| I. Welcome and Introductions |
5 - 10 mins |
II. Featured Speaker: Kate Schwarz - SAS Systems Engineer
Topic: SAS Enterprise Guide for the SAS Programmer |
50 mins |
Speaker Bio
Kate is a technology generalist who has supported SAS’ efforts to demonstrate and prove SAS solutions for existing customers and prospects for 9 years. She joined the SAS customer loyalty team in July, 2010 and specializes in data quality, data integration, business intelligence, and model management. Kate has over 20 years of experience in software vendor environments, including pre- and post-sales support, customer retention and product management. Kate has helped thousands of domestic and global organizations adopt, build, and maintain analytics, business intelligence and information management solutions.
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Abstract
Demonstration Tour of the Enterprise Guide v4.3 interface What is an Enterprise Guide project?
Bringing existing programs into the program editor Productivity tools for programmers Accessing data in the process flow Querying and reporting on data using the query builder Creating reports and graphs using wizard-driven tasks Reusing code and sharing process flows and EG projects
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| IV. Break |
10 mins |
V. Featured Speaker: Steve James - CDC
Topic: Hidden Biases Using SAS Dates |
15 mins |
Abstract
Long-time SAS users are well familiar with the fact that SAS stores dates as the number of days since Jan 1 1960. However what they may not be familiar with is that there are some hidden biases that can introduced as a result of using SAS dates. This paper discusses three biases that can be introduced when using SAS dates. The biases are:
1. Just because SAS dates are stored as numbers doesn’t solve all of your problems with dates.
2. There can be a hidden bias calculating date intervals when using inconsistent units such as months and years.
3. How you calculate age can introduce a bias.
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II. Featured Speaker: Kate Schwarz - SAS Systems Engineer
Topic: Expanding and Sharpening Your Information Management (IM) Arsenal |
65-70 mins |
Abstract
· Broaden awareness of ways to conduct DM
· Learn additional techniques to better prepare your data for analytics & operational systems
· Compare your existing approach with current market practices & trends
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VI. Ready By 21
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15 mins |
Abstract
Ready by 21® is a set of innovative strategies developed by the Forum for Youth Investment that helps communities improve the odds that all children and youth will be ready for college, work and life.
How can our SAS User group help?
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| VII. Closing |
5 mins |
