Tag: Search

Drilling Is Not Required

Find out how to get to your content faster. This comment was recently provided via the feedback link on support.sas.com: I wish I could navigate directly to the documentation without descending 3-4 levels in a tree. I’d like to just type RAND and go di…

SAS Macros to Search and Report Errors and Warnings from your SAS Logs

How many a times at work have you gone thru the logs looking for ERROR, WARNINGS, NOTES etc for more information about the generated problem?…I’ve been doing a lot like that lately for developing / debugging / lines of code for more information…I j…

Did you know… you can sort searches by date

We don’t display dates on our Web pages. We used to do that. Some people felt that content was less useful if it was older. That isn’t always true. support.sas.com contains some great samples that show language usage best practices. These sam…

Resources for creating a SAS stored process

Q: A customer wrote, “What, no stored process samples?”
A: We do have samples and notes about writing and using stored processes. We do not have a browse topic for stored processes. Therefore, to find samples about creating and maintaining stored…

Search tip for language elements

If you are searching support.sas.com for documentation about a language element, include the word “syntax” in your search phrase. You do not need to include the phrase in quotes.

For example, if you want a list of available formats or usage infor…

Advances in Searching

UPDATE:
The advanced search functionality is now production on support.sas.com. It is available at support.sas.com/search. You can also access it by selecting the search button when the search field is empty. Links to advanced search will start…

Did you know… that you can search all papers and proceedings

The Proceedings from SUGI 24 forward are available on support.sas.com. You can browse the table of contents for the Proceedings or search the Proceedings collection by visiting the SAS Global Forum site at support.sas.com/events/sasglobalforum/pr…

Searching the Forums for Answers

User discussion forums are a great way to find answers to your problems. I’ve searched forums for help with updating operating systems, fixing the washing machine, and selecting new plumbing fixtures. In all cases, the forums have been helpful a…