data. CASL provides multiple actions that generate summary statistics. This blog provides a quick overview of three of those actions: SIMPLE.SUMMARY, AGGREGATION.AGGREGATE, and DATAPREPROCESS.RUSTATS.
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Submit your ideas for SAS Global Forum 2020, and share your knowledge with SAS users worldwide.
![SAS Event Stream Processing on SAS Cloud - my journey](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2019/07/solarFarmArt-702x336.png)
In a previous post, Zero to SAS in 60 Seconds- SAS Machine Learning on SAS Cloud, I documented my experience with a SAS free trial on the SAS Cloud. Well, the engineers at SAS have been busy and created another free trial. The new trial covers SAS Event Stream Processing
![A DATA step compiler trick to get the record count DATA Step compiler shortcut](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2019/07/Ron-Author-Pic-702x336.jpg)
Years ago I saw a line of SAS code that was really puzzling. It was a statement that started with: if 0 then … ; What? This was a statement that would always be evaluated as false. Why would anyone write such a statement? Recently, I was discussing with a
![How the RANK procedure calculates ranks with groups and ties](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2017/05/ProblemSolvers_Graphic-400x336.jpg)
The RANK procedure (PROC RANK) is useful for ranking numeric variables in a data set across observations. You often see PROC RANK used to rank data into quartiles, deciles, or percentiles. This action requires that you use the GROUPS= option in the PROC RANK statement. This blog answers three questions