I recently read an interesting article in The Economist, where they describe “The Big Mac index.” This is an index they invented as a lighthearted guide to compare currencies in different countries. In their article they create a multi-panel displa…
Recent Writing (Infomous)
I recently added a new widget to the right margin of the NOTE: blog – “Recent Topics”. It’s a form of word cloud, but it’s far more dynamic and interactive than a traditional word cloud. Hover over a word (or click on it) to see a list of NOTE: ar…
Describe Your Table in SAS to Write the SQL Code
Ever had the need to write SQL create statements for existing tables but felt too lazy to write it by hand? Ever wanted to reverse …
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NOTE: Infographics with SAS
I saw a nice post by Rob Allison last month on creating infographics with SAS. Whilst we mostly endeavour to create hi-fidelity graphics in SAS that show a relatively high volume of detailed graphical information, there are a wide variety of uses for…
Big data and Big Ben are part of Analytics 2013
We are a month out from Analytics 2013 in London! I am already getting excited about the trip and am starting my list of what to pack (and where to go and what foods to eat and what pubs to visit — the list goes on!). As host of the […]
Export and download any file from SAS Enterprise Guide
Last week I alluded to some very useful applications of the Copy Files task. This is one of them. Using the SAS programming language, you can manipulate data and create files of just about any size, shape, and format: Excel, PDF, CSV, RTF, and more. A challenge for SAS Enterprise […]