I always forget which gets applied first when using the keep= and rename= data set options on the same data set. So I thought I’d just put it here so I will remember:Keep happens before the rename.Keep happens before the rename.Keep happens before the…
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A few months ago I got an email from my service provider vaguely stating they would no longer exist as a company and I better find an alternative. Yikes! I am still trying to sort everything out, but so far being forced to move has been a good thing. …
Continuous Reboot Message when Installing SAS 9.2 and EG 4.2
During the SAS 9.2 Deployment Wizard I was continually getting a message saying I had to reboot the machine. After rebooting 3 times I new something was up. Some searching on support.sas.com revealed the following fix:
Locate HKEY_LOCAL_MA…
Calculate a SAS Observation Length
Well, I couldn’t find this documented anywhere (someone correct me if I missed it) but the question for the day was how to calculate the SAS Observation Length. After some investigation, here is how it is done (pseudocode):obsLength = Sum of all of you…
New Forum Focuses on SAS Web Report Studio
We launched another forum on Friday afternoon! The Web Report Studio forum was created to establish a community of users that can share information, questions, and ideas about SAS Web Report Studio. While watching the discussions in our existing…
Getting Started with SAS Enterprise Miner
Q: One site visitor added this comment to his feedback form:
I am trying to find the answer to a simple question about getting started with Enterprise Miner 6.1.A: Visit the product page for SAS Enterprise Miner.
What will you find on the product…
SAS DIM function – Counting the elements in an array
The DIM function returns the number of literal elements in an array. It functions against multi-dimensional arrays as well as one-dimensional arrays. 1-dimensional array example DIM(array_name) Multi-dimensional array examples DIM(m_array) -> returns the number of elements in the first dimension of the array DIM5(m_array) -> returns the number of elements in the 5th dimension of […]
SAS Job Searching
Where do you search for SAS jobs? I have been lucky during the downturn and stayed employed, but I know there are a lot of others out there who haven’t been as fortunate. When I did look for a job I generally used dice.com, but thatwas mainly out of …