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2009 Invited Speakers
ODS Packages: Putting Some Zip in Your ODS Output
Eric Gebhart, SAS Institute Inc.
Packages and package templates add powerful new abilities to the Output Delivery System (ODS). Automatically create zip files and SAS packages that contain all the output generated from your SAS® program. ODS packages make it easy to e-mail your ODS output to others and can help keep your file system clear of file clutter. With SAS® Integration Technologies, ODS packages can also publish to WebDAV, e-mail, queues, and subscriptions as well as archives.
ODS packages are also completely integrated with tagsets allowing for fully automatic generation of packages and the creation of some of the newer file formats like Open Document Format and Microsoft Office 2007. Learn how easy it is to use ODS packages and find out how they will impact the future of ODS.
Upping Your SAS Game with SAS 9.2 and SAS Enterprise Guide
Chris Hemedinger, Senior Software Manager in SAS R&D SAS Institute Inc.
Join me on a journey of how I use new and recent features in SAS to solve problems that are of high interest in today's Web 2.0 world. Specifically, I'll show how I've used SAS to analyze my history with a certain online movie rental service, and also how I can use SAS to keep tabs on my Facebook friends. We'll see how all of this can be put together within SAS Enterprise Guide, mixing out-of-the-box tasks with SAS programming techniques to create repeatable processes. We'll also save some time at the end for sneak peak at what's coming in the next release of SAS Enterprise Guide – SAS programmers will not want to miss this!
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Chris Hemedinger is a senior software manager in SAS R&D. He's part of the team that builds SAS Enterprise Guide and SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office. He's also co-author of the popular SAS for Dummies book and moderator of the SAS Enterprise Guide discussion forum. His SAS-related blog is at http://blogs.sas.com/sasdummy.
Where Do You Turn In A Downturn? A Guide to Finding and Keeping Work in an Economic Recession
Molly Meade Hall, Synchrony Solutions
The recession, the worst since the 1930s, has eliminated a net total of 7.2 million jobs, and the unemployment rate rose to 9.8% in September of this year. So where do you turn? This discussion will outline some of the things that you can do to maintain your status as a valued employee. Should you find yourself in a position where you are looking for work, this presentation will also give you some ideas on where to turn when looking for your next venture. Topics of discussion will include resume and cover letter writing, e-mail etiquette and headlines, networking, using social media sites like LinkedIn, interview tips for both phone and in-person, how to effectively work with recruiters, and the pro’s and con’s of being a consultant.
Molly Meade Hall has been in the business of placing SAS Programmers and Statisticians since 1999. In 2003 she founded her own company, Synchrony Solutions. Her clients find her to be selective, highly collaborative, responsive, and a person with high integrity. Candidates find her to be knowledgeable, informative, and honest. When she is not recruiting, Molly enjoys hiking, running, reading, and spending time with her family.
What every SAS Programmer should Know: Importing Files
Renato G. Villacorte, Vice-President, Information Systems Fairbank, Maslin, Maulin & Associates
One of the most fundamental skills that a SAS programmer should possess is the ability to import existing data into the system. This presentation is a case study in importing an Excel table into SAS and dealing with common data cleansing issues. We will detail the use and results of the Import Wizard, Proc Import and Data Step Infile procedures. We will also cover common string functions that are useful in data cleaning. Lastly, we will discuss the process of Data Driven Programming and how to develop a program for inputting data in a fixed column format.
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SAS® Visual Data Discovery
John Guerrero, Systems Engineer SAS Institute Inc.
SAS Visual Data Discovery provides point and click access to the most needed data preparation, graphical and analytics functions. The power of SAS means that users have access to corporate data assets and can leverage data and the best analytic techniques available to the analyst community. This presentation will show how to visually explore and analyze data graphically in an interactive point and click environment. As well as, leverage the power of SAS in creating SAS reports and analysis to create dynamic, interactive analysis that can be made available to the broader community within the organization. These reports and analysis can be created without requiring SAS programming skills, but SAS programmers can use this product to create plug-ins to the JMP environment that can leverage the full power of the SAS system and SAS’ deep analytic capabilities.
John Guerrero is a Senior Systems Engineer for JMP, a business unit of SAS. John joined SAS in January 2003 and has provided Business Intelligence, Data Management and Data Analysis solutions to both commercial and government organizations throughout North America. He has also been an IT domain specialist in the IT Intelligence Solutions Practice at SAS. During that time he provided software solutions for the optimization and management of IT resources in corporate enterprises. John has worked closely with SAS resale partners and joined the JMP division of SAS in February of 2007. Prior to SAS, John was the Applications Engineering Manager in the measurement and test division of Teradyne. John has worked with numerous printed circuit board manufactures around the world and has focused on the quality, manufacturing and testing of their products. John also worked as the Applications Engineering Manager for Mosaic Semiconductor, he has a background in semiconductor manufacturing, a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering and a Minor in Laser Optics.
