We can’t adequately convey how exciting and satisfying it is to get the Building BI With SAS book to this final stage! After awaiting feedback from reviewers, implementing the majority of suggested changes, and retaking all of the 500+ images, the CD is burned and ready for drop off. SAS Press will now take all of this content, run through editorial staff, create an index, finalize the artwork, and create a printable book. This phase typically takes around 90 days, so the likely available date for purchase is January 2012. Fun Book Statistics Content Chapters: 10 MS Word Page count: 435 TIF Files (screen caps): 536 Space on SAS Press CD: 678MB Longest chapter: Prompt Framework (60 pages) Chapter with most screen captures: Web Report Studio (94) Chapter that took longest to write: Introduction – rewritten 3 times! 🙂 Chapter that took least time to write: Introduction (the first time!) Reviewer comments: Avg 12 per chapter Time Line Book Proposed – Dec 2010 Contract written for book – Jan 2011 Final draft due date – Jan 2012 – Delivered 4 months ahead of schedule Total Days writing: 244 Book available: Jan 2012 (maybe even the first week!) Reviewer Comments Three […]
Few of my favourite things – SAS informats
Australian merino wool sweaters, Russian watches, Swiss chocolate, Chinese silk blouses, Canadian country music, American sweatshirts, English knitting patterns, Californian pistachios, French muesli, Egyptian bracelets, Scottish kilts, the list goes o…
Double, no triple check those stpbegin and stpend macros from Enterprise Guide
Be very aware of when the %STPBEGIN and %STPEND macros are & are not needed in your SAS Stored Process. When opening a stored processes directly from Enterprise Guide to make modifications, the ‘Include Code for’ option to reinsert these two macros is automatically turned back on. So even if you have turned it off previously, always make sure that if you do not need them the option is off.
Link to a specific section of Web Report Studio
If you would like to link users to a specific section within a Web Report Studio report, there is a quick way to generate the URL. Just send yourself an email from Web Report Studio. A parameter &rsTS is included in the link which corresponds to th…
Next time, do your own homework
SAS programming is taught in schools all over the world, including in high schools. Occasionally, I receive questions via my blog such as this one: Can somebody help me on this? Write a short DATA _NULL_ step to determine the largest integer you can store on your computer in 3, […]
Web Report Studio: Chops off the columns and rows …
By default, Web Report Studio only shows the first 12 columns and 40 rows of a report. You can change the default in the Table Properties to allow as many columns or rows to display as desired.
Here is a before and after shot of the changes: