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Data Visualization | Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Jane EslingerApril 24, 2018 0

Background images and the ODS destination for PowerPoint

The ODS destination for PowerPoint uses table templates and style templates to display the tables, graphs, and other output produced by SAS procedures. You can customize the look of your presentation in a number of ways, including using custom style templates and images. Here we'll learn about using background images.

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Terry BarhamApril 24, 2018 0

Are SAS practice exams worth the cost?

A SAS practice exam can help you prepare for SAS certification. Practice exams are similar in difficulty, objectives, length, and design of the actual exam. While there's no guarantee that passing the practice exam will result in passing the actual exam, they can help you determine how prepared you are for an exam.

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Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Allison SaitoApril 23, 2018 0

When a variable is not a variable

SAS variables are variables in the statistics sense, not the computer programming sense. SAS has what many computer languages call “variables,” it just calls them “macro variables.” Knowing the difference between SAS variables and SAS macro variables will help you write more flexible and effective code.

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Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Russ TyndallApril 20, 2018 0

How to expand the number of available SAS functions within the macro language

The %SYSFUNC macro function allows you to access most SAS® functions. In this blog post, I demonstrate how %SYSFUNC can help in your programming needs when a macro function might not exist. I'll also share the formatting feature that is built in to %SYSFUNC and introduce the %QSYSFUNC that masks the returned value.

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Data Visualization | Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonApril 19, 2018 0

A periodic table to help you with your SAS ODS graphics!

There were 97 e-posters in The Quad demo room at SAS Global Forum this year. And the one that caught my eye was Ted Conway's "Periodic Table of Introductory SAS ODS Graphics Examples." Here's a picture of Ted fielding some questions from an interested user... He created a nice/fun graphic,

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Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Rick WicklinApril 11, 2018 0

Find the unique rows of a numeric matrix

Sometimes it is important to ensure that a matrix has unique rows. When the data are all numeric, there is an easy way to detect (and delete!) duplicate rows in a matrix. The main idea is to subtract one row from another. Start with the first row and subtract it

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SAS JediApril 9, 2018 0

Jedi @ SASGF: Working with Big Data in SAS

The SAS Jedi Mark Jordan presents his SAS Global Forum 2018 paper "Working with Big Data in SAS"

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Larry LaRussoApril 5, 2018 0

The Best Job in America

According to Glassdoor, data scientist tops the list of the 50 Best Jobs in America. The rankings are determined by combining three factors: number of job openings, salary and overall job satisfaction rating. With a median base salary of $110,000, an abundance of unfilled positions and high job satisfaction, there’s no denying that data science is hot.

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Mastering the SAS® DS2 Procedure book cover image

SAS JediApril 4, 2018 0

Jedi SAS Tricks: Transwarp Processing with DS2 in SAS® Viya®

When speed is required at scale, it's hard to beat parallel processing data in memory with DS2 and SAS® Viya® with the amazing Cloud Analytic Services (CAS)!

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Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Rick WicklinApril 2, 2018 0

The chi-square test: An example of working with rows and columns in SAS

As a general rule, when SAS programmers want to manipulate data row by row, they reach for the SAS DATA step. When the computation requires column statistics, the SQL procedure is also useful. When both row and column operations are required, the SAS/IML language is a powerful addition to a

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Fraud & Security Intelligence | Learn SAS

How to comply with new AML regulatory environment

Christopher Ghenne

Christopher GhenneMarch 26, 2018 0

How to comply with new AML regulatory environment

A year ago, the compliance community was stressed by the enforcement of AMLD4 and its consequences for all financial institutions in Europe. At that time our experts were also summarising the analytics capabilities that need to be deployed for optimising existing AML solutions, improving the risk-based approach and the overall

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Data Visualization | Learn SAS

Sian RobertsMarch 26, 2018 0

Authoring a data-driven book - yes, we do that!

At SAS we use data to accomplish many of our everyday tasks. At SAS Books, we have now even used data to create a data-driven book, An Introduction to SAS Visual Analytics.

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Data Management | Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Mastering the SAS DS2 Procedure second edition - the DS to DS2 Procedure

SAS JediMarch 26, 2018 0

Jedi SAS Tricks: The DSTODS2 Procedure

You have the infrastructure, and you know that DATA step would run so much better in DS2, but it’s complicated and you don’t know how to get started. Well, if you have SAS 9.4M5, rejoice! The DStoDS2 procedure is here, and it’s a humdinger! (No, Chris, not a Hemedinger… ;-) It's

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Chip WellsMarch 23, 2018 0

SAS introduces the blended classroom

We all have different learning styles. Some learn best by seeing and doing; others by listening to lectures in a traditional classroom; still others simply by diving in and asking questions along the way. Traditional face-to-face classroom instruction, real-time classes over the Internet, or self-paced instruction with exercises, SAS Education

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Data Visualization | Learn SAS | Machine Learning | Students & Educators

Markus GrauMarch 21, 2018 0

Business Analytics: Real-World Use Cases für Universitäten und Hochschulen

In meiner Funktion als Academic Program Manager unterstütze ich Hochschulen in den Themengebieten künstliche Intelligenz (KI), Data Science und Business Analytics. Einer der am häufigsten geäußerten Wünsche ist, dass seitens SAS, Use-Cases zur Verfügung gestellt werden. Keine theoretischen Gebilde, sondern echte, reale Daten von Firmen mit einem handfesten Business-Problem, das

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Analytics | Learn SAS

Rick WicklinMarch 21, 2018 0

The conjugate gradient method

I often claim that the "natural syntax" of the SAS/IML language makes it easy to implement an algorithm or statistical formula as it appears in a textbook or journal. The other day I had an opportunity to test the truth of that statement. A SAS programmer wanted to implement the

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Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Rick WicklinMarch 19, 2018 0

Compute with combinations: Maximize a function over combinations of variables

About once a month I see a question on the SAS Support Communities that involves what I like to call "computations with combinations." A typical question asks how to find k values (from a set of p values) that maximize or minimize some function, such as "I have 5 variables,

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Pi-Day supports Data Science education

Dr. Jürgen KaselowskyMarch 14, 2018 0

π-day - maths is something to celebrate!

