SAS stored processes are similar to SAS programs in that they use the same programming language. Many of my SAS programs I created early on were only used by me, so I could live with a little uncertainty and it was easy enough to check the logs for any issues. If anything went wrong...
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To pick the winners of the 50 Keys to Learning SAS Stored Processes book, my first thought was to print the list and then put everyone’s name in a hat. Angela brilliantly suggested that we use one of the SAS Random functions. However, since there was a list of names I really needed a...
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In the midst of writing our first book, Angela and I argued over the stored process chapter content. After we wrote the chapter outline, we then wrote the outline for this book. The first title was the 25 Best Tips for Writing Stored Processes. Our idea for the tips, which later became keys, was simple:...
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Often I refer to SAS Stored Processes as the workhorse of the SAS BI tools … you can use these little devils everywhere sometimes as Band-Aid, sometimes as the star, and sometimes as a background player. In a past post, I showed you how to use a stored process to add dashboard dials to...
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There are some helpful options you can set in SAS Enterprise Guide to make your day-to-day coding tasks a little quicker. Some of these tasks can impact stored processes you create from tasks instead of coding. SAS Enterprise Guide Options From the Tools > Options menu you can preset options such as footer text...
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This past week I have been studying the Google Analytics data to determine the best topics to discuss in the upcoming month and to prepare the SAS Global Forum 2012 conference. Google Analytics allows me to measure which posts get the most hits when posted and continue to be popular or referenced. I’ll unveil...
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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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If you have spent anytime building SAS prompts for a stored process, then you might have noticed the prompts near the bottom of the list and wondered how anyone would use those or even need them. In a previous post, I showed you how to use the data library prompts. In this post, I’m...
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After some not-so careful consideration, I decided to take the SAS BI Content Developer exam. Some folks I know who have passed the exam recommended that I study how to work with SAS prompts and SAS Stored Processes. So I am making up examples and working through some exercise drills of my own creation...
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Conditional highlighting, also referred to as traffic lighting, helps report consumers quickly recognize when the data is showing the desired trends based on their targets. Today I’ll talk about the color choices for the highlighting from MS Excel, SAS Web Report Studio, and SAS Stored Processes. Conditional Highlighting Example Web Report Studio allows you...
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