Consulting: Do This in SAS?

SAS software programming FAQ with code samples that can be emailed from the app

This free app, "Consulting: How Do You Do This in SAS?", is one of a series of eBooks about SAS software programming focusing on frequently asked questions and answers about SAS, illustrated by code samples which can be sent by email directly from the app. It is designed to encourage users to contribute questions some of which will be included in future versions of the app. There are controls to select specific questions, move to the previous or next question, decrease or increase the font to suit the user's preference, and send emails requesting answers to questions not yet included in that version of the eBook.

The questions, with answers, included are:

1. Introduction

2. About the Author: Philip R Holland

3. SAS Consulting and Training from Holland Numerics Ltd

4. What are the differences between graphs in classic SAS/GRAPH and ODS Graphics

5. Carrying forward a non-missing value to following observations

6. SAS/ACCESS is not required to create Microsoft Office files

7. Updating data with related records

8. Finding duplicate observations

9. Which platform is SAS running on

10. Base SAS differences between Windows, UNIX, Linux and z/OS

11. What is Enterprise Guide

12. Which versions of SAS work with which versions of Enterprise Guide

13. Using macros in SAS programs

14. What is Efficiency

15. What performance factors are important

16. Importing text files from different platforms into SAS data sets

17. Why can I see my data set in Windows SAS and not in UNIX SAS