Since we’re all pretty excited about it around here, you may have already heard that today SAS ranked #3 in the 2012 FORTUNE 100 Best Companies To Work For list. This is the 15th consecutive year that SAS has prominently ranked on the list – since it…
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Choose your own adventure with SAS OnDemand for Professionals
In the past, getting your hands on SAS for learning purposes required one of two fortunate situations: being a student enrolled in a college course (or high school!) where SAS is taught working for an employer who is willing to sponsor your training, either in an official course or on-the-job. […]
SAS Web Report Studio: Chart Makeover – Before and After Shots!
SAS Web Report Studio has some features that help can improve the overall appearance or just shake things up a little. You can change the template for individual reports in cases where you need to better highlight an idea. Tip! Check out the Information is Beautiful site for some inspirational ideas about presenting data. Of course, Stephen Few’s Now Your See It book I keep on my desk as a reference for presenting data. Changing the SAS Web Report Studio Template Colors In the Before shot, the Applied filters text is black, which I think is a little distracting, and the green line disappears slightly into the blue bar. In the After chart, the line is red so there is more contrast between the line and bar. Note: This change will update the template and change the color from green to red everywhere. Make sure that is what you want to do. To change the chart, do this: From the File menu, select Properties. From the Format pane, select the Use customized colors radio button. Select the second color box on the top row, which controls the line color. From the color drop-down box, select a new color. Bonus Ideas […]
Code Kata #1
In yesterday’s post I described Code Katas and how they can be a useful form of programming practice. Dave Watson (the “inventor” of Code Katas) offers 21 on his Code Kata blog. I intend to publish my own from time-to-time, and here is the first. Enjoy…
Kill two birds (or three!) with one stone at SAS Global Forum
Did you know that a selection of our most popular SAS training classes are offered in conjunction with SAS Global Forum at a 15% discount? If you’re planning to attend SAS Global Forum, arrive a few days early and take a class. These training cla…
… and A Happy New Year!
It’s hard to believe that 2012 is upon us: it feels like just yesterday that I was heavily embroiled in 2011 planning. I thought I’d take a minute to look back at the year that was, and a sneak peek at the year that will be. Now if only I could find a …
Code Katas
Last week I made a brief mention of Code Katas and how they can help you as a form code practice. Let’s find out some more.
The basic concept surrounding Code Katas encapsulates the ideas that a) we are professional coders, b) practice improves one’…
Engage More Closely With NOTE:
The NOTE: blog is powered by Google Blogger. Google have rolled out a number of improvements to Blogger recently. One of those improvements is support for threaded commenting, which means that it is now much easier to differentiate between whether some…