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Where in the World is SAS Visual Analytics?

by Tricia Aanderud • February 9, 2016 • Comments Off

I get a lot of inquiries about the SAS Visual Analytics geo-mapping features. Typically, customers are interested in knowing how specific the plotting can get. Many are concerned that the product is focused mainly in the US and thus probably doesn’t go any deeper – but that’s not true. In this post I’ve assembled landmarks from around the world to give you an idea of …

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SAS VA Data Builder: Add a New Data Item

by Tricia Aanderud • February 5, 2016 • Comments Off

The SAS Visual Analytics Data Builder allows you to prepare and load data to the SAS LASR Server so you can complete analysis or build reports and dashboards. It’s a little more tricky to use than some of the other parts of SAS Visual Analytics but can usually be mastered within a day. If you need to add a data item to your data table, …

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3 Methods to Remove Data from the HDFS VAPUBLIC Directory

by Tricia Aanderud • December 20, 2015 • Comments Off

When working with HDFS, you are often loading data to the various directories to upload into SAS Visual Analytics. However, sometimes you want to remove that data. Here’s three different ways to remove the data.

Method 1: Use the SAS VA Administrator Tools

If you have access to the Manage Environment area, you can use the Explore HDFS tab to interact with the data in the HDFS. You …

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SAS VA: Dealing with Missing Dates

by Tricia Aanderud • December 20, 2015 • Comments Off

It’s nearing the new year and you may have already started preparing reports that have the organization’s goals and the progress toward those goals. However your chart may not be displaying correctly. If your data is not setup properly then you’ll notice that you only have one or two months when you want to see the entire year even if there is no data yet. …

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Adding a Stored Process to SAS Visual Analytics

by Tricia Aanderud • December 1, 2015 • Comments Off

Not all data belongs in SAS Visual Analytics – it’s true. You may have situations where you want to filter and zoom on data and then look at the data in another system. Maybe it’s a list of items that the user wants to follow-up on in a different method. If you are using a non-distributed version of SAS Visual Analytics you may be particular …

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Oh Snap! Upload Data to the LASR Server Just Like That!

by Tricia Aanderud • October 24, 2015 • Comments Off

In a past life I worked at a company who had an excellent general manager, she was professional, intelligent, and a role model. It was a small company competing with giants and kicking their butt successfully. She set a new mission for the organization – we needed to not only meet a customer’s product needs but also delight them in the process. Its hard to …

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3 Quick Steps for Using External Links to Enrich Your SAS VA Report

by Tricia Aanderud • October 4, 2015 • Comments Off

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If you read my Thanks for the Negative Tweets Josh post on LinkedIn then you know that I’ve been working on some Twitter reports in SAS Visual Analytics. My goal is to have a set of reports that I can use for demos, training, blog posts, web-inars, and even eBooks. In my current draft the biggest challenge is determining what Twitter data tells an interesting story and provides …

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What is the difference in SAS Visual Analytics and SAS Enterprise Guide?

by Tricia Aanderud • September 20, 2015 • Comments Off

Those considering moving to SAS Visual Analytics often quiz me about how it is different from SAS Enterprise Guide. While SAS Enterprise Guide can duplicate some SAS Visual Analytics functionality – it’s not the same. This post I’m going to explore the principal purpose of each tool to help explain how they are alike and different.

What is SAS Enterprise Guide?

SAS Enterprise Guide (EG) is a development …

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