Tag: SAS

NOTE: The Dawn of 9.4 Approaches

There were many papers at SAS Global Forum 2013 on the upcoming 9.4 version of SAS. You can find many of them here. I recently saw a blog post from Robby Powell with a good summary of what to expect from 9.4. It’s worth a look to see what will be avail…

NOTE: Adding Value to Your Metadata with Metacoda Commutual

I’m always glad to meet-up with the folks from Metacoda when I attend SAS Global Forum. They always have something new and valuable to show. Historically it’s always been new features for their Metacoda Security Plug-Ins, but this year they were keen…

Recent Writing (Infomous)

I recently added a new widget to the right margin of the NOTE: blog – “Recent Topics”. It’s a form of word cloud, but it’s far more dynamic and interactive than a traditional word cloud. Hover over a word (or click on it) to see a list of NOTE: ar…

NOTE: Infographics with SAS

I saw a nice post by Rob Allison last month on creating infographics with SAS. Whilst we mostly endeavour to create hi-fidelity graphics in SAS that show a relatively high volume of detailed graphical information, there are a wide variety of uses for…

Proc SQL and the power of select into

I have referenced this paper many times. Great help in using the power of proc sql with macro variables. Great for building lists of values and dynamic code.
http://www.nesug.org/Proceedings/nesug97/coders/eddlesto.pdf
Syntax:
SELECT object-item …

Highlights from SAS Global Forum 2013

I’ve already written about one highlight of SAS Global Forum 2013: the SAS Web Editor. Here are some more features that I think deserve mention. Please note that I make no claims about the comprehensiveness or completeness of this list. SAS 9.4 and Enterprise Guide 6.1 are scheduled for release in June and bring some […]

SAS on the Mac is Back

SAS Global Forum ended two weeks ago.  I thought by now someone would have written about SAS on the Mac and saved me the trouble, but since I don’t see much discussion of this in the blogosphere, here are my belated two cents. If you have been using SAS as long as I have, then […]

Affinity Diagrams for Problem Solving #sasgf13

I was pleased to be invited to present a paper on Visual Techniques for Problem Solving and Debugging at this year’s SAS Global Forum (SGF) conference. I spoke about the importance of human interaction in solving complex issues; the process and peopl…