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Steven SoberMarch 16, 2017 0

Collaborative distributed data management using SAS Viya

Editor’s note: This is the second 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. This article in the SAS

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Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Bobbie WagonerMarch 8, 2017 0

Calculating standard deviation of a measure in Visual Analytics Designer

Several months ago, I posted a blog about calculating moving averages for a measure in the Visual Analytics Designer. Soon after that, I was asked about calculating not only the average, but also the standard deviation over a period of months, when the data might consist of one or more

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Chevell ParkerFebruary 20, 2017 36

Tips for Using the ODS Excel Destination

The SAS® Output Delivery System provides the ability to generate output in various destination formats (for example, HTML, PDF, and Excel). One of the more recent destinations, ODS Excel, became production in the third maintenance release for SAS 9.4 (TS1M3). This destination enables you to generate native Microsoft Excel formatted

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Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Teri PatsilarasFebruary 14, 2017 7

Visualization Spotlight: Visual Analytics Designer 7.3 Word Cloud

In this post I wanted to shed some light on a visualization you may not be using enough: the Word Cloud. Word association exercises can often be a fun way to pass the time with friends, or it can trigger immediate action – just think of your email inbox and

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Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Leonid BatkhanFebruary 10, 2017 6

Truncating vs rounding SAS time values

Small matters matter. Imagine saving (or spending wisely) just 1 second of your time every hour. One measly second! During your lifespan you would save or spend wisely (1 sec-an-hour * 24 hours-a-day * 365 days-a-year * 100 years) / (3600 seconds-an-hour * 24 hours-a-day) = 10 days, a whole

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Programming Tips | SAS Administrators

Dave NadenFebruary 9, 2017 1

Middle Tier Changes and Upgrades in SAS 9.4 M4

Since the SAS 9.4 M2 release in December 2014, there have been several refinements and updates to the middle tier that are of interest to installers and administrators. In this blog, I’m going to summarize them for you. What I’m describing here is available in the newest SAS release (9.4 M4). I’ll

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Programming Tips | SAS Events

John AmrheinFebruary 2, 2017 20

At SAS Global Forum, Content is King

I will begin with a short story. Like many employers, McDougall Scientific, my employer, requires its employees to review, with their co-workers and managers, what they learned at a conference or course. They are also asked to suggest applications of their learnings so that McDougall might realize value from the

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Programming Tips | SAS Administrators

Mary Kathryn QueenJanuary 31, 2017 0

Securing sensitive data using SAS Federation Server at the row and column level

SAS® Federation Server provides a central, virtual environment for administering and securing access to your data. It also allows you to combine data from multiple sources without moving or copying the data. SAS Federation Server Manager, a web-based application, is used to administer SAS Federation Server(s). Data privacy is a

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Edoardo RivaJanuary 30, 2017 2

SAS Studio 3.6 new features

Recently, SAS shipped the fourth maintenance of SAS 9.4. Building on this foundation, SAS Studio reached a new milestone, its 3.6 release. All editions have been upgraded, including Personal, Basic and Enterprise. In this blog post, I want to highlight the new features that have been introduced. In subsequent posts

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