Category: SAS

What is SAS Viya?

I asked Matthew Slaughter to briefly explain what SAS Viya is. Here is his answer: There are many different products marketed under the label of “Viya,” and it’s not always clear how they relate to each other or how SAS Viya is different from previous versions of SAS. In a nutshell, SAS Viya is the […]

Understanding the _TYPE_ variable in output data sets

When you use PROC MEANS or PROC SUMMARY to create a summary data set and include a CLASS statement, SAS includes two variables, _FREQ_ and _TYPE_, in the output data set. This blog shows you two ways to interpret and use _TYPE_ using the data set Shoes in the SASHELP […]

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New certification alert: SAS® Certified Specialist: Administration of SAS® Viya®

Thank you to my co-author Raymond Thomas for his assistance on this post. Learn more about the SAS Certified Specialist: Administration of SAS Viya and how to prepare. Certification overview SAS is pleased to announce a new SAS Viya Administration certification. Recognizing the growing need of cloud computing and Kubernetes, […]

New certification alert: SAS® Certified Specialist: Administration of SAS® Viya® was published on SAS Users.

Creating a Microsoft Excel report using SAS, Python and SQL!

The addition of the PYTHON procedure and Python editor in SAS Viya enables users to execute Python code in SAS Studio. This new capability in SAS Viya adds another tool to SAS’s existing collection. With this addition I thought, how can I utilize this new found power? In this example, […]

Creating a Microsoft Excel report using SAS, Python and SQL! was published on SAS Users.

ESM and S9CA: Useful Tools for Migration from SAS 9 to SAS Viya

Change is hard and can be a bit scary. We tend to resist change as we get comfortable with our routines and how things work. However, many times we fail to see the benefits of that something new. Imagine if we didn’t move from MS DOS to Windows? If we’d […]

ESM and S9CA: Useful Tools for Migration from SAS 9 to SAS Viya was published on SAS Users.