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Providing technical tips and support information, written for and by SAS users.![SAS tips and tricks: Users-tell-all edition](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2017/11/Tips-702x336.png)
There is certainly no shortage of terrific tips and tricks in various SAS blogs from some of our most distinguished SAS in-house experts. But, there's another group of equally qualified experts who don't often get to share their expertise on this channel: our customers. So, I went on a quest to get
![Scaling Internet of Things for dementia using particle filters](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2017/11/Brain-702x336.jpg)
Dementia describes different brain disorders that trigger a loss of brain function. These conditions are all usually progressive and eventually severe. Alzheimer's disease is the most common type of dementia, affecting 62 percent of those diagnosed. Other types of dementia include; vascular dementia affecting 17 percent of those diagnosed, mixed
![Creating and uploading custom icons and map pin icons in SAS® Visual Investigator](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2017/11/Icons2-702x336.png)
SAS Visual Investigator has an attractive user interface. One of its most engaging features is the network diagram, which represents related ‘entities’ and the connections between them, allowing an investigator to see and explore relationships in their source data. For maximum impact, each entity in the network diagram should have an
![Hopping for the best - calculations across SAS dataset observations](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2017/11/LarryFINAL4-702x336.png)
The purpose of this blog post is to demonstrate a SAS coding technique that allows for calculations with multiple variables and multiple observations across a SAS dataset. This technique can be useful for working with time series, clinical trials, - in any data step calculations involving values from different observations.
![SAS Admin Notebook: Managing SAS Configuration Directory Security](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2015/07/Security.jpg)
Need to grant one or more users access to part of your secure SAS configuration directory? You can do it without opening up your SAS configuration directory to everyone. Most SAS 9.4 Platform deployments on Unix have been done using the SAS Installer account known as sas. The sas account
![Tip and tricks to promote CAS tables from session-scope to global-scope](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2017/07/true_clusters-522x336.png)
When loading data into CAS using PROC CASUTIL, you have two choices on how the table can be loaded: session-scope or global-scope. This is controlled by the PROMOTE option in the PROC CASUTIL statement. Session-scope loaded proc casutil; load casdata="model_table.sas7bdat" incaslib="ryloll" outcaslib="otcaslib" casout="model_table”; run; Global-scope loaded proc casutil; load casdata="model_table.sas7bdat"