Author: Philip Holland

Owner and Administrator of Holland Numerics: Blog and Forums.

VIEWS News 59 (2020Q1) has been published!

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VIEWS News issue 59 has been published today.

Articles in this issue are by LeRoy Bessler (ODS Graphics procedure), Scott Thomson (Analytics environment), and myself (SAS macros). I’ve also added more interesting/useful formats, options and functions, and future SAS-related events.

If you would like to contribute an article on any SAS topic, or a SAS-related event date from June 2020 onward, to the next issue in May 2020 then please send an email with a description/attachment of your contribution to view-uk@hollandnumerics.org.uk or phil@hollandnumerics.org.uk.

To be able to read this and all previous issues you will need to follow these steps:

  1. If you have not already registered on this blog site, go to blog.hollandnumerics.org.uk and register for free membership.
  2. Once successfully registered, click the menu item [Subscriptions for Forums and Features] > [Request access to the VIEWS UK forum] to request free access to the VIEWS UK forum, then add your name and email address to the form before clicking [Send].
  3. On receipt of a request for an existing blog member I will register them for free access to the VIEWS UK forum, and then send them an email to confirm this.
  4. The next time they log onto the blog site they will see VIEWS UK in the forum list, where you will find the latest issue of VIEWS News, forum topics to find the backissues, functions and formats in every published issue, and a tag cloud covering every forum on the site to which you have access, including VIEWS UK and the VIEWS News issues.
  5. They will also be automatically informed of any VIEWS UK updates.

Enjoy!……………..Phil

I’ve added the final topic of the SAS Macros course in the SAS course (in the SAS Programming Forum)

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I’ve added the final topic of the SAS Macros course in the SAS course (in the SAS Programming Forum), and it describes some of the syntax used in SAS Macros processing.

I have added, for those who don’t want to follow the course but would prefer to read the course notes, a copy of course notes as a downloadable PDF ebook, and I have now published Android ebook apps with the same content on Google Play and Amazon Appstore.

As other SAS courses are finalised I will be publishing them as PDF ebooks and Android apps too.

Please enjoy if you’ve subscribed to the SAS Programming Forum.

SAS-related Jobs from Recruiters in UK and US in March 2020

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Looking for a SAS-related job?

There are a number of SAS-related jobs in the SAS Jobs Listing this month in the UK and US, and the links are open to all site visitors:

  • UK: Pharmaceutical permanent positions from SQN Recruitment.
  • UK: Pharmaceutical contract positions from Pop-Science.
  • US: IT contract-to-hire and contract positions from Pinnacle Solutions.

Please use the links in the job listings to apply for these positions.

Recruiters

I’m always looking for new recruiters to post SAS-related jobs on this site covering India, UK, the Americas, Europe and the Rest of the World. In particular, I would like to include jobs in Europe and India, where nearly half of the registered blog members are located, but currently there are no active recruiters for them.

If you have a regular supply of jobs, then there is a free trial which is open to all recruiters, but with 2 simple rules:

  1. The free trial will be extended by an additional calendar month only when a job is posted, and will expire automatically if no job has been posted in a calendar month.
  2. The posted jobs must be SAS-related.

The current regional breakdown of registered blog members is as follows, but note that the SAS Jobs Listing is open to all site visitors:

  1. Indian sub-continent: 33.4% (215)
  2. The Americas: 23.4% (151)
  3. UK: 21.6% (139)
  4. Europe: 15.1% (97)
  5. Rest of the World: 6.5% (42)

I’m presenting “How Many Shades of Guide: SAS Enterprise Guide to 8.1 and SAS Studio to 3.8 with SAS 9.4” at SAS Global Forum 2020 in Washington DC

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I’m presenting “How Many Shades of Guide: SAS Enterprise Guide to 8.1 and SAS Studio to 3.8 with SAS 9.4” at SAS Global Forum 2020 in Washington DC from 12:30pm to 1:30pm on Wednesday 1st April.

I’ve been using EG since 2001 when the version was 1.1.1, so I thought it would be a good idea to gather together all my EG and SAS Studio conference presentations with their assorted screenshots, and try to explain why each application works the way it does. In fact my EG installation has been updated since my paper was accepted, so I’ll actually be talking about EG 8.2 too!

I know some of you who are planning to attend SASGF 2020 may be thinking about starting their journeys home before my presentation starts. I would like to see everyone in the audience, but I do understand the pressures of transportation around DC, so, for you and anyone who can’t attend, I’ll be in a live-streaming session. Hopefully my session will also be recorded, so anyone who wants to learn more about EG and SAS Studio can watch me later.

