Programming Tips | SAS Administrators

Joe FurbeeMarch 6, 2019 0

Getting started with SAS Containers

As of December 2018, any customer with a valid SAS Viya order is able to package and deploy their SAS Viya software in Docker containers. SAS has provided a fully documented and supported project (or “recipe”) for easily building these containers. So how can you start? You can simply stop

Read More

English

Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Leonid BatkhanMarch 5, 2019 0

How to conditionally terminate a SAS batch flow process in UNIX/Linux

In automated production (or business operations) environments, we often run SAS job flows in batch mode and on schedule. SAS job flow is a collection of several inter-dependent SAS programs executed as a single process. In my earlier posts, Running SAS programs in batch under Unix/Linux and Let SAS write

Read More

English

Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonFebruary 19, 2019 0

Graphing cardiovascular disease mortality data

I have written several blog posts about longevity, and here is another one related to that topic. Cardiovascular disease (cvd) is one of the more common causes of death, and I was wondering how those numbers have changed over time. Are fewer people dying from cvd, or are more people

Read More

English

Health Care

Programming Tips

Rick WicklinFebruary 18, 2019 0

An easier way to perform regression with restricted cubic splines in SAS

Maybe if we think and wish and hope and pray It might come true. Oh, wouldn't it be nice? The Beach Boys Months ago, I wrote about how to use the EFFECT statement in SAS to perform regression with restricted cubic splines. This is the modern way to use splines

Read More

English

Data Visualization | Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Martin MinceyFebruary 15, 2019 0

Embed scalable graphics using the ODS HTML5 destination

Beginning with SAS® 9.4, you can embed graphics output within HTML output using the ODS HTML5 destination. This technique works with SAS/GRAPH® procedures (such as GPLOT and GCHART), SG procedures (such as SGPLOT and SGRENDER), and when you create graphics output with ODS Graphics enabled. Most (if not all) existing

Read More

English

Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonFebruary 14, 2019 0

Analyzing age and gender distribution, with a pyramid chart

With the US census coming in 2020, I've decided to sharpen my skills at graphing census data. And today I'm working on creating a population pyramid chart to analyze the age and gender distribution. Follow along if you'd like to see how to create such a chart ... or jump

Read More

English

Government

Analytics | Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Rick WicklinFebruary 13, 2019 0

3 ways to obtain the Hessian at the MLE solution for a regression model

When you use maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) to find the parameter estimates in a generalized linear regression model, the Hessian matrix at the optimal solution is very important. The Hessian matrix indicates the local shape of the log-likelihood surface near the optimal value. You can use the Hessian to estimate

Read More

Artificial Intelligence | Machine Learning | Programming Tips

Augusta ZhangFebruary 11, 2019 0

How to spot counterfeit company logos with AI – no SAS programming experience needed

As one of SAS' newest systems engineers, recently joining the Americas Artificial Intelligence Team, I’m incredibly excited to gain expertise in artificial intelligence and machine learning. I also look forward to applying my knowledge to enable others to leverage the advanced technologies that SAS offers. However, as a recent graduate

Read More

English

Programming Tips

Chris HemedingerFebruary 8, 2019 0

Convert a text-based measurement to a number in SAS

Regular expressions are a powerful method for finding specific patterns in text. The syntax of regular expressions is intimidating, but once you've solved a few pattern-recognition problems with regex, you'll never go back to your old methods.

Read More

English

Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonFebruary 8, 2019 0

How to show recessions on your SGplot line graph

Plotting just your data often helps you gain insight into how it has changed over time. But what if you want to know why it changed? Although correlation does not always imply causation, it is often useful to graph multiple things together, that might logically be related. For example, recessions

Read More

English

Government

Data Management | Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Leonid BatkhanFebruary 6, 2019 0

How to split a raw file or a data set into many external raw files

Recently, I worked on a cybersecurity project that entailed processing a staggering number of raw text files about web traffic. Millions of rows had to be read and parsed to extract variable values. The problem was complicated by the varying records composition. Each external raw file was a collection of

Read More

English

Data Visualization | Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Kelly MillsFebruary 4, 2019 0

Use PROC GREMOVE and GREDUCE for Nice SGMAP Regions

In the previous Graphically Speaking blog for PROC SGMAP, you used PROC GPROJECT so map regions would match OpenStreetMap and Esri background images. This time, the same British Columbia shapefile is used with: PROC GREMOVE to remove unwanted boundary lines PROC GREDUCE to reduce map data PROC GPROJECT to zoom

Read More

English

Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips | SAS Administrators | SAS Events

Frederik VandenbergheFebruary 1, 2019 0

Installing SAS Viya Azure virtual machines with a single click

I don't know about you, but when I read challenges like: Detecting hidden heart failure before it harms an individual Can SAS Viya AI help to digitalize pension management? How to recommend your next adventure based on travel data How to use advanced analytics in building a relevant next best

Read More

English

Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonJanuary 31, 2019 0

Creating a fancy life expectancy chart, with SGplot

You might have noticed I've been trying out SAS ODS Graphics lately, whereas in the past I mainly used SAS/Graph for my samples. In this blog post I step you through my latest fancy SGplot graph - hopefully you'll learn some tips & techniques, as you follow along. (I don't

Read More

English

Health Care

Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonJanuary 29, 2019 0

Visualizing unemployment data, with a band plot

Many areas of the US are experiencing record low unemployment. This is great at the national level, and also great at a personal level (for example, I now have fewer unemployed friends asking to borrow money!) But just how low is the US unemployment rate, and how does it compare

