Posts Tagged ‘ Best Practices ’

SAS Stored Process: Ignore the Log at Your Own Peril

July 5, 2012
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I love our readers – especially when they have a great idea they want to share. Quentin McMullen, who has been programming in SAS for 15 years, primarily in clinical trials and public health... [Read the full article at the Http://www.bi-notes....
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User Groups: Wisconsin-Illinois User Conference was Great!

July 2, 2012
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Last week I attended the Wisconsin-Illinois User Conference in Milwaukee, WI. It was great! If you are new to SAS user conferences are a great way to get more training and if you are a seasoned SAS... [Read the full article at the Http://www.bi-notes....
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Business Intelligence: Good Things to Share!

June 22, 2012
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Business Intelligence: Good Things to Share!

I have been very busy in the past month writing guest post for some of the different blogs that I follow and find interesting.  I’ve also been reading some books that I wanted to share with you! Blogging! Blogging! and More Blogging! Here’s some of the guest posts that I have contributed around the...
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SAS BI: Does Your Organization Have a BI Strategy?

May 18, 2012
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SAS BI: Does Your Organization Have a BI Strategy?

One of the best things about attending the SAS Global Forum is all the brilliant people you get to meet.  Guy Garrett’s presentation about planning a BI strategy was quiet popular and I have to say he was very witty.  Turns out implementing a BI strategy is similar to dating – who knew?  Anyway...
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SAS Stored Processes: 3 Tips to Improve Your Prompts

May 16, 2012
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SAS Stored Processes: 3 Tips to Improve Your Prompts

SAS stored processes are similar to SAS programs in that they use the same programming language.  Many of my SAS programs I created early on were only used by me, so I could live with  a little uncertainty and it was easy enough to check the logs for any issues.  If anything went wrong...
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SAS Enterprise Guide: Check the Log Macro

April 2, 2012
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SAS Enterprise Guide: Check the Log Macro

I created a LogCheck macro to review the log during a batch process. The SAS log files can be rather large and it is so much easier if you can just extract the issues in an easy to understand format. This macro reads in each line of the log file and keeps...
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SAS Global Forum 2012: Will I See You There?

March 14, 2012
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SAS Global Forum 2012: Will I See You There?

Check out the results of my SAS Enterprise Guide code – 41 days til SAS Global Forum 2012 in Orlando, Florida!  I’m excited – I can’t wait to meet some of my Web friends face-to-face finally!  Oh and also catch up with some of my old buddies! Why Should I Attend SAS Global Forum?...
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Reporting 101: Lessons Learned

February 13, 2012
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Reporting 101: Lessons Learned

Wow – it’s a very exciting time to have an analytics career!  You may have read the Preparing Yourself for Analytics Job Tsunami post at BeyeNetwork last week, which basically said we are headed for a shortage of analytics or data-minded people.  Oh … music to my little analytic-trained, big-data-lovin’ ears!  The article was pointing...
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