Japan has a superfast train called the Shinkansen. The first I heard of it was when my sister visited Japan on a scholarship. Engine-awestruck, we wanted a ride, but weren’t able to get to Japan. Nor, did we know the language. (With over 5000 ka…
SAS Goes To A Ceilidh (Sort Of)
My manager Wally Thiessen was lucky enough to travel to beautiful Halifax for the SHRUG user group meeting last week. I say ‘lucky’ through gritted teeth set in a face tinged by the horrible green of jealousy… I absolutely adore Halifax and Nova Scot…
SAS and R joins SAS-x
Tal Galili, organizer of the R-bloggers blog aggregator, has opened a new aggregator for people blogging about SAS. If you’re unfamiliar with the concept, an aggregator is a single blog which republishes (with permission, in this case) the entries fro…
SAS-X Blog Aggregator
Tal Galili has started up a SAS blog aggregator. The more folks involved in SAS, the better, as far as I am concerned.You can find it at:SAS-X
The efficiency of five SAS methods in multi-dataset merging
Introduction: Merging two or multiple datasets is essential for many ‘data people’. Yes, it is a dirty and routine job. Everyone wants to get it done quick and accurate. Actually, SAS has many ways to tackle this job[3]. In two competing papers fro…
Web OLAP Viewer is dead (RIP)
I remember when SAS 9.1 was released and the new SAS Web OLAP viewer for Java (SWOVJ) was released. It was a great new interface to replace the old MRV. It went through a few iterations, but not a lot changed (although I was always confused about which version could only open Cubes and whihc could open […]