One of the best things about attending the SAS Global Forum is all the brilliant people you get to meet. Guy Garrett’s presentation about planning a BI strategy was quiet popular and I have to say he was very witty. Turns out implementing a BI strategy is similar to dating – who knew? Anyway...
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One SAS Enterprise Guide feature I particularly like is the ability to import Microsoft Excel data quickly and easily. SAS offers many ways to work with Excel spreadsheets but often I find I just want to extract data from Excel and get on with my job. Tip – Click on any picture to...
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Maybe you are like me and your SAS programs frequently bounce from PROC SQL to data steps depending on the task at hand. Some things you cannot do in PROC SQL as easily as the data step and vice versa. Here’s 3 data set tricks that I have successfully used with PROC SQL. These...
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Today I’m blogging at the All Analytics site about how you encourage users to adopt your dashboard (or really any reporting tools). Join the Dashboard E-Chat Tomorrow When I was at the IFSUG conference, I attended a presentation by Stephen Harris, a senior VP at Bank of America. He discussed very thoroughly the...
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Check out the results of my SAS Enterprise Guide code – 41 days til SAS Global Forum 2012 in Orlando, Florida! I’m excited – I can’t wait to meet some of my Web friends face-to-face finally! Oh and also catch up with some of my old buddies! Why Should I Attend SAS Global Forum?...
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Last week at Insurance and Finance User’s Group (IFSUG), I caught up with Sunil Gupta, a SAS Press author and a SAS expert. He was chairing one of the sections and presenting some information himself, which Angela Hall and Waynette Tubbs discussed in their blogs. However, Sunil is a busy man – the week...
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There’s so much excitement about big data, data scientists, and all things that mean you need some serious SAS BI skills. On Monday I was discussing the Kinsey Insitiute projections for data related jobs, but even the New York Times ran The Age of Big Data an article about it. Appears everyone is talking...
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I’m delighted that Phil Holland, Holland Numerics, has written a guest post today. Phil, clearly a SAS icon, is the author of numerous SAS books that are available from multiple sources. He recently expanded his work into some new and exciting formats, which he is discussing in this post. Writing SAS Books Let me...
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Recently I spoke with Dick Smith, Talent Engagement Manager for PiTech Solutions, about some tips for working with recruiters. He’s an experienced technical recruiter so I think you’ll find this information particularly insightful. He offers a good mix of traditional job search strategies and ways to leverage social media for your job search. Working...
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I’m really excited, Angela and I were invited to speak at the SAS® Global Forum in Orlando in April. We were asked to talk about the SAS BI package and we have narrowed down our topic to SAS Information Map Studio, SAS Web Report Studio, and, if time allows, the SAS Information Delivery Portal....
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