Yesterday I attended the “Multiple Imputation for missing data: State of the art and new developments”. It definitely lived up to the title. The presenters (James Carpenter, Jonathan Bartlett, Rachael Huhes, Ofer Harel and Shaun Seaman) described i…
Let’s meet up at SAS Global Forum 2012!
There are only four more days before the big kickoff! But for many of us (including me), the countdown to SAS Global Forum 2012 began last fall with the submission of paper ideas to the incredibly awesome section chair volunteers. I live for this event…
Hash a SAS Value
Sometimes, it is good to be able to hash a value so that a unique key can be made into the data. For example, say you were looking at a system performance log. You have a PID, a process name, and a user. PIDs are reused by a system all of the time so t…
SAS Tech Talks LIVE from SAS Global Forum
For me, this will be a SAS Global Forum of many “firsts”. My first Closing Session. My first time attending as a staffer outside of SAS R&D (well, except for the chilly SUGI 21 in Chicago). And my first chance to host the SAS Tech Talk sessions, which will be […]
Administration: Fall in Love with JBoss Again by Configuring the JGroup Bind Address
As a consultant working for multiple clients, having JBoss installed on a laptop is common to perform demonstrations or to develop SAS BI applications. JBoss can become flaky over time and be a source of frustration for local installations because the operating environment changes very frequently compared to a server environment. Digging through logs trying to find a direct answer to why a report link does not work or why a BI Dashboard indicator will not link properly is a huge headache. I have experienced instances where some web applications work and others do not. A simple configuration task can be performed to prevent a lot of these random issues – especially for mobile laptops which change environments frequently. It involves adding an additional JVM option to the scripts or batch files which start the web application server (JBoss) and the SAS Remote Services service. Binding JBoss The 9.3 Mid-Tier administration guide describes how to set the JGroups Bind Address for JBoss, Weblogic, and WebSphere. The JGroup Bind Address needs to be set for SAS Remote Services and JBoss (or whatever the mid-tier application server is). The bind address MUST be the same for both JBoss and SAS Remote […]
All I Ever Wanted To Know About Competing Risks, Administrative Data & Data Quality Assurance
Last Friday, the Health User Group met in Toronto, an occasion which always brings me great joy when it occurs. The Executive Committee is a great mix of savvy SAS supporters who have seen – and survived! – almost everything, and bright young SAS …