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Analytics

Noura AyacheFebruary 1, 2023 0

How Nota Climat is pushing for companies’ decarbonation by creating transparency on their climate action

A lot of companies publish corporate social responsibility (CSR) reports that describe their actions to contribute to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, in the absence of standardized reporting rules, it is not always clear how much of these reports is genuine action, and how companies compare from

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Programming Tips

Suzanne MorgenOctober 3, 2022 0

Meet our SAS Press Author of the Month -- Jane Eslinger

We publish a lot of books by SAS experts at SAS Press, but how does someone become an expert in the first place? Becoming certified is one step, but who develops the certifications in the first place? Those are the true experts. They have to have a deep understanding of

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Programming Tips

Chevell ParkerApril 20, 2021 0

Creating a report that displays only the column headings for a data set containing 0 records

This blog demonstrates how to create a report that provides only the column headings for data that is missing. The blog also explains how to create, select, and exclude output objects as well as how to generate reports with the SAS® Output Delivery System (ODS). These concepts are relevant to the task of generating a report with the column headings for a data set that contains no (0) observations.

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Georgia MarianiApril 20, 2017 0

4 examples of data, reporting and analytics in education

Leaders in the education industry understand that when people at all levels have timely access to the right data and reports, they can generate trusted knowledge and insights that help transform programs, curriculums, student outcomes and more. That's how the industry's leaders deliver desired results faster to further student success.

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Education

Data Visualization

Panagiota VyrgiotiAugust 1, 2016 0

Data Visualization: From Information to Wisdom

How often does a graph change the world? In 1854, Doctor John Snow produced a map to plotter cholera cases by drawing on a London map a bar for each reported death. Until then, it was believed that cholera was spread by miasma in the air, however, transmission method has

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Analytics

Deborah PiankoApril 8, 2016 0

Tax fraud detection & good reporting can save your job

Tax fraud doesn’t just steal money from taxpayers, it can strip people of their livelihoods and reputations. When a manager in a tax agency’s property tax division stole nearly $50M in property tax refunds, the media and external auditors asked: “How did no one notice this?” The woman started small,

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Government

Programming Tips

Bari LawhornMay 20, 2015 0

ODS PDF destination in SAS 9.4: Come take a look under the hood!

If you have programmed with SAS in the last 15 years, you have probably had a reason to share your SAS results in PDF format. The ODS PDF destination, much like a well-designed car, has evolved over the years, offering progressively nicer features like security, enhanced image formatting and embedded

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Programming Tips

Teri PatsilarasApril 10, 2015 0

Include Info Windows in your SAS Visual Analytics reports

An Info Window is a SAS Visual Analytics pop-up window that provides additional information when a user selects a report object. When designing your report, you can think of an Info Window as simply an additional report section that is defined as hidden. Now that you know what an Info

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Programming Tips

Gerry NelsonMarch 4, 2015 0

Relationships are easy – for SAS objects!

Somebody once said that relationships are not easy. Well now they are—in SAS 9.4, at least! SAS objects have inherent relationships and dependencies, and a change to one element can often have an impact on one or many related objects. For example, for SAS Visual Analytics reports to work as

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Programming Tips

Teri PatsilarasOctober 3, 2014 0

Use layering to design reports in SAS® Visual Analytics

Report design includes several phases. Granted, these phases aren’t official: they’re more a reflection of my own thought processes and how my report designs typically unfold: the initial “get the data on the screen to see what we have” phase the addition of filters and prompts to assist with guided

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SAS Events

Pete LundMarch 10, 2014 0

SAS Global Forum--there's nothing like being there!

We can watch games on TV, rent a movie from Redbox, and Google our favorite SAS procedures when we’ve forgotten how something works. There are a myriad of ways to get entertained or educated in a second-hand way. But, whether it’s being at the ballpark, in a theater, or at

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SAS Events

Waynette TubbsApril 29, 2013 0

Closing the distance using SAS® Enterprise BI

Managers, boards of directors, executives - everyone needs up-to-date information for decision making. And today that often means they need it in real-time. James Beaver and Tobin Scroggins from Farm Bureau Bank give their users the option of emailed reports for this real-time or near real-time information, or the users

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Analytics

Bill ColemanSeptember 23, 2011 0

BI software may be most painful local government purchase

Over my 32 year career in local government as a city and county manager I was faced with many difficult decisions during budget deliberations. Setting tax and utility rates, adding head count, determining compensation and benefits, calculating the appropriate mix of debt and cash for funding capital projects…these were all

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Government