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Data Visualization | Programming Tips | SAS Administrators

Bobbie WagonerFebruary 7, 2018 0

Creating a custom regional map in SAS Visual Analytics 7.4

By default, SAS Visual Analytics 7.4 supports country and state level polygons for regional geomaps. In SAS Visual Analytics 7.4, custom shape files are now supported, as well. This means that if a site has their own custom polygon data that defines custom regions, it’s possible to create a region

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Rick WicklinFebruary 7, 2018 0

The distribution of shared birthdays in the Birthday Problem

If N random people are in a room, the classical birthday problem provides the probability that at least two people share a birthday. The birthday problem does not consider how many birthdays are in common. However, a generalization (sometimes called the Multiple-Birthday Problem) examines the distribution of the number of

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Data Visualization

Lavanya MandavilliFebruary 6, 2018 0

Jazz up a Geo Map with colorful icon-based display rules

Jazz up your Geo Map or Network Analysis graph by applying icon-based display rule markers instead of color markers on the map. With SAS Visual Analytics, you may have already used display rules by populating intervals or adding color-mapped values for report objects. Now, you can jazz up your Geo

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Data Visualization | Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Sanjay MatangeFebruary 5, 2018 0

Dual Response Axis Bar and Line Overlay - Part 1

A dual response axis chart is useful when the data type for the multiple measures are not compatible. For example, when overlaying measures like "This Year" sales with "Last Year" sales, the format and magnitudes of the two measures (or values for two groups) may be compatible, and it is

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Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonFebruary 2, 2018 0

Can felons vote in your state?

Can felons vote? This seemed like a simple question, but I realized that I wasn't 100% sure of the answer. Therefore I looked into the data ... and apparently "it depends". Follow along and see how I created a map to help answer this question. But before we take the

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Analytics | Data Management | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonFebruary 1, 2018 0

Does Detroit really have the most violent crime?

For the past few years, I've been hearing from many news sources that Detroit is the most violent large city in the US. If the news is saying this, then the data should corroborate it, eh? Well, of course I decided to check for myself... When comparing crime data across

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Government | Travel

Data Visualization

A stacked band plot, created in SAS by using PROC SGPLOT

Rick WicklinJanuary 31, 2018 0

Create a stacked band plot in SAS

This article shows how to construct a "stacked band plot" in SAS, as shown to the right. (Click to enlarge.) You are probably familiar with a stacked bar chart in which the cumulative amount of some quantity is displayed by stacking the contributions of several groups. A canonical example is

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Falko SchulzJanuary 30, 2018 0

Building and visualizing custom polygons in SAS Visual Analytics

Can you use a data visualization tool to display building maps, floor designs and other Esri data? With the recent addition of custom polygon support in SAS Visual Analytics 8.2, customers wondered if this feature can be utilized to render different types of regional overlays. A common request is to

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Analytics | Data for Good | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonJanuary 30, 2018 0

Building a better flu map!

The flu seems to be especially potent this year. "How potent is it," you might ask? ... Well, let's plot some data on a map to help find out! Here in the US, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) compiles data about diseases, and provides reports and graphs

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Analytics | Data for Good | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonJanuary 29, 2018 0

A better way to view flu data

Have you, or someone you know, gotten the flu this year? Word on the street is that this year's flu might be particularly bad, and the data seem to be corroborating that so far. You don't want to take my word for it? -- well then, let's have a look

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Daria Rostovtseva

Daria RostovtsevaJanuary 26, 2018 0

How to create custom regional maps in SAS Visual Analytics 8.2

Are you interested in using SAS Visual Analytics 8.2 to visualize a state by regions, but all you have is a county shapefile? As long as you can cross-walk counties to regions, this is easier to do than you might think. Here are the steps involved: Step 1 Obtain a

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Advanced Analytics | Data Visualization | Machine Learning

Juthika KharghariaJanuary 25, 2018 0

Using PROC ASTORE to override scoring decisions in SAS® Viya®

If you have worked with the different types of score code generated by the high-performance modeling nodes in SAS® Enterprise Miner™ 14.1, you have probably come across the Analytic Store (or ASTORE) file type for scoring. The ASTOREfile type works very well for scoring complex machine learning models like random

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Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonJanuary 25, 2018 0

North Korea's 117 missile tests

Data doesn't always have to be 'big data' to be interesting. For example, I recently ran across a small, but very interesting, database containing all of North Korea's missile tests. The data was a bit difficult to digest in the formats provided, therefore I decided to try my hand at

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Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonJanuary 22, 2018 0

Here are the Amazon HQ2 finalists!

Amazon recently announced the 20 finalists in their search for a location to house their new 2nd headquarters (nicknamed 'hq2'). They showed a map on their web page, but I wanted to create my own map, with a few improvements ... Here's their official map. It's not terrible, but it

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Sue MorrisonJanuary 19, 2018 0

Common annotate pitfalls and how to avoid them

The SAS/GRAPH® Annotate Facility is often viewed as a mysterious programming abyss that many SAS users do not wish to dive into, in part because of some not-so-obvious pitfalls that they might experience when using it. I view annotation as a frequently misunderstood and needlessly feared but powerful tool that

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Warren F. KuhfeldJanuary 19, 2018 0

Advanced ODS Graphics: DRAW statements (part 2)

This post provides examples of DRAW statement syntax and links to the documentation.

