As promised, I’m turning over this space to my colleague Kerry Blanchard. Many of you will know Kerry as an indispensable asset in the SAS user community. Assisting with user group logistics, analysis and support, she’s definitely made my life easier a…
Five strategies to eliminate passwords from your SAS programs
Many people mistakenly assume that just because you want to use a SAS program to access a protected resource (such as a database table), you must include the credentials for the resource inside your program.
Few things cause a database administra…
Save User Frustration by adding the magic ‘Log (back) In’ button
SAS Web Application Infrastructure automatically logs users out of the system after a predesignated amount of time. Unless the user has the URL bookmarked, they have to retype the Web Application URL. There is a much less frustrating way for users to g…
NOTE: Are Your PCs Flash Enough for BI Dashboard 4.3?
Mid-November saw the release of version 4.3 of the SAS BI clients. BI Dashboard 4.3 has been adapted to use Flash technology – that means you can now use Flash interactivity to gain insight. There’s a very informative SAS Global Forum paper on t…
Error Codes for libname
Whenever we assign a libname (especially a libname to a database), we would want to be sure that the library path should be valid/existing. When it comes to assigning a libname to a database, example oracle, we may also want to confirm if the user-id a…
NOTE: Latest SAS-Related Periodicals (plus IN in macro)
The last few weeks have seen a couple of SAS-related periodicals published:
Issue 51 of VIEWS News is available. As ever, the archive of back-issues is a valuable resource
System Seminar Consultants released the autumn 2010 issue of The Missing Semicol…