We ship many sample data sets with SAS products. By using well-understood sample data sets, we can teach concepts or show off product features without distracting the audience/students with data collection or prep. At least, that’s the way it’s supposed to work. But occasionally the sample data can cause a […]
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NOTE: Charity Drive Ends Successfully
Congratulations to David Shannon and his brother Paul for completing their 1,200+ mile journey from Land’s End to John O’Groats, by B-roads, in their 1974 MGB Roadster.
Even bigger congratulations to them for raising over £2,100 pounds for their…
NOTE: Charity Drive Ends Successfully
Congratulations to David Shannon and his brother Paul for completing their 1,200+ mile journey from Land’s End to John O’Groats, by B-roads, in their 1974 MGB Roadster.
Even bigger congratulations to them for raising over £2,100 pounds for their…
NOTE: Better Access to SYSTASK and OS Commands in SAS 9.3
Back in June I extolled the virtues of the SYSTASK statement, but was frustrated by my inability to use it in certain circumstances. So I was very pleased to see Chris Hemedinger writing in his blog recently that the default ability to use SYSTASK (and…
NOTE: Better Access to SYSTASK and OS Commands in SAS 9.3
Back in June I extolled the virtues of the SYSTASK statement, but was frustrated by my inability to use it in certain circumstances. So I was very pleased to see Chris Hemedinger writing in his blog recently that the default ability to use SYSTASK (and…
NOTE: Changing the Default Length for Numeric Values
Choosing appropriate lengths for the variables in your SAS data sets can have a significant effect on the size of your SAS datasets and hence a) the disk space they consume, and b) the speed with which they are written to and read from disk.
The defau…
NOTE: Changing the Default Length for Numeric Values
Choosing appropriate lengths for the variables in your SAS data sets can have a significant effect on the size of your SAS datasets and hence a) the disk space they consume, and b) the speed with which they are written to and read from disk.
The defau…
NOTE: SAS Available on iPad! Free!!
Have you seen the SAS News app (available from the iTunes App Store)? It looks to be a neat alternative to following SAS blogs and press channels through an RSS reader. In SAS’s own words: “Follow and share the latest news, social feeds, product inform…