This post ends the series of golden oldies. Looking through past conference papers has revealed many interesting nuggets. I was interested to read SAS co-founder John Sall’s paper on PROC MATRIX, the forerunner of SAS/IML. This paper was presented at…
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NOTE: Keeping Track of Defects
I recently stumbled across an article on David Biesack’s Peer Revue blog regarding SAS’s defect tracking process. David provides a detailed and extensive insight into how the guys and girls in Cary (and beyond) deal with defects, from beginning to end….
Dynamic Logging Reconfiguration in SAS® 9.3
One of the exciting new features in SAS 9.3 (well for me anyway) is the ability to replace or modify the logging configuration on-the-fly for a running server without needing to restart it. Previously in SAS 9.2 you could dynamically change the levels …
Learn How to Code in 2012
Do you know someone who could benefit from learning how to code? Are your parents looking for a new hobby in retirement? Are your kids looking for wider career options? Send them along to http://www.codeyear.com/ and encourage them to sign-up for the …
Find Errors and Warnings Quickly
Need to find all of the errors and warnings in your SAS Log quickly? Unleash the following while inside the log’s directory while on any *nix based OS. egrep ‘(ERROR:|WARNING)’ I save a lot of time scanning the 10,000+ line log files some of the automated jobs create.
NOTE: Coding "Missing Values" (Golden Oldies)
My mini-series of hints and tips from past decades would not be complete without a contribution from the SAS-L mailing list – the 25 years old list server that continues to provide immense value to SAS practitioners worldwide. Joined by the c…
NOTE: Analytics 2012 Conference Series, Germany, 14-15 June
The turn of a New Year is a good time to be thinking about your training plans for the year. Training can take several forms, it doesn’t have to be limited to classroom sessions. Think more broadly. Are there any SAS-related books, or IT-related books …
NOTE: Booked for SAS Global Forum 2012
I’ve just booked my trip to SAS Global Forum (SGF) 2012. Sadly my kids go back to school on the very day that SGF starts – Monday 23rd April – so they won’t be coming with me to Walt Disney World in Florida.
I don’t recall booking so many different tr…