ENCODING=Dataset Option

Let me explain the reason writing this post….

My coworker was having problem reading in a SAS dataset
that he got from the Sponsor. It was a SAS dataset encoded with UTF-8 and other
coding related stuff.
When he tried to get in the rawdata u…

I have doubts

One of my new work friends says this frequently. But the statement is lost in his translation from Portuguese, it is not that he does not believe me, it is just that he has questions about how things happen so he can learn. I debate on which version of…

Password Encoding with SAS

Quick note from Paul: I’m really excited that platformadmin.com’s very first guest post is from the well known blogger and author Tricia Aanderud. I suspect you already know Tricia, but just in case you don’t … Tricia Aanderud, …

SAS Enterprise Guide: Writing Code to Capture New Twitter Followers

While at the SAS Global Forum, someone said to me – “You cannot write code in SAS Enterprise Guide.”  It was a little shocking to me that the person thought SAS Enterprise Guide was all wizards, flow diagrams, and magic. After talking to a few other folks I have found that it is a common myth.   News Flash!  You can just code in SAS Enterprise Guide!  Today I’ll show you how I pull data from Outlook into SAS Enterprise Guide to create a tweet.  And I’m just going to code. Mythbuster! You can Code in SAS Enterprise Guide If you tweet a lot then you might be familiar with the #FF hashtag. It means people the Tweet-er suggests that you follow. Lately I have been getting more Twitter followers and some I think are really worth checking out.  However, trying to cut and paste all the names into a tweet is a buzz kill.   Here’s how I automated my process with SAS Enterprise Guide.  By the way – if you think I could add some efficiency to my code – speak up in the comments (with examples please!)  Step 1: Setup a MS Outlook Rule Here’s the initial process: […]