The title of this blog says what you really need to know: SAS Enterprise Guide does have a future, and it’s a bright one. Ever since SAS Studio debuted in 2014, onlookers have speculated about its impact on the development of SAS Enterprise Guide. I think that we have been […]
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If you are a SAS programmer, you may wonder why you should read this. After all isn’t SAS Enterprise Guide just for folks who don’t want to be bothered writing SAS code? SAS Enterprise Guide is just point, click, and get results, right? Well there is a…
I’m a big fan of the Import Data task in SAS Enterprise Guide, especially for its support of text-based files (CSV, tab delimited, fixed width, and more). There’s no faster method for generating SAS code that reads your data exactly the way you need it. I use the tool so […]
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A while back, I wrote about the proliferation of interfaces for writing SAS programs. I am reposting that blog here (with a few changes) because a lot of SAS users still don’t understand that they have a choice. These days SAS programmers have more choices than ever before about how to run SAS. They can […]
SAS programmers have high expectations for their coding environment, and why shouldn’t they? Companies have a huge investment in their SAS code base, and it’s important to have tools that help you understand that code and track changes over time. Few things are more satisfying as a SAS program that […]
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Many years ago I shared a custom task that allows you to view and manage SAS catalogs within SAS Enterprise Guide. As a reminder, a SAS catalog is a special type of SAS file that acts as a container, like a folder, for a variety of content items called catalog […]
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I use SAS Enterprise Guide every day, and for a wide variety of tasks. As a result, I have a huge collection of project files (EGP files) and SAS program files. I have always relied on the “recently used” list in the File menu to provide me with quick access […]
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Nowadays, whether you write SAS programs or use point-and-click methods to get results, you have choices for how you access SAS. Currently, when you open Base SAS most people get the traditional SAS windowing environment (aka Display Manager) as their interface. But it doesn’t have to be that way. If […]
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