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An Introduction to Exporting SAS/GRAPH® Output to Microsoft Office
FAQ: What is the Best Way to Protect the Script File After I Have Added my User ID and Password?
SAS 9.1.3 Service Pack 4 is Available
Using Perl Regular Expressions
The Complete Guide to SAS® Indexes
SAS and Google Partner on BI Search Capabilities
New and Updated Guides for SAS® 9.1.3 Intelligence Platform
Analytics Training
List All Files that are Located in a Specific Directory
How to Set a User or System Environment Variable Outside Command Context Created Within Windows



Using SAS® Software in the Design of Clinical Trials
Thursday, May 11
12:30-1:15 p.m. ET
Alex Dmitrienko, Ph.D., is Principal Research Scientist at Eli Lilly and Company. He is the co-author of Analysis of Clinical Trials Using SAS: A Practical Guide, and has published numerous papers.

Fundamental Forecasting Pains
Wednesday, May 17
1:30 p.m. ET
View this live Web seminar to learn more about the basic methods for measuring the elements of demand variation and for viewing the relationship between volatility and forecast accuracy.

F2006
June 5-6
Cary, NC
Learn the latest forecasting theories, trends and best practices from world-renowned forecasting experts at F2006.

JMP® User Conference
June 20-21
Cary, NC
Attend exciting and insightful sessions, plus roundtable discussions, a scripting workshop, a Genomics Discovery event and exclusive training courses.

Inside SAS: Spotlight on SAS® Enterprise BI Server
On-Demand Web Seminar
See a preview of the latest release of SAS Enterprise BI Server, including load balancing to maximize performance in heavy Web application environments, and much more.

IT Management Summit on BI
Four-City Tour
This series was created for busy IT professionals to acquire knowledge and insight from industry pundits as well as real-world experience on a variety of important topics concerning IT. Check the Web for dates and cities.





Dear Readers,

SAS is always looking for ways to connect with our users. For that reason, we are excited to announce user discussion forums. Visit our new forum site to participate in focused discussions that are sure to include a variety of tips, questions, and problem solutions. Choose from ODS and base reporting, integration with Microsoft Office, SAS stored processes and more.

In addition to talking with users, we are honoring longtime SAS users with a new program called the SAS Silver Circle. We invite all SAS users who have 25 years or more experience with our software to share their stories. All submissions meeting the minimum longevity requirement will be included in the SAS Silver Circle. A select group also will be highlighted in future stories on the SAS Web site, sascom magazine and at SAS events. Find out more on the Web . And be sure to throw your name in the ring!

Thanks for your dedication to SAS.

Shelley Sessoms
Editor, Your SAS Technology Report



 

An Introduction to Exporting SAS/GRAPH® Output to Microsoft Office
This document includes in-depth information about the different formats and methods you can use to export SAS/GRAPH output to Microsoft Office 97, 2000, and XP. This document has been updated to include new features that are now available in SAS®9.
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FAQ: What is the Best Way to Protect the Script File After I Have Added my User ID and Password?
To protect the script file when hardcoding the user ID and password within the file, use the access controls that are provided by your client operating system.
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SAS 9.1.3 Service Pack 4 is Available
SAS 9.1.3 Service Pack 4 is available on a limited basis for SAS 9.1.3 customers. You can download the Service Pack for all operating systems except OpenVMS Alpha. You can request Service Pack 4 on media for z/OS (OS/390) only; media will be available for other operating systems at a later date. Service Pack 4 includes the fixes and enhancements from Service Packs 1, 2 and 3, as well as additional fixes and enhancements.
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Using Perl Regular Expressions
Regular expressions, or regexp, are used to search text. Regexp may seem foreign if you have not used them before. But, you may have encountered them without realizing it. Think about how you might list items in a directory. Often the ? and * characters are used to match one character or zero or more characters.
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The Complete Guide to SAS® Indexes
Your definitive guide to using SAS indexes! Do you struggle with the problems of extracting data from large SAS data sets? Are you designing applications where response time is of great importance? Let this example-driven book guide you to the many ways you can use SAS indexes to reduce the computer resources needed to process large SAS data sets, leading to faster programs and reduced computer charges.
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SAS and Google Partner on BI Search Capabilities
New technology from SAS and Google will provide quick, easy access to SAS for all your business users. Beginning this summer, Google and SAS will offer mutual customers the familiar Google search interface to connect business users directly to the SAS Enterprise Intelligence Platform.
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New and Updated Guides for SAS® 9.1.3 Intelligence Platform
Business intelligence guides offer a quick overview of the architecture behind the SAS Intelligence Platform, simple installation instructions, and advice about the best way to administer your enterprise system. In this release, you get a new guide for performing security-related administrative tasks and a separate document of pre-installation checklists. The new and updated guides are available in SAS OnlineDoc and on http://support.sas.com/pubs.
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Analytics Training
As the undisputed leader in analytics knowledge and technology transfer, SAS offers comprehensive training that will help you reduce uncertainty, predict with precision, optimize performance and create value for your organization. Discover all that SAS Analytics Training has to offer, including suggested course roadmaps, events and other training activities, by job roles and methodologies.
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List All Files that are Located in a Specific Directory
This macro will allow you to print all files with a particular extension. The macro accepts two parameters.
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How to Set a User or System Environment Variable Outside Command Context Created Within Windows
Environment variables created by a set command within a Command or CMD session are not available as user or system-level environment variables outside the scope of the session in which they are created.
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