I see Gartner have released the 2011 magic quadrant for 2011 on 27 Jan 2011. The opening paragraph states: “In 2010, business users had greater influence over BI buying, often choosing data discovery vendors as an alternative to traditional BI tools. But megavendors continued to hold the majority of BI market share, despite ongoing customer dissatisfaction, by selling […]
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Implementing OLAP Member Level Security for All Vantage Points
In SAS 9.2, OLAP Member Level Security became that much easier to implement. From SAS Management Console, an administrator can navigate directly into the OLAP Cube Dimension, add a user, grant explicit ‘Read’ access and click a button to get a snazzy i…
The Bayes theorem, explained to an above-average squirrel
Editor’s Note: The following question was recently asked of our statistical training instructors. Terry Woodfield, along with Bob Lucas took the time to write this eloquent and easily digestible answer.
Question: I’m trying to get a general
Example 8.23: Expanding latent class model results
In Example 8.21 we described how to fit a latent class model to data from the HELP dataset using SAS and R (using poLCA(), and then followed up in example 8.22 using randomLCA(). In both entries, we classified subjects based on their observed (manifes…
Dark Secrets of %sysfunc
I’ve been using the %sysfunc for quite sometime now. I must say that its a pretty handy tool.. Especially when you would want to do some heavy wieght lifting in macros. However, one must be mindful of the following… (can I say shortcomings?? Naa.. no…
Am back!!
Hey Guys… I know this blog was asleep for a month or so without any activity.. I owe it to my Advanced SAS Certification preparaion… And I got Certified!!!! Now that I’m back.. You can expect more posts on the new things that i found out while prep…
Top 10 most powerful functions for Proc SQL
Proc SQL is actually not a standard SAS procedure but a distinctive subsystem with all features from SQL (structured query language). Equipped with it, SAS upgrades to a full-fledging relational database management system. In addition, Proc SQL always …
New Forum Focuses on Data Integration
Your requests for a discussion forum that focuses on data integration, SAS Data Integration Studio, or DataFlux products and features have been answered! The new forum is live and SAS staff have posted two great, informative posts to the SAS Ente…