One of the problems that Lora Delwiche and I face as authors of two books with similar titles (The Little SAS Book and The Little SAS Book for Enterprise Guide) and multiple editions (five of LSB and three of LSBEG) is explaining how the books are different. The two books are totally different–and complementary. So […]
Of Tiny Dancers and Warm Weather: Alberta SAS User Groups Wrap-Up
I’m sailing through clear skies at 33,000 feet with a clear mind… and about time, too! I’ve been fighting a nasty bug for about a week and a half now since I spent time in San Francisco for SAS Global Forum. I must admit that winging my way to …
SAS Global Forum in cool and eclectic San Francisco
San Francisco! The Bay Area and Silicon Valley: innovation, the brightest minds, creating, inspiring new technology and style. This city is known for its healthy food choices. For example, I spotted a homeless man on my way from the Westin St. Franci…
NOTE: Metadata-Bound Libraries – Updates at SGF 2013 #sasgf13
Back in November last year I mentioned Metadata-Bound Libraries. This v9.3 M2 (and above) functionality allows you to force access to your data through metadata libraries, thereby enforcing your metadata security plans.
One of the nuggets of informati…
NOTE: SAS Global Forum 2014 #sasgf14
No sooner has SAS Global Forum 2013 finished than we get to see the 2014 web site. Next year’s conference is in Washington, D.C. between March 23rd and 26th.
I hear there are some changes afoot in the organisation of the conference. Along wit…
Finding the closest pair in a dataset using PROC MODECLUS
More often than not, the analyst wants to find the pair of observations that is closest in terms of certain metrics, such as Euclidean distance. For example, on the popular SAS-L archive group, Randall Powers posted such a question at here, but he …