This post explains how to provide role-based access to Metacoda Security Plug-ins in the SAS® Management Console (versions 9.2 and 9.3). Metacoda Security Plug-ins are initially only available to administrators, specifically members of the Managem…
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SAS Management Console: Quick Tip when Creating a Metadata Library
Quick Tip to Use when Creating a Metadata Library Here’s a quick tip for SAS BI Administrators or anyone who has to create metadata library in the SAS Management Console. Often before I define the metadata library I am at the folder or the physical path of the library. Obviously, it’s critical that the path is defined correctly in the metadata. So here’s my quick tip. In the physical library, click or double-click the path and use the Ctrl+C keyboard shortcut to capture the path. As you assign the metadata library, in the New Library Wizard window, click New to assign the path. Instead of clicking the Browse button to navigate to your library path, do this instead: Double-click the Paths field and press Ctrl-V to paste the path.Some folks may not realize that is an editable line – so you can also make changes if needed.
Review your metadata profiles using SAS Enterprise Guide automation
We call it the “metadata profile”, but really it’s like a telephone number that connects you to your SAS environment. Just as a telephone number has component parts (country code, area code, exchange), the metadata profile contains information that allow you to “dial in” to your SAS servers. This information […]
Complete your order using preview results in SAS Add-in to MS Office
Recently I’ve made several online purchases buying eBooks for the new Amazon Kindle my daughter received as a holiday gift. The online checkout process is very straight-forward, especially with the ‘Continue’ buttons that change to a ‘Place your order’…
How to use SAS to strengthen friendships
As SAS Instructors we travel fairly frequently, and like most of you we have friends scattered throughout the country. High school friends, college friends, family we like (or pretend to). And if I’m on a business trip, I like to see if they are avai…
SAS BI Dashboard Rocks My Google Analytics Data Analysis
I have to say I’m in love with the new SAS BI Dashboard and it’s many features. It really brings the Google Analytics to life and helps me understand how the Website traffic changed over time along with the key influences. The following figure gives you an idea of how you can integrate dashboard indicators for an interactive user experience. The best part is how easy it is. Once I understood the how the feature worked, this indicators below took less than an hour to setup and most of that was deciding what data I wanted to see. [More articles about Google Analytics here.] Quick Dashboard Tour This dashboard has two indicators, a line graph that shows the traffic over time and a spark table that contains specific data about site visitors. As the user drags the slider and clicks, the data in spark table updates. I left the Week variable in the Spark Chart to help you understand what was happening. Also in the Last Wk Delta, New Visitors (%) and New Visitor Delta columns, you can see the various gauges available. Creating an Interactive Dashboard For several weeks I’ve been discussing using Google Analytics with the SAS […]
Multi-Threaded Principle Component Analysis
SAS used to not support multithreading in PCA, then I figured out that its server version supports this functionality, see here. Today, I found this mutlithreading capability is finally available in PC SAS v9.22.
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6 questions with data mining expert, John Elder
John F. Elder IV, Ph.D., is President of Elder Research Inc. (ERI), a data mining consulting team. He has authored innovative data mining tools, is a frequent keynote speaker and was co-chair of the 2009 Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining conferenc…