SAS-based processes are critical to many organizations, but sometimes the trickiest part of your job falls into one or both of these activities:
Getting stuff from the outside world “into” SAS. (Once it’s in SAS, as many of you know, the world is…
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How to use SAS DATA step to copy a file from anywhere
SAS-based processes are critical to many organizations, but sometimes the trickiest part of your job falls into one or both of these activities: Getting stuff from the outside world “into” SAS. (Once it’s in SAS, as many of you know, the world is your …
Jedi SAS Tricks: Email from the Front – Part 2
In my last blog post, I discussed how to use SAS options to send unattended email using an SMTP server. In this segment, I’ll tackle creating “pretty” email (using HTML) and sending out emails with attachments. First, I produced a basic repo…
Jedi SAS Tricks: Email from the Front – Part 1
I’m responsible for a SAS program that runs nightly in batch on a Linux server here at SAS. I am also a road warrior, and routine status checking via a remote connection is often tricky, and sometimes impossible due to unstable hotel intern…
Jedi SAS Tricks: Email from the Front – Part 1
I’m responsible for a SAS program that runs nightly in batch on a Linux server here at SAS. I am also a road warrior, and routine status checking via a remote connection is often tricky, and sometimes impossible due to unstable hotel internet connec…
Five reasons to use the SAS DATA Step or PROC SQL
When I joined SAS Institute I had no knowledge of SAS. I studied, researched and practiced. The questions I asked would make even the most seasoned programmer blush a beetroot red! Those were an intense nine months—I’ll tell you more in a lat…