I noticed the user interface for the SAS® Deployment Manager 9.3 has changed slightly. Here is a screenshot from my “old” SAS 9.2 M3 installation: … and here’s the screenshot from my new SAS 9.3 installation: I’m guessing that the new hierarchical folder structure is going to allow for more tools to added. Interestingly there’s […]
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We’re now on SAS-X!
SAS-X (and its cousin, R-Bloggers) is a massively useful resource for learning new tricks with your language of choice, keeping track of news, and generally getting to see cool things people are doing with data software. Which is why I’m pleased to say that Confounded by Confounding posts with the ‘SAS’ category tag will now […]
Programmatically download monthly economic indicators
This SAS code programmatically downloads monthly economic indicators from FRED, and merges multiple time series into a single data set for convenient analysis. FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) is an excellent resource from the Federal Reserve Bank …
I am a 20% SAS Nerd!
Kirk Paul Lafler drafted a checking list for identifying a SAS nerd (or geek, in its positive ways) in one of his intriguing papers:
You Could be a SAS® Nerd If . . .
Here I’m glad to find that I am roughly a 20% SAS nerd (12 matched in all 57 lists):
8. You blog SAS-related […]
NOTE: Keyboard Shortcuts in the SAS Enhanced Editor
I was recently looking at a long piece of macro code where each level of indentation only used one space. It was very difficult to see where some of the %do / %end blocks began or ended. I was reminded that there’s a keyboard shortcut for jumping be…
NOTE: Keyboard Shortcuts in the SAS Enhanced Editor
I was recently looking at a long piece of macro code where each level of indentation only used one space. It was very difficult to see where some of the %do / %end blocks began or ended. I was reminded that there’s a keyboard shortcut for jumping be…
Automatic program execution
Dear Miss SAS Answers, We recently upgraded to SAS 9.2 (PC Version) and now when I double click on the SAS icon on the desktop, the program automatically executes rather than simply opening in the program editor. How do I change this so that double-cli…
Predictive Modelling Competition
One of my clients is running a predictive modelling competition. The competition is free to enter and has a $10,000 prize fund. Interested? Read on…
The competition is being hosted at Kaggle. It’s very simple to register and to enter. The challenge …