SAS® platform administrators can get quite familiar with the SAS NOXCMD option, usually when someone asks why their programs that used to work (in a different SAS version or execution environment) are now failing. Perhaps the programs ran ok with SAS Enterprise Guide 4.1 using a SAS 9.1.3 server but now fail with SAS Enterprise […]
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IIS 7.5 and SAS DCOM: ACCESS DENIED, ACCESS DENIED, ACCESS DENIED
And the joy of being a pathfinder continues ;-]IIS 7.5 has now changed the game. No longer do we play with NETWORK SERVICES to get SAS operational. Now it is a new user IIS APPPOOL\DefaultAppPool. Security has now been taken from NETWORK SERVICES, whic…
IIS 7.5 and SAS DCOM: ACCESS DENIED, ACCESS DENIED, ACCESS DENIED
And the joy of being a pathfinder continues ;-]IIS 7.5 has now changed the game. No longer do we play with NETWORK SERVICES to get SAS operational. Now it is a new user IIS APPPOOL\DefaultAppPool. Security has now been taken from NETWORK SERVICES, whic…
IIS 7.5 and SAS DCOM: ACCESS DENIED, ACCESS DENIED, ACCESS DENIED
And the joy of being a pathfinder continues ;-]IIS 7.5 has now changed the game. No longer do we play with NETWORK SERVICES to get SAS operational. Now it is a new user IIS APPPOOL\DefaultAppPool. Security has now been taken from NETWORK SERVICES, whic…
How to use SAS DATA step to copy a file from anywhere
SAS-based processes are critical to many organizations, but sometimes the trickiest part of your job falls into one or both of these activities:
Getting stuff from the outside world “into” SAS. (Once it’s in SAS, as many of you know, the world is…
How to use SAS DATA step to copy a file from anywhere
SAS-based processes are critical to many organizations, but sometimes the trickiest part of your job falls into one or both of these activities: Getting stuff from the outside world “into” SAS. (Once it’s in SAS, as many of you know, the world is your …
Interview Advice for the Aspiring SAS Programmer
Last week on the SAS Training Facebook page, I answered a question about what to expect during a job interview. It’s a question I’ve seen before, since I speak with students about SAS Certification, and many of them seek certification in pursuit o…
Macros for nonparametric VaRs
Value-at-risk measures the risk of loss on a specific portfolio of financial asset. The simplest ways are probably to imagine the daily returns as a normal distribution (or t-distribution) and therefore find the locations by probability. Jon Danielss…