I have been doing a lot of work on metadata searching lately, including basic XMLSELECT filtering, as part of our Metadata Security Plug-ins, in our effective permissions viewers, as well as the free Metadata Explorer utility. XMLSELECT is a feature in…
SAS 9.3 Framework Data Server (and the missing license)
Whilst troubleshooting why my SAS 9.3 Framework Data Server wasn’t starting I discovered that, unlike Foundation SAS where the license (a.k.a. SID or setinit) is applied once a year, the SAS Framework Data Server requires the presence of a setini…
NOTE: SGF 2013 Obsession #sasgf13
I think I’m becoming a bit obsessive about SAS Global Forum 2013, to be hosted by San Francisco. I mentioned a couple of months back how the sound of The Flower Pot Men had been floating around my head – Let’s Go To San Francisco. I realised last night…
SAS graphs for presidential elections
In the U.S. we have a presidential election every 4 years – and as luck would have it, 2012 is an election year! I see a lot of election maps & graphs in the news, and I’m always subconsciously critiquing them in my mind and thinking to myself, …
Cleaner OLAP cube physical folder structures
Each spring and fall, I start clearing out the kid’s small clothes, old toys, etc. It can sometimes go too far and reach into my “digital pack-rat” issues. (Wait, what does that mean? Well, just ask the person who last week requested detail on a projec…
SAS BI Dashboard: Putting Your Brand on It!
After creating a dashboard, the customer typically asks to have their logo and colors added so their organization branding is available. Using the SAS Flex Theme Designer, you can change the SAS BI Dashboard colors and logos. In this post I showed y…