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Big data and Big Ben are part of Analytics 2013

Brooke Fortson — Mon, 20 May 2013 17:42:59 +0000

We are a month out from Analytics 2013 in London! I am already getting excited about the trip and am starting my list of what to pack (and where to go and what foods to eat and what pubs to visit --- the list goes on!). As host of the [...]

Export and download any file from SAS Enterprise Guide

Chris hemedinger — Mon, 20 May 2013 13:19:29 +0000

Last week I alluded to some very useful applications of the Copy Files task. This is one of them. Using the SAS programming language, you can manipulate data and create files of just about any size, shape, and format: Excel, PDF, CSV, RTF, and more. A challenge for SAS Enterprise [...]

Ways to multiply in the SAS/IML language

Rick Wicklin — Mon, 20 May 2013 09:23:29 +0000

For programmers who are learning the SAS/IML language, it is sometimes confusing that there are two kinds of multiplication operators, whereas in the SAS DATA step there is only scalar multiplication. This article describes the multiplication operators in the SAS/IML language and how to use them to perform common tasks [...]

Special steps for installing the custom tasks that you download

Chris hemedinger — Sun, 19 May 2013 17:48:53 +0000

Recent versions of SAS Enterprise Guide (version 5.1 and later) use Microsoft .NET 4.0, which enforces additional security requirements before running custom task DLLs that you download from the Web, including those that you download from support.sas.com. Because these task DLLs are downloaded from the (big and scary) Internet, the [...]

An FTP-style task in SAS Enterprise Guide: user-driven fixes

Chris hemedinger — Thu, 16 May 2013 20:24:07 +0000

A few months ago I released the Copy Files task for use with SAS Enterprise Guide. The task allows you to transfer any files between your PC and a SAS Workspace session, much like an FTP process. It doesn't rely on FTP though; it uses a combination of SAS code, [...]

Visualizing NFL fans on a map, based on Facebook ‘like’ data

Robert Allison — Thu, 16 May 2013 14:45:16 +0000

Are you an NFL fan, or curious about analyzing social media data? -- Well, in either case, this blog's for you! I recently read a fascinating Facebook article that included a U.S. county map showing which NFL (U.S. football) team had the most 'likes' i...

Proc SQL and the power of select into

The ponderer — Thu, 16 May 2013 13:43:20 +0000

I have referenced this paper many times. Great help in using the power of proc sql with macro variables. Great for building lists of values and dynamic code. http://www.nesug.org/Proceedings/nesug97/coders/eddlesto.pdf Syntax: SELECT object-item ... ...

Highlights from SAS Global Forum 2013

Susan Slaughter — Thu, 16 May 2013 04:31:05 +0000

I’ve already written about one highlight of SAS Global Forum 2013: the SAS Web Editor. Here are some more features that I think deserve mention. Please note that I make no claims about the comprehensiveness or completeness of this list. SAS 9.4 and Enterprise Guide 6.1 are scheduled for release in June and bring some […]

SAS on the Mac is Back

Susan Slaughter — Thu, 16 May 2013 04:20:02 +0000

SAS Global Forum ended two weeks ago. I thought by now someone would have written about SAS on the Mac and saved me the trouble, but since I don’t see much discussion of this in the blogosphere, here are my belated two cents. If you have been using SAS as long as I have, then […]

Countdown to the Analytics Conference in London – London Etiquette

Myles Hannon — Wed, 15 May 2013 14:30:11 +0000

In my last post, I promised to lift the lid on British etiquette in time for your visit to the Analytics conference. Well, I’m going to be a bit more specific and focus my insight on London Etiquette, primarily, Greetings and Tube Etiquette. Greeting...