SAS Enterprise Guide is best known as an interactive interface to SAS, but did you know that you can use it to run batch-style programs as well?
SAS Enterprise Guide has always offered an automation object model, which allows you to use scripting…
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Using SAS Enterprise Guide to run programs in batch
SAS Enterprise Guide is best known as an interactive interface to SAS, but did you know that you can use it to run batch-style programs as well? SAS Enterprise Guide has always offered an automation object model, which allows you to use scripting langu…
Using ODS Graphics Designer with SAS Enterprise Guide 4.3
The ODS Graphics Designer allows you to design and build your own statistical graphs in SAS, without having to learn how to program in the new graph template language (GTL). The ODS Graphics Designer is a rich user interface that allows you to des…
New Goodies for SAS Programmers: View it now
Millions of Americans will be gathering around the television this Sunday to watch Super Bowl XLV. They’ll gather in bars and private homes, prepare billions of calories worth of snacks, and root for their favorite teams.
But if you’re looking f…
You asked for it: the Autoexec process flow
AUTOEXEC.SAS wasn’t enough for you. Yes, it’s a sure-fire way to run SAS statements (such as LIBNAME assignments or macro definitions) whenever you start your SAS session, but you found it has limitations when used in configurations with lots of …
The SAS code formatter: more than a pretty face
A customer phoned up SAS Technical Support the other day with a problem. (Yes, that happens occasionally…) When he ran a certain program through SAS Enterprise Guide, the program didn’t seem to complete and no results were returned. Here is a …
SAS logs in Enterprise Guide: Where’s the beef?
You might be too young to remember Clara Peller. She was the star of a series of fast-food burger commercials in the 1980s, in which she demanded meatier meals by shouting “Where’s the beef?” at the pickup counter or drive-through window. Alas, …
Updated SAS Admin Docs (inc Portal Promotion)
I noticed that several of the SAS® platform administration documents have been updated recently following the release of the 4.3 versions of SAS Enterprise Guide and the various mid-tier web apps (SAS Information Delivery Portal, SAS Web Report Studio, SAS BI Dashboard etc.). The updated documents include: SAS® 9.2 Intelligence Platform System Administration Guide, Second […]