If you are asked to give an example of using mathematics in everyday life, most people will immediately think of dividing the bill in a restaurant, or possibly calculating percentages. For most of us, this kind of maths will not be a problem, but somehow the whole idea of maths

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Dr. Jürgen KaselowskyMarch 14, 2018 0

Pi-Tag – es lebe die Mathematik!

Mathematik im Alltag, da denkt jeder sofort an die Rechnung im Restaurant, die man mal schnell per Kopfrechnen aufteilen will. Oder an Dreisatz, Prozentualrechnung, jaja … Für viele Leute kein Problem, aber irgendwie negativ besetzt. Das muss sich ändern! O. k., da wird nun kein gesetzlicher Feiertag rausspringen (wobei DAS jeden

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Analytics | Learn SAS | Students & Educators

data science shaping influencers

Dr. Jürgen KaselowskyMarch 8, 2018 0

New careers: Influencers and how data science shapes them

A recent documentary on TV amused me. It asked teens what they want to do professionally. The answers included YouTube star, DJ and – over and over again – “influencer.” Quite apart from the fact that all these are relatively new jobs, they also have something else in common: There

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Advanced Analytics | Learn SAS | SAS Events

Jordan Bakerman

Jordan BakermanMarch 6, 2018 0

Use R to interface with SAS Cloud Analytics Services

The R SWAT package (SAS Wrapper for Analytics Transfer) enables you to upload big data into an in-memory distributed environment to manage data and create predictive models using familiar R syntax. In the SAS Viya Integration with Open Source Languages: R course, you learn the syntax and methodology required to

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Data Visualization | Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonMarch 5, 2018 0

Converting your old SAS jobs to use the new GfK maps

Do you procrastinate and find excuses to delay doing certain things, even when you know they really ought to be done? And you probably realize that starting those projects is usually the hardest part, eh? Well, I finally started converting hundreds of my SAS examples to use the new GfK maps,

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Dr. Sunil BhardwajMarch 5, 2018 0

SAS Data Science Academy creates modern Data Scientists : Experience Sharing

SAS Academy for Data Science has been churning out high quality of data scientists for a quite few years thereby full filling the demand supply gap that exists in the area. It enables career seekers to enhance their skills and known worldwide by obtaining SAS Credentials and SAS Digital Badges

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Data Visualization | Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Sanjay MatangeMarch 2, 2018 0

Series plot with varying attributes

This article is motivated by a recent question on the SAS Communities board. This user wants to create a series or spline plot where the attributes of the line (color, thickness) can be changed based on another variable. In this case it may be a binary variable with "0" and

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Learn SAS | SAS Events

Larry LaRussoFebruary 27, 2018 0

A conversation with SAS Global Forum 2018 Chair Goutam Chakraborty

Goutam Chakraborty is a busy man. In addition to serving as SAS professor of marketing analytics at Oklahoma State University, Dr. Chakraborty is the director and founder of the SAS and Oklahoma State University MS in Business Analytics and an award winning author and professor. He teaches courses in such areas as business

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Rick WicklinFebruary 26, 2018 0

How to use FIRST.variable and LAST.variable in a BY-group analysis in SAS

My article about the difference between CLASS variables and BY variables in SAS focused on SAS analytical procedures. However, the BY statement is also useful in the SAS DATA step where it is used to merge data sets and to analyze data at the group level. When you use the

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Data Visualization | Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Sanjay MatangeFebruary 25, 2018 0

HBar with Data Labels

A common request on the communities page is to place data labels on horizontal bar charts. Often users want to display stacked horizontal bar charts, with the values displayed for each segment and the overall value of the bar itself as shown in the example below. In this example, the

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Data Visualization | Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Sanjay MatangeFebruary 19, 2018 0

Survival plot with a twist using SGPLOT procedure

Survival plots are automatically created by the LIFETEST procedure. These graphs are most often customized to fit the needs of SAS users. One way to create the customized survival plot is to save the generated data from the LIFETEST procedure, and then use the SGPLOT procedure to create your custom

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Sian RobertsFebruary 19, 2018 0

Six new SAS books for 2018

Start off the New Year by brushing up your SAS programming skills! Begin your goal to become SAS certified or explore these New SAS books and other SAS Press titles, many of which will be making their bookshelf debut at SAS® Global Forum 2018 in Denver, CO! Want to be notified when a new book

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Learn SAS

Larry LaRussoFebruary 16, 2018 0

SAS Academy for Data Science creates top-rate analytical professionals

Do a quick search on “data scientist” on any of the popular job boards and there’s no denying the global shortage of data scientists is a real one. And, whether you’re looking for the salary commensurate with the prestigious title, a fast pass to the C-suite, or simply want to

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