Tag: bi; business intelligence

Free SAS training – how can you resist?

SAS Education has released a free training course on What’s New in the SAS® Add-In 5.1 for Microsoft Office, SAS® Enterprise Guide® 5.1, and SAS® 9.3 Stored Processes. With this free training course you can stay up-to-date on the latest features a…

Taking the storyboard approach

A storyboard is a blueprint of drawings/ideas in a specific sequence to illustrate a story.  Let’s take the Pixar film Toy Story as an example (I have a two-year-old and admittedly have watched this movie more than the hairs on my head).  Before th…

Try the sampler platter at SAS Global Forum

I’m a sucker for the sampler platter at restaurants – it gives you a little taste of everything. “The crispy, gooey cheese sticks are delicious, but man, I really want more of the chicken skewers as my meal,” is typically how my thought process goes. S…

A car mechanic is not necessarily the best car driver

Recently on the SAS Training & Certification LinkedIn Group, Crystal posted this question about wanting to become a SAS BI developer:

“I am a Certified SAS Professional that is interested in broadening my skill set and knowledge by moving i…

A car mechanic is not necessarily the best car driver

Recently on the SAS Training & Certification LinkedIn Group, Crystal posted this question about wanting to become a SAS BI developer: “I am a Certified SAS Professional that is interested in broadening my skill set and knowledge by moving into th…

Keeping the Analytical Trenches Fresh

You know the old joke,

Q. How can you tell an extroverted statistician from an introverted statistician?

A. The extrovert looks at your shoes when they talk.

Well, the statisticians that I work with every day are a pretty lively bunch, so th…

New Business Intelligence Certification Launched

Last month, the SAS Global Certification program added a new credential, the SAS Certified BI Content Developer. My first blog post from May described how a global team of BI experts collaborated to create the beta exam. In May and June, candidate…