Traditionally, SAS users like their processes to behave like Ron Popeil’s famous rotisserie: they want to set it and forget it. That’s the definition of a batch process. You work like heck to get it ready to run, then you push the button (or schedule it) and walk away. But […]
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Put them back the way you found them: restoring SAS titles
Has this ever happened to you? You have a SAS program with statements that you wrote, then you make use of a macro function or %include file supplied by a helpful colleague, and when your SAS code resumes, you find that all of your SAS titles have been changed out […]
Importing CSV files into SAS datasets
Sometimes, your first impulse may not be correct, like trading in your practical sedan for a hot 2-seater. Other times, your first impulse is perfect, as in the examples below. Suppose the automobile data you wish to analyze resides in a CSV file. …
Copy a file using a SAS program: another method
A couple of years ago I shared a method for copying any file within a SAS program. It was a simple approach, copying the file byte-by-byte from one fileref (SAS file reference) to another. My colleague Bruno Müller, a SAS trainer in Switzerland, has since provided a much more robust […]
Big data and visual analytics top Analytics 2013 Orlando
It’s that time of year again. The weather is cooling down and the buzz about the Analytics Conference is heating up. This year’s conference, taking place Oct. 21-22 in Orlando, will bring together more than 1,000 analytics professionals to learn th…
A beginner’s tutorial on … pie charts
There’s an old expression “easy as pie.” Have you ever tried to bake a pie??? … It’s not so easy, LOL! And neither is using pie charts correctly! 🙂 Below are several examples of different kinds of pie charts you can create with SAS/GRAPH. And at…
Sweet success with SAS training
John Taylor has been using SAS for about 12 years and admits, he loves SAS! He was first introduced to SAS while working on his BA/MA in Statistics at Boston University. “It became immediately obvious to me that knowing SAS would be invaluable to me …
A beginner’s tutorial on … bar charts
Do you know how to create a bar chart using SAS, and when to use what kind of bar chart?!? If the answer doesn’t come to you “easy as pie” then this blog is for you! Below are several examples of different kinds of bar charts you can create with SAS…