There’s a nice walkthrough of some of the features of the SAS 9.2 metadata server on the SAS Professionals web site in the Social Media / Videos section. You’ll have to be a SAS Professionals member to view it from the link I’ve provided, but if …
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SAS and IWA: Two Hops
In an earlier post I mentioned that I would jot down a few notes about my experiences with SAS® software and Integrated Windows Authentication (IWA). This is the first of these posts and concerns the initial configuration. Chances are, if you knew…
The top 10 errors, notes and warnings that prompt DATA step programmers to call SAS Technical Support
Some More SAS Tips
Code Kata #1
In yesterday’s post I described Code Katas and how they can be a useful form of programming practice. Dave Watson (the “inventor” of Code Katas) offers 21 on his Code Kata blog. I intend to publish my own from time-to-time, and here is the first. Enjoy…
Code Katas
Last week I made a brief mention of Code Katas and how they can help you as a form code practice. Let’s find out some more.
The basic concept surrounding Code Katas encapsulates the ideas that a) we are professional coders, b) practice improves one’…
Engage More Closely With NOTE:
The NOTE: blog is powered by Google Blogger. Google have rolled out a number of improvements to Blogger recently. One of those improvements is support for threaded commenting, which means that it is now much easier to differentiate between whether some…
Do You Read? (And Write?)
Whilst New Year’s resolutions are still in our minds, I’m thinking about my training plans for 2012. One key element of my plan is attendance of SAS Global Forum in April, but at the other end of the scale is my choice of professional reading material …
SAS Management Console 9.3 Password Indication
You’ve probably encountered this issue too. As an administrator you just want to know whether someone has stored a password in metadata or not. You don’t want to know the actual password, just whether there’s one there or not, because…