With the release of SAS 9.4 (which included SAS/STAT 12.3 and SAS Enterprise Guide 6.1), you might seriously consider hiring a Chief Versions Officer (CVO). Fortunately, most of the recent versions of SAS Enterprise Guide work with the different recent versions of SAS, so you have some flexibility as you […]
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RPM Part 2: How to use predictive modeling with SAS to analyze crime data
So… what ‘cha gonna do? Use it or Peruse it? SAS Rapid Predictive Modeler (RPM) cranks out models like nobody’s business, and like the academy awards presentation will just “give you the envelope please.” If your data is super clean, this mig…
How to use Gmail to send a message from a SAS program
Three years ago I described how you can use SAS Enterprise Guide to send an e-mail message using Gmail as your e-mail provider. In the article, I mentioned that you can also write SAS programs that send e-mail messages, but at the time you could not reach Gmail using the […]
Analytics 2013 London at a glance
A month ago, nearly 600 of us gathered on the south bank of the Thames in London for the first of this year’s Analytics Conference series. So, in the spirit of data visualisation, I’ve compiled an ‘infographic’ giving a bird’s eye of who came and from …
Sync everything up, at least between EG & metadata
From an Enterprise Guide user’s perspective, a SAS library is a library. Whether it was defined in the autoexec or in the metadata or by magic, it is there for them to use with no issues. However, there is a difference as metadata defined libraries do …
New U.S. sample data available in SAS 9.4
In previous versions of SAS, if you wanted to experiment with creating U.S. maps in Proc GMAP, there wasn’t any good sample data available. Unless you had your own data available, you probably ended up using the maps.us x/y points as your DATA= … w…
Make a commitment and swim, bike, run with it
Over the past six months, my free time was devoted to training. This impacted my blog posting frequency but the training helped me successfully complete the inaugural Raleigh Ironman 70.3 in June. When thinking back through how this happened, I noticed…
A SAS sandwich to satisfy every appetite
How do you like your sandwich? On rye, whole wheat or white bread? What fillings and dressings do you like? You probably think I’ve gone completely crazy and I don’t blame you. What does food have to do with SAS, you say? Loads — as you’ll find …