When developing SAS® data sets, program code and/or applications, efficiency is not always given the attention it deserves, particularly in the early phases of development. Since data sizes and system performance can affect a program and/or an application’s behavior, SAS users may want to access information about a data set’s […]
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Building cars is towards the top of the manufacturing hierarchy – some countries are even known for the cars they build. If you want a good quality car, you probably think of Japan. If you want a stylish sports car, you probably think of Italy. If you …
In a previous post I’ve described a method for configuring Active Directory Authentication for SAS® on Linux (with realmd). One of the packages that’s installed is oddjob-mkhomedir. This package normally handles any requirement for auto-creating home directories for those AD users on Linux. Unfortunately it doesn’t seem to get used by the SAS Object Spawner. … Continue reading “Auto Creation of Linux Home Directories for SAS Users”
I had been puzzling over why some SAS® Viya™ services were not starting on a machine reboot. Initially I thought the answer appeared in the SAS Viya 3.2 Administration documentation set: see the General Servers and Services: Troubleshooting section. I found that all the expected services started after: [root@hostname ~]# /etc/init.d/sas-viya-all-services stop [root@hostname ~]# rm … Continue reading “Nudging SAS Viya Services Timeout”
You’ve got a database containing the addresses of all your customers … but how can you plot them on a map or analyze them spatially? First, you’ll need to convert the address into a numeric coordinate (latitude & longitude). SAS can do that … with Proc Geocode! But before we […]
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You’re sitting in a line of cars at the intersection, waiting for the light to change – when it finally turns green, the 2nd car just sits there for several seconds until someone honks at them, and then they scoot through the light … but everyone behind them has to […]
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