Posts Tagged ‘ tips and tricks ’

SAS Press author Kirk Paul Lafler's favorite tips using PROC SQL. The post Three Proc SQL Tips from Bestselling Author Kirk Paul Lafler appeared first on SAS Learning Post.
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You should play a little. Add dots. Add color. Your PROC REPORT output does not have to be boring. As a matter of fact, it can be both functional and appealing. Any Unicode value will do, but this blog shows how to use the Unicode value for a dot (fill...
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The Geo Map Visualization has several built-in geographical units, including country and region names and codes, US state names and codes, and US zip codes. You can also define your own geographic units. This paper describes how to identify any geogra...
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When making a new piece of code, I like to use the smallest font I can read. This lets me fit more text on the screen at once. When presenting code to others, especially in a classroom setting, I like to make the font large enough to see from the back...
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Datasets can present themselves in different ways. Identical data can bet arranged differently, often as wide or tall datasets. Generally, the tall dataset is better. Learn how to convert wide data into tall data with PROC TRANSPOSE. The post "Wid...
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Do you periodically delete unneeded global macro variables? You should! Deleting macro variables releases memory and keeps your symbol table clean. Learn how the macro language statement that deletes global macro variables and about the %DELETEALL st...
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The SAS Jedi Mark Jordan presents his SAS Global Forum 2018 paper "Working with Big Data in SAS" The post Jedi @ SASGF: Working with Big Data in SAS appeared first on SAS Learning Post.
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If you are a SAS programmer, you may wonder why you should read this. After all isn’t SAS Enterprise Guide just for folks who don’t want to be bothered writing SAS code? SAS Enterprise Guide is just point, click, and get results, right? Well there is a...
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