Hi there,   I am running into issues with the lag function. I am able to use lag(variable), if recalling only the observation immediately prior, however I am not able to use lag2(variable), lag3(variable), etc.. As soon as I enter a numerical value (n) next to the lag function, it is no longer highlighted in blue or recognized as a SAS function.   Checking my data shows it is not picking up the function, beyond the first lag(variable), with no 'n' specified.   Has anyone experienced this? I am using SAS Studio. ... View more

Hello Community, I'm at a crossroads and would appreciate your insights. I aspire to work as a biostatistician or data scientist in the pharmaceutical sector, where proficiency in SAS is often a prerequisite. While I haven't used SAS in my previous roles, it seems crucial for roles in the pharma industry. Considering this, do you think it's worth investing 1-2 years to learn SAS for my career goals, or do you foresee a shift towards R/Python in these industries in the near future? Your advice and perspectives are highly valued. Thanks in advance! ... View more

In this article, we will look at creating custom SAS Viya deployment topologies, realizing your workload placement plan. In doing this we will look at a couple of examples as a way of sharing some configuration specifics of using custom labels and taints. ... View more

when use proc logistic procedure to set up default model in bank risk analysis, for the current customer, there are 4 kinds of results after application for the loan, accept, refuse , cancel or nouse. when set up model, to analysis if new customer will default or could approve their application of loan, we will use the current customer loan history. refused=1, accept=0 but how to deal with cancel and nouse, i think nouse looked as accepted, but for cancel, how to deal with it?  ... View more

    Happy Mother's Day, all!   * Fun w/SAS ODS Graphics: Mom Bracelet; data beads; * Create "beads" for Mom bracelet; retain size 1; * All beads same size; pi=constant("pi"); * 3.414...; do i=1 to 20; * Plot 20 points around circle (see blogs.sas.com/content/graphicallyspeaking/2018/11/01/text-plot-can-do-that/); angle=90-i*18; x=cos(angle*pi/180); y=sin(angle*pi/180); angle=angle+90; * Add 90 to angle to rotate letter labels at bottom back upright; if i in (9, 11) then txt="M"; * Add letters 'M' in beads 9 and 11 for 'MOM' (counting from top and going clockwise); if i=10 then yH=y; * Need a point to plot a heart in bead 10 (instead of the 'O' in 'MOM'); output; yh=.; txt=""; * Reset variables; end; * Let's plot the bracelet! (Ellipse + Bubble + Text Plots); ods graphics / width=5.5in height=5.5in antialias noborder; proc sgplot data=beads noautolegend noborder pad=0 aspect=1 nowall subpixel noborder pad=0; styleattrs backcolor=cxfff9ff; * Very light pink background; symbolimage name=heart image='/home/ted.conway/heart.png'; * Use white heart image for the 'O' in 'MOM'; ellipseparm semimajor=1 semiminor=1 / slope=0 xorigin=0 yorigin=0 outline lineattrs=(color=vipk thickness=3pt); * 'Elastic' to string beads; bubble x=x y=y size=size / fill fillattrs=(color=stpk) nooutline bradiusmin=30 bradiusmax=31 dataskin=gloss; * Beads; text x=x y=y text=txt / rotate=angle contributeoffsets=none strip textattrs=(color=white size=26pt weight=bold); * Plot 'M' letters in 'MOM' at an angle; scatter x=x y=yH / markerattrs=(symbol=heart size=32pt); * Plot heart image (takes place of 'O' in 'MOM'); xaxis display=none offsetmin=0 offsetmax=0 values=(-1.3 1.3); * Suppress labels/ticks on axes, set bounds; yaxis display=none offsetmin=0 offsetmax=0 values=(-1.3 1.3); run; ... View more