If you're a new starter, or somebody just gave you extra SAS administration responsibilities, you may be struggling to find your way around the new SAS environment. Brian Varney presented an insightful paper at this year's South East SAS Users Group (S...
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I noticed a most intriguing post on Paul Homes's Platform Admin blog recently. Do you and your colleagues discuss your metadata often? Paul thinks you should, and I'm inclined to agree.
This isn't a new or unique idea. SAS were talking about a coll...
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I'll confess that whilst there was a lot said about SAS Visual Analytics at this year's SAS Global Forum, I came home with some confusion over its architecture, functionality and benefits. I was fortunate to spend some quality time with the software ...
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It's not spring-time, but it's still worth giving a thought to the cleanliness of your environment, for the benefit of reducing complexity and of reducing space usage. Angela Hall posted a great article about Cleaner OLAP Cube Physical Folder Structu...
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There's a debate in the UK, and many other countries around the globe, regarding the content of the IT curriculum (or, ICT as it's known in the UK). Speaking from experience, my kids have been taught how to use Microsoft Office products, but they hav...
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I started the NOTE: blog in 2009. It was a successor to the highly-popular email newsletter that I used to send between 2001 and 2006. At its height, the email newsletter had 4,000+ subscribers. One of the regular features was "SAS With Style". Below...
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Next year's SAS Professionals Convention will be in Marlow, 10 - 12 July. If you're in the UK, or able to travel to the UK, it's one of the most valuable training events you can attend in 2013. And very reasonably priced too (£150 for three days in ...
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I recently mentioned the use of Ishikawa diagrams for assistance with problem solving. I have frequently found them to be of value. However, what I had never realised, until my friend Chris Brooks pointed it out, is that there's a PROC ISHI...
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