When I am trying to learn a new skill or develop thinking around a subject, such as data storytelling, I find examples of others work helpful. The trick to reviewing work is thinking about what is effective, not what is good or bad. Sometimes I learn m...
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Posted in SAS | Comments Off on Seven Interesting Data Storytelling Examples
You can use the SAS Visual Analytics 8.2 Network Analysis object to visualize relationships. For some recent data analysis, I was trying to understand the customer to sales office relationship. My suspicion was that it wasn’t evenly distributed a...
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Posted in SAS | Comments Off on Use Network Analysis to Understand Your Customers with SAS Visual Analytics 8.2
In December 2017, SAS Visual Analytics 8.2 was recently released along with some fantastic functionality. Here’s the seven features that I find useful.
1 – Autosave and Auto Recovery
I’ve made the mistake of walking away from a browser se...
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Posted in SAS | Comments Off on My 7 Favorite Features in SAS Visual Analytics 8.2 on Viya
Recently I was asked to create a Web Analytics dashboard on spec. I decided to use the latest version SAS Visual Analytics 8.1 so I could review the new features. When we wrote the Introduction to SAS Visual Analytics book, we were using beta versions of the application. Here’s some of the process I...
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Tags: Coding & Data, Creating Effective Reports, data visualization, Data Visualization Tips, headline, SAS Visual Analytics, visual analytics
Posted in SAS | Comments Off on Creating a Web Analytics Report in SAS Visual Analytics 8.1
OK I admit it, I’m a font geek.If I visit a website with a gross font, I don’t go back. It’s true. Want me to adore you? Send me an email in my favorite font – it will impress me. It communicates your style vibe and if we are on the same wavelength, then...
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Posted in SAS | Comments Off on Designing Dashboards: Sending Your Style Vibe
Recently, Alan Hjemsted Muller from Denmark contacted me with some additional ideas about he had with solving dashboard issues. He provided a gorgeous dashboard that is used in the Elsinore Municipality.
This dashboard (in Danish) – it is about a kindergarten. He offered to send it in English but I like it in Danish. It allows...
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Posted in SAS | Comments Off on SAS Visual Analytics: Design Versus Reality
Are you considering submitting an abstract for SAS Global Forum 2017? Maybe you have already read the posts about how it helps your career and the excitement of sharing ideas. What is holding you back? Maybe you don’t have an idea, maybe you fear presentations, or maybe you just are unsure of the process.
I...
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Posted in SAS | Comments Off on Seize the Day! Submit an #SASGF Abstract by Oct 3
I like to read the SAS Visual Analytics area of SAS Communities site. From the site I have overcome issues I had as well as learned other ways to think how you can solve common issues. As many long time SAS users know – there’s always more than one way to accomplish something with SAS! Recently,...
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Posted in SAS | Comments Off on Need a Dynamic X-Axis with Your SAS Visual Analytics Report?