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Teri PatsilarasMay 25, 2016 1

Use a stack container to pick your category in SAS Visual Analytics Reports

Pick your category? If this title seems familiar, that’s because in my last blog, Use parameters to pick your metric in VA Reports, I covered how to use parameters to allow your users to pick which metric they want to view in their visualizations. This is a great technique that

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Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Leonid BatkhanMay 23, 2016 16

Are you solving the wrong problem?

Being a SAS consultant is about solving problems. In our day-to-day work we solve myriads of all sorts of problems – technical problems, data problems, programming problems, optimization problems – you name it. And in the grand scheme of things we solve business problems. But without a well-defined business

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Programming Tips

Kathryn McLawhornMay 20, 2016 4

Seeing the FREQ procedure's one-way tables in a new light

PROC FREQ is often the first choice when you want to generate basic frequency counts, but it is the last choice when it is compared to other statistical reporting procedures. People sometimes consider PROC FREQ last because they think they have little or no control over the appearance of the

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Programming Tips | SAS Administrators

Dave NadenMay 18, 2016 0

Creating custom reports from the Data Mart

My previous blog discussed the SAS Environment Manager Report Center, and talked about its organization, and how to start using some of the prompts to get the reports you want. The next step is to learn to use some of the example reports provided to help you design your own, production-level

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Data Management | Programming Tips

Mary Kathryn QueenMay 13, 2016 0

Improving matching results in DataFlux Data Management Studio with cluster comparison

Trusted data is key to driving accurate reporting and analysis, and ultimately, making the right decision. SAS Data Quality and SAS Data Management are two offerings that help create a trusted, blended view of your data. Both contain DataFlux Data Management Studio, a key component in profiling, enriching monitoring, governing

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Programming Tips | SAS Administrators

Edoardo RivaMay 4, 2016 2

Is your new grid behaving oddly?

New default parameter values for Platform Suite for SAS Sometimes, when your kids grow older, they change their habits and you don’t recognize their behaviors any more. “We play this game every year at the beach. Don’t you like it anymore?” you ask. “Dad, I’m not seven years old any

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Bobbie WagonerApril 29, 2016 5

Dealing with Dates in SAS Visual Analytics Designer

In a previous blog, I discussed SAS date and time values, and how date and time formats can be used to your advantage in SAS Visual Analytics. That blog addressed some of the features provided for handling date information, like date formats, date hierarchies, and calculated data items based on time

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Teri PatsilarasApril 27, 2016 28

Use parameters to pick your metric in Visual Analytics Reports

Look at the report below. Imagine being asked to allow your users to select which Measure, highlighted in yellow, they are looking at: Income, Expense or Profit. This is a frequent report requirement and I’m going to outline just one of the ways you can design your report to satisfy

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Russ TyndallApril 22, 2016 0

Solutions for missing DATA step features within DS2

The DS2 programming language gives you the following powerful capabilities: The precision that results from using the new supported data types Access to the new expressions, write methods, and packages available in the DS2 syntax Ability to execute SAS Federated Query Language (FedSQL) from within the DS2 program Ability to

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Programming Tips | SAS Administrators

Uttam KumarApril 19, 2016 0

Accessing SPD Engine Data using Hive

With the release of SAS® 9.4 M3, you can now access SAS Scalable Performance Data Engine (SPD Engine) data using Hive. SAS provides a custom Hive SerDe for reading SAS SPD Engine data stored on HDFS, enabling users to access the SPD Engine table from other applications. The SPD Engine

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