Some of you might be users of our SAS Statistical products and know that we have traditionally released new versions of these products with new versions of what SAS R&D Senior Director in Advanced Analytics Maura Stokes refers to as the “mot…
Third year wrap-up
July marks the end of three years of blogging for us. By our count, we’ve posted 121 examples across the first three years. We aim to be helpful and interesting.As always, it’s hard to get a sense of our readership. At the time we wrote this, Feedbur…
Web Report Studio: Recognize these 2 Gotchas?
If you aren’t paying close attention to the messages in Web Report Studio, you may run into some puzzling issues. The messages that SAS produces may not be obvious enough if you are expecting a different behavior, thus making troubleshooting a bit difficult. Gotcha 1: Why Won’t My Changes Save? This reminder comes from Shri Sastry. She had asked a co-worker to make a simple change to a Web Report Studio and she noticed the change still was not made days later. Shri inquired and the co-worker told her she had made the change several times but the application would not save the changes. This sounded odd and frustrating! She observed the change being made and this is how the Gotcha was discovered! When using an application like MS Excel or MS Word, when you exit the application a sanity check window appears asking if you want to keep the changes. However, the Web Report Studio sanity check explains you are discarding the changes. So – read closely or fail victim to the GOTCHA! To save the changes to the report, use the File > Save menu choice or click the Save icon. Gotcha 2: Why Can’t I Create or Remove […]
You’ve taken a SAS class – now what?
Have you ever taken a SAS class, but left wanting more? There’s a place to continue learning outside the classroom. You may remember hearing about Extended Learning pages while in class or while reading your post-course thank-you email. That email …
Performance-enhancing SAS notes
With the London 2012 Olympics around the corner, there are sure to be reports or rumors of performance-enhancing drug use among some athletes. It turns out that using manufactured chemicals to give yourself an edge is frowned upon in the athletic community. However, as a SAS user you should avail […]
Is There Any Better Way? Publishing Process For CDISC Standards
1. The Pain I read from Lex Jansen (@LexJansen) that CDISC SDTM v1.3 and SDTMIG v3.1.3 were newly released. It’s pretty nice since CDISC SDTM was supposed to be released semiannually in the new publishing cycle. We can see the team put great efforts on this new version, but frankly speaking, this delivery (the […]