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Providing technical tips and support information, written for and by SAS users.![How to create a playable dashboard with SAS Visual Analytics](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2018/11/Playable-dashboard-in-SAS-Visual-Analytics-1-702x336.png)
When a Visual Analytics 8.3 report moves on a screen from one page to the next – all by itself, without a human hovering over a keyboard – you're seeing the Report Playback feature of SAS Visual Analytics Viewer 8.3 in action. Reasons for using visual movement Playable dashboards are
![Making great graphs even better with ODS Graphics](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2017/05/ProblemSolvers_Graphic-400x336.jpg)
This blog post shows a few samples of graphs and explains how you can use new functionality in ODS Graphics to make your old graphs look new again. ODS Graphics is part of Base SAS.
![Using SAS Cloud Analytics Service REST APIs to run CAS Actions](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2018/11/iVoted.png)
Disclaimer: this article does not cover or promote any political views. It’s all about data and REST APIs. I am relieved, thankful, elated, glad, thrilled, joyful (I could go on with more synonyms from my thesaurus.com search for 'happy') November 6, 2018 has come and gone. Election day is over.
![How to achieve repeatable results with distributed DATA Step BY Groups](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2017/03/sas-viya-702x336.jpeg)
Prior to distributed DATA Step, DATA Step programmers never had to think about achieving repeatable results because DATA Step ran single-threaded and the source SAS7BDAT dataset was stored on disk. But if you need to obtain repeatable results in DATA Step code that runs distributed in CAS, this post provides a workaround that you'll want to keep handy.
![Customize your CASL code with built-in and user-defined functions](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2018/11/sas-viya-702x336.jpeg)
This blog post outlines how to create your own CAS functions using the CAS Language. It also includes a partial list of both CASL built-in and common functions for reference.
![The customer will always be right with open analytics](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2018/11/Open-analytics-fosters-CX-excellence-702x336.jpg)
Emerging technologies enable retailers to differentiate with data and analytics that enhance the customer experience. In four key ways, retailers can partner with the analytics using data associated with past and present interactions and, through systemic innovation capitalize on future customer interactions.