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Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonJanuary 19, 2018 0

Polishing up your Bitcoins!

With all the talk about Bitcoin in the news lately, I decided it was time I created a Bitcoin graph! Follow along as I track down the data, create a graph, and then polish up that graph to make it shine. But before we get started, here's a little example

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Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonJanuary 17, 2018 0

Shedding some light on the lottery!

Have you ever played the lottery? Have you ever heard people bragging about all the money they've won? Does it make you want to play? ... We've had an Education Lottery here in North Carolina for over 10 years, but I still didn't really know much about it - therefore I

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Banking | Education | Government | Retail | Sports & Entertainment

Data Visualization

Cost of vaginal delivery and C-section for US states (2015-2016)

Rick WicklinJanuary 17, 2018 0

How much does it cost to give birth in the US?

Money magazine (Jan/Feb 2018) contains an article about how much it costs to give birth in the US. The costs, which are based on insurance data, include prenatal care and hospital delivery but exclude infant care. The data are compiled for each state (including Washington, DC) and by type of

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Warren F. KuhfeldJanuary 15, 2018 0

Advanced ODS Graphics: DRAW statements (part 1)

DRAW statements provide to GTL what SG annotation provides to the SG procedures--a way to add text, shapes, lines, and arrows to graphs.

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Data Visualization | Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Sanjay MatangeJanuary 11, 2018 0

A 3D waterfall chart

A few months ago, a user inquired about a chart that showed tumor response and treatment duration for each subject on 2 different planes of a 3D view. The data was really 2D, with one independent variable (the subject id) and two or more response values. I had provided an

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Health Care | Life Sciences

Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Warren F. KuhfeldJanuary 9, 2018 0

What you need to know about the graph template and data object in PROC SGPLOT

PROC SGPLOT looks at the PROC statements, it looks at the data, and it writes a template that might depend on the data. If you want to understand how the graph is created, you need to look at the PROC SGPLOT code, the graph template and data objects that it constructs, and the final graph.

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Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonJanuary 9, 2018 0

Price of marijuana, across the US

As marijuana has become legal in several states, it's been a frequent topic of interest in the news. And as with any interesting topic, I like to find useful ways to visually analyze the data. In this case, let's have a look at the price of marijuana, and how it

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Sports & Entertainment | Travel

Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Warren F. KuhfeldJanuary 8, 2018 0

Displaying a grouped regression fit plot along with the parameter estimates

Usually, you use axis tables when there is a clear link between the rows of the axis table and the graph. I'll show how to use an axis table to create a table that is independent of the graph. This post also uses discrete attribute maps.

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Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonJanuary 8, 2018 0

Which US states require an ID to vote?

The first time I voted (back in the 1980s), I was very surprised that I didn't have to show any kind of identification. I assumed it was because I lived in a small North Carolina town of 300 people where "everybody knew everybody" ... but they told me that nobody

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Data Visualization | Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Rick WicklinJanuary 8, 2018 0

Label multiple regression lines in SAS

A SAS programmer asked how to label multiple regression lines that are overlaid on a single scatter plot. Specifically, he asked to label the curves that are produced by using the REG statement with the GROUP= option in PROC SGPLOT. He wanted the labels to be the slope and intercept

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Warren F. KuhfeldJanuary 5, 2018 0

Advanced ODS Graphics: Processing ODS OUTPUT data sets from PROC SGPLOT

This post shows you how to run PROC SGPLOT, create smooth curves by using penalized B-splines, use ODS OUTPUT to create an output data set from PROC SGPLOT, and process it to display drop lines.

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Thomas Bodenmüller-DodekJanuary 5, 2018 0

10 gute Gründe, warum SAS Visual Analytics 8.2 Ihr Leben erleichtert

Seit einigen Tagen ist das brandneue Release von SAS Visual Analytics verfügbar. Ich habe mich natürlich gleich drangemacht, die neue Ausgabe auf Herz und Nieren zu prüfen. Herausgekommen sind neben vielen neuen Funktionen auch die Top-10-Gründe, warum Sie für Ihre Big-Data-Strategie mit SAS Visual Analytics, kurz SAS VA, die besten

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Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonJanuary 3, 2018 0

Which are the oldest .com domains?

Over the New Year's weekend, I was listening to the re-broadcast of Dick Clark's Top 100 music countdown from the 1980s ... it was the music from my high school and college years, when synthesizers and fun-rap music popped onto the scene. Another thing that started in the 1980s was

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Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonDecember 22, 2017 0

What Wikipedia pages are the most popular?

When I was growing up, our family had a bookcase containing a set of encyclopedias - it was where I went to obtain information and facts about various things, to satisfy my curiosity and impress my friends. Now that we have the Internet, Wikipedia has taken the place of encyclopedias

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