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Jody CarltonMay 19, 2017 1

Demystifying and resolving common transcoding problems

Technical Support regularly receives incoming calls from customers who have encountered the following transcoding warning: WARNING: Some character data was lost during transcoding in the data set xxx.xxx. Either the data contains characters that are not representable in the new encoding or truncation occurred during transcoding People are not always

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Analytics | Programming Tips

Lavanya MandavilliMay 4, 2017 1

Linking to target reports and sections in SAS Visual Analytics 7.4

SAS Visual Analytics 7.4 comes chock-full of new features. Report and section linking come with an added benefit. If you set up linking from one section to another section in the same report, or from one report to another report, you have the option to configure linking such that any filter

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Data Management | Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Leonid BatkhanApril 27, 2017 8

Automating the loading of multiple database tables into SAS tables

When developing SAS applications, you can feed database tables into your application by using the libname access engine either by directly referring a database table, or via SAS or database views that themselves refer to one or more of the database tables. More on Automation with SAS: Let SAS write

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Programming Tips

Martin MinceyApril 21, 2017 17

Use SAS to send an email that embeds a graph in the body of the email

When using the SAS® system to email graphics output, a common request is to use SAS to send an email in which the graphics output is embedded in the body of the email. This functionality is not available until the second maintenance release for SAS® 9.4 (TS1M2). If you are

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Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Leonid BatkhanApril 13, 2017 39

One deadly sin SAS programmers should stop committing

Even if you are a traditional SAS programmer and have nothing to do with cybersecurity, you still probably have to deal with this issue in your day-to-day work. The world has changed, and what you do as a SAS programmer is not just between you and your computer anymore. However,

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Leonid BatkhanApril 1, 2017 26

SAS code to prove Fermat's Last Theorem

The full text of Fermat's statement, written in Latin, reads "Cubum autem in duos cubos, aut quadrato-quadratum in duos quadrato-quadratos, et generaliter nullam in infinitum ultra quadratum potestatem in duos eiusdem nominis fas est dividere cuius rei demonstrationem mirabilem sane detexi. Hanc marginis exiguitas non caperet." The English translation is:

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Data Management | Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Leonid BatkhanMarch 28, 2017 12

Changing variable type and variable length in SAS datasets

There is a well-known Russian saying that goes “Если нельзя, но очень хочется, то можно.” The English translation of it can span anywhere from “If you can’t, but want it badly, then you can” to “If you shouldn’t, but want it badly, then you should” to “If you may not,

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Programming Tips

Phil WeissMarch 27, 2017 0

Using the Robust Analytics Environment of SAS Viya

I have been using the SAS Viya environment for just over six months now and I absolutely love it. As a long-time SAS coder and data scientist I’m thrilled with the speed and greater accuracy I’m getting out of a lot of the same statistical techniques I once used in

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Bari LawhornMarch 20, 2017 0

Create accessible ODS results with SAS or "Why you should be running SAS 9.4M4!"

Let’s look at the term “accessible” and how it relates to the SAS world. Accessible output is output that can be read by a screen reader to someone with low or no vision, visualized by someone with low vision or color blindness, or navigated by someone with limited mobility. In

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Analytics | Programming Tips

Steven SoberMarch 17, 2017 0

Collaborative distributed data management with open source

Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of articles to help current SAS programmers add SAS Viya to their analytics skillset. In this post, Advisory Solutions Architect Steven Sober explores how to accomplish distributed data management using SAS Viya. Read additional posts in the series. In my last article I

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