Saskatchewan SAS Users Group (SUCCESS)

The bi-annual SUCCESS meetings offer presentations, discussions and networking opportunities which can help Saskatoon-area SAS users get the most out of their SAS software.

Our Next Meeting: April 28th, 2010.  Registration and agenda will be made available shortly.

Highlights from our last meeting:

The last meeting was held on October 14th, 2009 at the University of Saskatchewan. SAS Canada’s Martha Casanova updated the group on new developments in the world of SAS, as well as delivering an overview of the customer reference program.  Andy Kuligowski of FCCI Insurance – and the Chair of SAS Global Forum 2012, to be held in Orlando, Florida – delivered an insightful presentation about the value of attending SGF.  He also gave two very well-received presentations on the SAS Log and on the Set, Merge & Update functions of SAS datasets.  Peter Olynyk of FCL gave a talk on user-driven data extraction, and a bonus presentation was offered by Chel Hee Lee of the University of Saskatchewan which gave some tips for preparing administrative health data in SAS for use in research.  Finally, Brad Zimmer gave a presentation about the benefits of joining the SUCCESS executive team, and appealed for volunteers.  To help out, please contact Brad at his emaili below.

Thanks again to all our presenters, and to all who attended.

Meet the Executive:

Brad Zimmer (Federated Co-operatives Limited) - President
Peter Olynyk (Federated Co-operatives Limited) - Vice President
Mark Lucas (University of Saskatchewan) - Past President                     
Paul Cascagnette (Health Quality Council) - Program Chair   
Annette Zatylny (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada) & Jennifer Adam (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada) - Local Arrangements     
Alice Li (Saskatchewan Assessment Management Agency) - Technical Director

Get involved…

The current Executive is looking to build an enthusiastic and dedicated Executive team for the Saskatoon Users Group. 

If you are interested in finding out more, please contact Brad Zimmer.

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Presentation Archive:

• Update from SAS & Reference Program Overview - Martha Casanova, SAS Canada **New
• The Building Blocks of SAS Datasets – S-M-U (Set, Merge and Update) - Andy Kuligowski, FCCI Insurance**New
• User Driven Data Extraction - Peter Olynyk, Federated Co-operatives Ltd. **New
• Digging into the roots of the SAS Log – Notes, Warnings and Errors - Andy Kuligowski, FCCI Insurance**New
• SAS Global Forum 2010 - Andy Kuligowski, FCCI Insurance **New
• SAS Techniques for Preparing Administrative Health Data for Research Use – Chel Hee Lee, University of Saskatchewan**New
• What’s New at SAS - Belinda Bank, SAS Canada
• What’s New in SAS 9.2 - Sylvain Tremblay, SAS
• Proc SQL -  Nirmal Sidhu, Health Quality Council
• Proc Transpose - Mark Horseman, U of S
• Characterized Data and SAS Application Server/Metadata with EG -  Mark Lucas, U of S
• Automatic Generation of Titles, Footnotes, and Superscripts - Paul Cascagnette, Health Quality Council
• SAS Global Forum 2009 / Support.sas.com -  Brad Zimmer, Federated Co-operatives Ltd.
• A Sudoku Design for Field Experiments – Steve Shirtliffe, University of Saskatchewan (Fall 2008)
• SAS/Graph Charts and ODS – Mike Atkinson, Acko Systems Consulting (Fall 2008)
• Selecting NHL Teams by Linear Regression Analysis with SAS – Tim Trussell, SAS Canada (Fall 2008)
• Efficiencies With Large Datasets – Peter Eberhardt, Fernwood Consulting (Spring 2008)
• Plotting Petroleum Distribution Points with SAS Maps / Proc gmap – Brad Zimmer, Federated Co-Operatives Ltd. (Spring 2008)
• Things That Dr. Johnson Never Told Me: An Introduction To SAS Dictionary Tables – Peter Eberhardt, Fernwood Consulting (Spring 2008)
• My Experience At SAS Global Forum – Brad Zimmer, Federated Co-Operatives Ltd. (Spring 2008)
• A SAS Programmer’s Guide to SAS Enterprise Guide – Marje Fecht, Senior Partner, Prowerk Consulting (Fall 2007)
• Using SAS Indexes – Mark Lucas, Senior Research Analyst, Institutional Analysis, University of Saskatchewan (Fall 2007)
• Don’t be a Slave to your SAS Programs – Marje Fecht, Senior Partner, Prowerk Consulting (Fall 2007)
• Proc GLM – Mik Bickis, Ph.D., Mathematics and Statistics, University of Saskatchewan (Fall 2007) (Data and Editor Zip)
• Leveraging Enterprise Miner: A Case Study - Sue Walsh, SAS (Spring 2007)
• Using Contrast and Estimate Statements for Hypothesis Testing - Paul Cascagnette, Health Quality Council (Spring 2007)
• SAS and Pivot Tables - Brent Burlingham, University of Saskatchewan (Spring 2007)
• SAS Enterprise Guide: Teaching an Old Proc New Tricks - Tim Trussell, SAS Canada (Spring 2007)
• Summary of SAS Global Forum 2007 - Robert Schultz, University of Saskatchewan (Spring 2007)