As we begin to add posts in 2011, we stepped back to look at our business and our blog. We realized that the two are perfectly aligned. Although the majority of our focus is within the SAS product suite, our focus is marketing analytics and operations. Given that, it is time for us to expand […]
Category: SAS
Uninstalling SAS 9.2 on Windows – Be Gone Damn Spot!
If you have the pleasure of installing SAS on a Windows server and then trying to uninstall and reinstall it multiple times, you will know that the uninstall process is time consuming and painful. You have to go through the standard windows add/remove programs process for each SAS component/product, or restore a clean copy of […]
NOTE: Using the ANY and ALL Operators in PROC SQL
Let me put my cards on the table before we start: I had never heard of the ANY and ALL operators in PROC SQL before I spotted David Shannon’s tweet this evening. The ANY and ALL operators are PROC SQL operators which can be used to compare the result o…
Example 8.20: Referencing lists of variables, part 2
In Example 8.19, we discussed how to refer to a group of variables with sequential names, such as varname1, varname2, varname3. This is trivial in SAS and can be done in R as we showed.It’s also sometimes useful to refer to all variables which begin w…
Letter to Web Report Studio Users about Mapping Features
Dear Web Report Studio Users,
Recently, the SAS Web Report Studio (WRS) design team has been re-evaluating the mapping features and functions offered to our customers in WRS. In order to ensure that we are meeting our customer’s mapping needs, we w…
You asked for it: the Autoexec process flow
AUTOEXEC.SAS wasn’t enough for you. Yes, it’s a sure-fire way to run SAS statements (such as LIBNAME assignments or macro definitions) whenever you start your SAS session, but you found it has limitations when used in configurations with lots of …
New Sysinternals Process Explorer
Im a great fan of the System Internals process explorer as a great way of getting a better handle on what is happening on a windows server, compared to the standard task manager. Looks like they released a new version in Nov 2010 which you can downlaod from here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653 There is also a suite […]
Upcoming SAS Talks session for SAS programmers
I’m pleased to announce that I’ll be presenting another SAS Talks session on January 27th, 2010 (this month!).
This talk will focus on the cool stuff in SAS Enterprise Guide 4.3, especially for the SAS programmer. Here’s some of what you’ll le…