Watch live streaming video from sasglobalforum2012 at livestream.com Anna Brown speaks with Chris Hemedinger, SAS Technical Architect and author of "SAS for Dummies," on what he'll be doing at SAS Global Forum 2012. Learn more about his Closing Session keynote "You Don't Have to Go Home ... But You Can't
By now, I’m sure you have created your personal agenda for SAS Global Forum – so guess I will see you on Tuesday morning (9:30 am) in the Southern Hemisphere V area for the Get Your “Fast Pass” to Building Business Intelligence with SAS and Google Analytics presentation. Angela Hall
What's almost as good as being in sunny Orlando to hear your favorite business leaders speak in person? Watching them from the comfort of your own office chair, of course, but with the ability to still ask questions and participate in live polls, as if you were on site. You are
If you have seen the movie Office Space or been to a TGI Fridays then you have heard about having FLAIR! We can assume that the more flair a person has the more fun they are having. In this case of SAS Global Forum, the more flair you have, the
Amidst all of the SAS users and SAS professionals there will also be others who are very excited to be at the conference - analytics and technology bloggers (scads of them!). One of those bloggers, with whom I will finally get to make a face-to-face connection at SAS Global Forum,
Bring your questions and your books with you. SAS authors will be everywhere at SAS Global Forum. They’re presenting papers, autographing books in the Bookstore, and attending lots of networking events. Besides being extremely smart, SAS Press authors are a personable lot and enjoy connecting with users, their fellow authors, and
Hi, I'm Andrea Wainwright-Zimmerman. I'm doing two papers at SAS Global Forum 2012: one in Reporting and Information Visualization and one in Coder's Corner. In Coder's Corner, I've got a simple trick using a DATA Step and a PROC SORT to achieve the same thing as a PROC SORT NODUPKEY, but I let
An event is fast approaching that is the highlight of the year for many members of the SAS community. I am, of course, referring to SAS Global Forum 2012, which this year will be hosted in the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort in Orlando, Florida. I am particularly
For me, this will be a SAS Global Forum of many "firsts". My first Closing Session. My first time attending as a staffer outside of SAS R&D (well, except for the chilly SUGI 21 in Chicago). And my first chance to host the SAS Tech Talk sessions, which will be
Inside SAS Global Forum host Anna Brown gets the inside scoop on all the new activities at SAS Global Forum 2012.
Hi. I'm Amy Peters, Product Manager at SAS. I've scheduled a meetup at this year's SAS Global Forum to talk with you about WebDMS (in Northern Hemisphere E-2 at the Dolphin). It's under development - the basic version is due to be released this summer on SAS® 9.3 for use by SAS OnDemand for Academics for
Have you ever selected File->Schedule Project or Schedule->Process Flow in SAS Enterprise Guide? Are you curious about what magic these actions will trigger? Here's what happens: SAS Enterprise Guide creates a VBScript program that contains the instructions to start SAS Enterprise Guide, load your project, run your project or flow,
Who's gearing up for SAS Global Forum? I am! I am! (waving my hand enthusiastically.) I'm excited about this conference because that's when I get to meet so many potential authors. Folks come by with ideas they've had percolating for years (or sometimes weeks, days or hours ... the length
I am in countdown mode, in about a week I will be heading to SAS Global Forum 2012. As a SAS Instructor for over fourteen years, I have been to several conferences but never one in Orlando. I am excited for the busy forum that awaits. Sunday afternoon I will
Many of us will travel domestically to SAS Global Forum, but some will travel across the border. Regardless of where you are traveling from, everyone who attends will have an opportunity to get a stamped passport at the conference. This year we are bringing a SAS Passport Program - It’s
You could easily become overwhelmed by the number of presentations available at SAS Global Forum. But the savvy SAS Global Forum attendee knows how to select the most suitable sessions in a snap. How?
ODS Graphics have matured. With SAS 9.2, GTL and SG procedures were a new direction for creating analytical graphs in SAS. The motivation and design of the GTL framework and the SG procedures was driven primarily by the needs of the procedure writers within SAS to enable the automatic creation
Watch live streaming video from sasglobalforum2012 at livestream.com I have 8 days before I board my plane for Orlando; 9 days until SAS Global Forum officially kicks off with Opening Session; 10 days before the first official mixer with all of my SAS friends; 11 days before the Kickback party,
I'm a sucker for the sampler platter at restaurants - it gives you a little taste of everything. "The crispy, gooey cheese sticks are delicious, but man, I really want more of the chicken skewers as my meal," is typically how my thought process goes. SAS Training is offering the
[cue movie trailer voiceover guy] In a world where tabular data is too difficult to read and interpret, an unlikely hero is born. A small chart learns how to share BIG meaning. From humble beginnings as a SAS macro, SPARKY changed the world.
I'm sorry to say that there will be no "Dummies around Me" smart phone app for SAS Global Forum this year. That means that if you want to catch up with me, you'll have to do it the old-fashioned way: plan to be in the same place that I am,
The bookstore is a happening place at SAS Global Forum. You can shop onsite and save money on books, mingle with 30+ SAS authors, try to win giveaways (hint: follow @SASPublishing on Twitter and monitor the SAS Global Forum hashtag #SASGF12 and/or enter a couple of surveys) and chat with
Usually I like to write a blog at the end of the year with a top 10 list of most popular classes or most read blogs for that year. Somehow I forgot to do that at the end of 2011, so here I am writing this blog today. I figured
When it refers to the number of new SAS Press books headed your way before SAS Global Forum! SAS Authors and the SAS Press Team have been working day and night to bring you 13 new titles in time for SAS Global Forum at the end of April. Pictured are
When I first attended SAS Global Forum, you had to wait until you arrived at the conference to get connected with other attendees. There wasn’t a good way to find out in advance who was going to attend or what they were interested in. And if you weren’t attending for
The bookstore is a happening place at SAS Global Forum. You can shop onsite and save money on books, mingle with 30+ SAS authors, try to win giveaways (hint: follow @SASPublishing on Twitter and monitor the SAS Global Forum hashtag #SASGF12 and/or enter a couple of surveys) and chat with
Hello! I hope you had a chance to read about e-Learning in last week’s blog. For those of you who want to see and try e-Learning, please come visit me at the e-Learning booth at SAS Global Forum in Orlando. In the weeks to come I will tell you more
Art Carpenter’s newest book, Carpenter’s Guide to Innovative SAS Techniques, offers advanced SAS programmers an all-in-one programming reference that includes advanced topics not easily found outside the depths of SAS documentation or more advanced training classes. No matter how you approach the use of SAS software, the techniques provided in
St. Patrick’s Day is almost here and for many it’s the perfect time to think green. This holiday, for me as a US citizen, means a little less than a month before taxes are due. I am often thinking green, as in money and saving some! For SAS users from around
SAS Global Forum 2012 is fast approaching and attendees want to make sure they make the most of their time away from their job. In addition to the opportunity to network with thousands of SAS professionals, attend hands-on workshops and demonstrations and choose from more than 300 paper presentations, attendees
