One of my new work friends says this frequently. But the statement is lost in his translation from Portuguese, it is not that he does not believe me, it is just that he has questions about how things happen so he can learn. I debate on which version of...
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Tags: information maps, Stored Processes, Uncategorized
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Did you change your LinkedIn password yesterday? (If you didn’t, you should!) But did it happen to be the same as your corporate password? First, tisk tisk. Second, change your corporate password NOW! Ok, now that this is done ~ don’t let your save...
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When I was creating the Summary and Detailed reports for the SAS Global Forum paper, I was demonstrating how to link from the weekly chart to the detailed report about the week. On my first try with my Week Filter based on the date value – it just would not work. Eeek! To fix the problem...
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Tags: Building Business Intelligence, coding, Information Map Studio, information maps, Web Report Studio
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You may be aware by now, our new SAS BI book Building Business Intelligence with SAS:Content Development Examples launched last week on the SAS Press site. That’s right, SAS Press or Amazon will be delighted to bring a copy of this SAS BI book to your door. When Angela and I set out to write...
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Tags: Add-In for MS Office, Best Practices, BI Books, BI Dashboard, Building Business Intelligence, career, coding, dashboards, data, Getting Started, Information Map Studio, information maps, libname, Metadata, OLAP Cube Studio, prompts, SAS BI Content Exam, SAS Enterprise Guide, SAS Management Console, SAS OLAP Cubes, Stored Process Tips, Stored Processes, Web Report Studio
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About a year ago (wow, has it been that long?), I posted an example program that lets you report on the contents of a SAS information map. Using my example, you can see the data items, filters, and folder structure within a given information map....
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We sometimes take it for granted, but the concept of the "SAS library" is just about one of the most awesome aspects of The SAS System.
You can give your library a name (a library reference, or libref), tell the system how to get to your data (...
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Tags: information maps, meta engine, SAS BI, SAS business analytics, SAS support, SAS tips, technical support paper
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We sometimes take it for granted, but the concept of the "SAS library" is just about one of the most awesome aspects of The SAS System. You can give your library a name (a library reference, or libref), tell the system how to get to your data (options ...
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If you have ever wanted to pull a quick document out showing what is contained in a Information Map, then this post by Chris from last year will show you how. It refers to the following tech support note Sample 39539: Creating a PDF that documents the contents of a SAS® Information Map. Chris’s post also...
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Tags: documenting information maps, information maps, SAS 9.2, SAS Metadata webservice
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