Read More

English

Government

Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Rick WicklinJanuary 28, 2019 0

Simulate data for a regression model with categorical and continuous variables

This article shows how to use SAS to simulate data that fits a linear regression model that has categorical regressors (also called explanatory or CLASS variables). Simulating data is a useful skill for both researchers and statistical programmers. You can use simulation for answering research questions, but you can also

Read More

English

Analytics | Programming Tips

Rick WicklinJanuary 23, 2019 0

Coding and simulating categorical variables in regression models

Recently I was asked to explain the result of an ANOVA analysis that I posted to a statistical discussion forum. My program included some simulated data for an ANOVA model and a call to the GLM procedure to estimate the parameters. I was asked why the parameter estimates from PROC

Read More

English

Analytics | Programming Tips

Rick WicklinJanuary 23, 2019 0

Coding and simulating categorical variables in regression models

Recently I was asked to explain the result of an ANOVA analysis that I posted to a statistical discussion forum. My program included some simulated data for an ANOVA model and a call to the GLM procedure to estimate the parameters. I was asked why the parameter estimates from PROC

Read More

English

Analytics | Machine Learning | Programming Tips

Rick WicklinJanuary 21, 2019 0

Create training, validation, and test data sets in SAS

In machine learning and other model building techniques, it is common to partition a large data set into three segments: training, validation, and testing. Training data is used to fit each model. Validation data is a random sample that is used for model selection. These data are used to select

Read More

English

Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Kathryn McLawhornJanuary 18, 2019 0

Navigating SAS documentation to find out about new, modified, and updated features

Learn about the latest product features, changes and upgrade information in new sections of SAS product documentation for SAS® 9.4 and SAS® Viya®. SAS' Kathryn McLawhorn tells us all about them.

Read More

English

Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonJanuary 17, 2019 0

Using International characters in a SAS graph

They say "The Sun never sets on the SAS Empire" ... and it's true! There are SAS users all over the world, and SAS output & results could be in any language. Therefore, if you're a SAS programmer, you might need to know how to create SAS graphs with international

Read More

English

Programming Tips

Chris HemedingerJanuary 17, 2019 0

Using built-in Git operations in SAS

SAS supports direct integration for Git from Base SAS (via functions), SAS Enterprise Guide, SAS Studio, and SAS Data Integration Studio. Read this article to learn how to use Git more effectively in your SAS processes.

Read More

English

Analytics | Programming Tips

Rick WicklinJanuary 16, 2019 0

Three ways to add a line to a Q-Q plot

A quantile-quantile plot (Q-Q plot) is a graphical tool that compares a data distribution and a specified probability distribution. If the points in a Q-Q plot appear to fall on a straight line, that is evidence that the data can be approximately modeled by the target distribution. Although it is

Read More

English

Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonJanuary 15, 2019 0

Let's track the falling gasoline prices!

When I fill up my daily-driver Prius, the price of gasoline isn't that important. But when I occasionally take a trip in my V8 Suburban, I pay a lot more attention! Therefore I was pleasantly surprised when I noticed that gasoline prices have been falling. How much have they fallen,

Read More

English

Energy & Utilities | Travel

Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Data Visualization | Machine Learning | Programming Tips

Melanie CareyJanuary 14, 2019 0

How SAS Visual Analytics' automated analysis takes customer care to the next level - Part 3

In the second of three posts on using automated analysis with SAS Visual Analytics, we used the automated analysis object to get a better understanding of our variable of interest, X-Sell and Up-sell Flag, and how it is influenced by other variables in our dataset. In this third and final

Read More

English

Data Visualization | Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Kelly MillsJanuary 10, 2019 0

Use PROC GPROJECT to Project Choromap Regions Successfully in PROC SGMAP

Sometimes it is difficult to know what parameters to use when projecting map data onto Esri or OpenStreetMaps in PROC SGMAP. The shapefile .PRJ file contains everything you need to set these parameters in PROC GPROJECT. In a previous blog, you saw how to lookup projections at a web site,

Read More

English

Data Management | Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Leonid BatkhanJanuary 9, 2019 0

Simplify data preparation using SAS data templates

My New Year's resolution: “Unclutter your life” and I hope this post will help you do the same. Here I share with you a data preparation approach and SAS coding technique that will significantly simplify, unclutter and streamline your SAS programming life by using data templates. Dictionary.com defines template as

Read More

English

Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Rick WicklinJanuary 9, 2019 0

10 posts from 2018 that deserve a second look

Numbers don't lie, but sometimes they don't reveal the full story. Last week I wrote about the most popular articles from The DO Loop in 2018. The popular articles are inevitably about elementary topics in SAS programming or statistics because those topics have broad appeal. However, I also write about

Read More

English

Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Data Visualization | Machine Learning | Programming Tips

Melanie CareyJanuary 7, 2019 0

How SAS Visual Analytics' automated analysis takes customer care to the next level - Part 2

In the first of three posts on using automated analysis with SAS Visual Analytics, we explored a typical visualization designed to give telco customer care workers guidance on customers most receptive to upgrade their plans. While the analysis provided some insight, it lacked analytical depth -- and that increases the risk of  wasting time, energy and

Read More

English

Communications

Analytics | Programming Tips

Rick WicklinJanuary 7, 2019 0

Deming regression for comparing different measurement methods

Deming regression (also called errors-in-variables regression) is a total regression method that fits a regression line when the measurements of both the explanatory variable (X) and the response variable (Y) are assumed to be subject to normally distributed errors. Recall that in ordinary least squares regression, the explanatory variable (X)

Read More

English