Some of you will remember that in the very early versions of SAS Enterprise Guide, we introduced a unique approach to helping you to learn SAS: an animated “agent” who could suggest your next steps within your project.
We furloughed the agent (wh…
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To Tall Pines & Temperate Climes
I’m sipping my morning coffee and preparing for my last truly big push of the user group season… and boy oh boy, it’s a big one. In just a few hours time I’m headed off to beautiful British Columbia for the Victoria (SUAVe) and Vancouver (VANSUG) use…
Usability car salesmen
Hot on the wake of World Statistics Day, when there were close to 7,012 blogs from SAS about it,
World Usability Day almost passed unnoticed. But the keen-eyed noted that at SAS, we celebrated World Usability Day
with an internal showcase event.
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A Regional Love Affair
Texas gets into your blood and good people at a great conference get into your heart. At least that’s what happened to me this week when I went to the Hilton Austin Airport Hotel in Austin Texas* for the South Central SAS Users Group (SCSUG) annua…
SAS / Teradata Fastexport – dbsliceparm = all
Fastexport is the fastest way to get large data out of teradata. Fastexport utilizes multiple connections to deliver data and therefore speeding up the transfer of data between Teradata and SAS. Here are a few examples of fastexport. /* libname statement*/ libname teradb teradata username=&un password=&pw dbsliceparm=all; /* explicit sql */ proc sql; connect to […]
Usability car salesmen
Hot on the wake of World Statistics Day, when there were close to 7,012 blogs from SAS about it, World Usability Day almost passed unnoticed. But the keen-eyed noted that at SAS, we celebrated World Usability Day with an internal showcase event. Betwee…
An "Enterprise Guide" in a parallel universe
Dear Readers,
You might visit this blog for many reasons, chief among them to learn useful information about SAS. You know that I often post tips about SAS Enterprise Guide, and sometimes people go so far as to call this a “SAS Enterprise Guide”…
WUSS and My 7 Minutes and 39 Seconds of Fame
I have just returned from another great Western Users of SAS Software conference. Normally at this point I would write a summary of the conference, but this year I don’t have to. Instead, you can hear my summary in this interview by Sy Truong of Meta-Xceed, Inc. To hear all of Sy’s interviews at […]