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Manage the current directory within your SAS program

Using relative file paths in your SAS programs? Use the new DLGCDIR function to manage your SAS working directory — even in SAS Enterprise Guide or SAS Studio — to ensure your programs are working the way they ought to.

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What your favorite authors are reading: More SAS Global Forum papers chosen by SAS Press authors (Part 2)

This blog post highlights more SAS Global Forum papers chosen by SAS Press authors.
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IoT: Monitoring the M&M supply in our breakroom

My buddy Chris recently blogged about accessing the IoT data from an M&M jar being monitored in one of the breakrooms at SAS. Now I’m going to take things a step further and analyze that data with some graphs. Grab a snack, and follow along, as we …

The most disproportionately popular job in each state

Showing the most popular jobs in each state is interesting (as I showed in my previous two blogs 1, 2) … but not that interesting. How about something a little more quirky?!? … Let’s determine the most disproportionately popular job in each state! …

Most common jobs in the US – a small multiples comparison

Using small multiples is a neat way to display a lot of information in a small amount of space. But depending on how deeply you want to analyze and scrutinize the data, you need to be careful in choosing just how small you make your small multiples. Le…

What are the most common occupations in each US state?

When I’m at a social gathering, someone always asks what type of work I do. I like to keep my social life separate from my work, therefore I usually give a vague answer such as “software” (and quickly change the topic). How vague or specific is your re…

Announcing the AnalyticsX Hackathon: Are you up for it?

Even though I’ve worked at SAS for nearly 30 years, I still get excited when great things come together for our customers! This year we are hosting the very first hackathon at our Analytics Experience conference in San Diego – the AnalyticsX Hackathon….