It’s been two years since my first trip to SAS UK for the SAS Professionals Convention. That was also my first trip to the UK, ever. I was pretty naive back then and didn’t know what to expect from this strange land and its people. I was shown tremendous hospitality […]
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Poll Shows Open Source Almost Even with Commercial Analytics Software
The 2012 results of the annual KDnuggets poll are in. It shows R in first place with 30.7% of users reporting having used it for a real project. Excel is almost as popular. It seems out of place among so … Continue reading →
SAS on a video game system? I called it.
Back in 2009, I announced that SAS was developing a version of its business analytics platform for use on the Nintendo Wii. I think I gave our legal department a heart attack with this news, until they realized that I had posted it on April 1. At SAS Global Forum […]
Query the Windows registry within your SAS program
On the SAS-L mailing list, a participant posed this question (paraphrased): How can I tell which date format my Windows session is using: European format (with day first) versus USA format (with month first)? I’m reading in output from a Windows file listing, and need to know how to interpret […]
SAS Talks features support.sas.com usage tips
~ Contributed by Melissa Perez, Marketing Specialist, SAS ~ As most SAS customers are well aware, there is a load of content on support.sas.com. But how do you know where to find that information? Alas, we created a demo to walk through the main sectio…
Using PROC SQL to get the schema of a MySQL database
It’s Friday, and on SAS Voices they are posting fun stuff about dogs who work at SAS. I’m posting about PROC SQL and MySQL. You tell me – which of us knows how to ring in the weekend with style? I’ve been working with MySQL data sources lately, and SAS/ACCESS […]
How much time will your process flow take to run?
SAS users, by definition, do not embrace the mysterious. That’s one of the main reasons that they use SAS: to demystify some data or process. And so, when you (as a SAS user) have gone to the trouble of designing a process flow in SAS Enterprise Guide, you like to […]
Building great graphs with Base SAS
~ Contributed by Lelia McConnel, Technical Support Consultant, SAS ~ Base SAS 9.3 has made creating high quality graphics output easier than ever. Did you know that you can create great looking, high resolution graphs with Base SAS? The Customer Suppor…