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Dear Readers, Everyone seems to do a roundup article or issue at the end of the year. Truthfully, I used to look at those as the editor's easy-way-to-fill-a-page edition. Boy, have I learned a few things about being an editor! For my roundup edition, I decided to go back through the past 11 months and find the articles with the best reader metrics: What did you really like the most in 2011? This exercise told me a lot more about what you want to read in 2012 than reader surveys or focus groups could.
For instance, more than 30 percent of you read
Teaching an Old PROC New Tricks
from the August 2011 newsletter. You also voted with your mouse for other SAS 9.3® papers, blog posts and tips including Charlie Huang's post,
Top 10 Most Exciting Features; this paper that helps you with
Choosing Your Approach to Upgrade to SAS 9.3®; and Tonya Balan's post about the innovative analysis techniques in SAS 9.3. This led me to believe that you want to stay up-to-date about techniques for using and implementing SAS software. (Tell me if I'm only seeing part of the picture.)
The other top hitters are in the categories below (I've renamed this month's categories a bit just for fun.) Of course, these are only the heavy hitters of 2011. You can also go back and read all of the 2011 SAS Tech Reports in the archive. Let me know if I missed your favorite.
Waynette Tubbs
Editor, SAS Tech Report
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While You Were Sleeping, SAS® Was Hard at Work »
Automating and scheduling SAS code to run over night has many advantages, but there are also many pitfalls. Andrea Zimmerman received Honorable Mention in Application Development for her paper that shows you how to make sure you save the log and get email messages at critical points. You'll also get a few other tips for making it all work.
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Top 2011 Tips & Techniques
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Jedi SAS Tricks: Macro Q Functions »
According to SAS Jedi, the macro is a programmer's secret weapon. The key is using the macro's "Q" functions to keep special characters "under cover until we are ready to unveil their true power." Read his tips for using these secret weapons like a master.
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Using SAS® Enterprise Guide® Automation »
In SAS Enterprise Guide, the Schedule Project task generates a .vbs file that will run your project in batch at the time and interval specified in the Schedule Task. This process, along with the generated .vbs code, is called SAS Enterprise Guide Automation. Check out these examples.
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SAS® Enterprise Guide® Options: My Favorite 5 »
Chris Hemedinger, co-author of The SAS Dummy, says that SAS Enterprise Guide has about 150 customizable options in the Tools->Options window. He has chosen his top five for a brief tip tour. What are your top five? Let him know in the comments section of the blog post.
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No. 1 for 2011 - Top 10 Most Exciting Features »
Charlie Huang has taken a look at SAS 9.3 and highlighted his favorite 10 features. Huang's blog post was the most read SAS Users Connecting article in 2011. You really connected with articles about SAS 9.3. What are your favorite features of SAS 9.3?
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No. 2 for 2011 - Secret SQL »
Art Carpenter contributed the Jan. 24, sasCommunity.org Tip of the Day to help you keep your passwords safe from intruders. This tip became the No. 2 SAS Users Connecting article in 2011.
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