For those of you who are attending SASGF please look out for me in the Quad, and elsewhere in the conference, and say Hi! I’ll try to post a link to my session here after the conference finishes (assuming it is recorded, of course!).

I’ve added 5 more topics to the Macros course in the SAS course (in the SAS Programming Forum)

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I’ve added 5 more topics to the Macros course in the SAS course (in the SAS Programming Forum), and they describe more of the syntax used in SAS macro programming.

I have added, for those who don’t want to follow the course but would prefer to read the course notes, copies of some of the course notes as downloadable PDF ebooks, and I have now published Android ebook apps with the same content on Google Play and Amazon Appstore.

The Macros book and apps will be published after I’ve added the final topic, and as other SAS courses are finalised I will be publishing them as PDF ebooks and Android apps too.

SAS-related Jobs from Recruiters in UK and US in February 2020

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Looking for a SAS-related job?

There are a number of SAS-related jobs in the SAS Jobs Listing this month in the UK and US, and the links are open to all site visitors:

  • UK: Pharmaceutical permanent positions from SQN Recruitment.
  • US: Pharmaceutical contract-to-hire and IT contract positions from Pinnacle Solutions.
  • US: Pharmaceutical permanent positions from Covance.

Please use the links in the job listings to apply for these positions.

Recruiters

I’m always looking for new recruiters to post SAS-related jobs on this site covering India, UK, the Americas, Europe and the Rest of the World. In particular, I would like to include jobs in Europe and India, where nearly half of the registered blog members are located, but currently there are no active recruiters for them.

If you have a regular supply of jobs, then there is a free trial which is open to all recruiters, but with 2 simple rules:

  1. The free trial will be extended by an additional calendar month only when a job is posted, and will expire automatically if no job has been posted in a calendar month.
  2. The posted jobs must be SAS-related.

The current regional breakdown of registered blog members is as follows, but note that the SAS Jobs Listing is open to all site visitors:

  1. Indian sub-continent: 33.0% (209)
  2. The Americas: 24.0% (152)
  3. UK: 21.5% (136)
  4. Europe: 14.8% (94)
  5. Rest of the World: 6.6% (42)

VIEWS UK forum now has VIEWS News indexes for SAS Formats & Informats, Functions and Options

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Please note that all of the links relating to VIEWS News and the VIEWS UK forum require you to have already logged onto the blog site, and have also requested free access to the VIEWS UK forum!

VIEWS UK forum has VIEWS News indexes for SAS Formats (& informats), Functions, and now Options (new!) too. These indexes cover every issue of VIEWS News, and links to these indexes can also be found on the individual VIEWS News issue pages.

There is also a Forum Tag Cloud for logged on users covering all of your registered forums. However, please note that the VIEWS UK forum is currently missing issues 47-55, which will have been added in time for the February issue of VIEWS News.

Don’t forget to log on and request access to the VIEWS UK forum first, and then click these links!!

Blog member Laura Illingworth is presenting at the SUGUKI meeting in London on Feb 6

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London SAS Meetup

The Hub @ SAS London, 7th Floor, 199 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 3TY

Details

• 18:00 – Arrive
• 18:30 – “Missing data and how to use multiple imputations to improve models” by Laura Illingworth
• 18:50 – Sasensei Quiz Break
• 19:00 – “Hidden Gems in SAS Enterprise Guide” by Peter Hobart
• 19:20 – Wrap up and drinks
• 20:00 – Vacate to a local watering hole

Entrance is free but you must RSVP to confirm attendance for security/capacity reasons.

STOP PRESS: I’ll be presenting “Writing Reusable Macros, Part 1: Managing Data Sets” at the SUGUKI Lunch & Learn on Friday 10 January @ 1210 (GMT)

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STOP PRESS: I’ll be presenting “Writing Reusable Macros, Part 1: Managing Data Sets” at the SUGUKI Lunch & Learn on Friday 10 January @ 1210 (GMT).

Please use this link to join me on Friday!

SUGUKI Lunch & Learn

SAS-related Jobs from Recruiters in the US in January 2020

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Looking for a SAS-related job?

There are a number of SAS-related jobs in the SAS Jobs Listing this month in the US, and the links are open to all site visitors:

  • US: IT contract and pharmaceutical contract-to-hire positions from Pinnacle Solutions.
  • US: Pharmaceutical permanent positions from Covance.

Please use the links in the job listings to apply for these positions.

Recruiters

I’m always looking for new recruiters to post SAS-related jobs on this site covering India, UK, the Americas, Europe and the Rest of the World. In particular, I would like to include jobs in Europe and India, where nearly half of the registered blog members are located, but currently there are no active recruiters for them. In fact, if you have SAS jobs located anywhere in the world, and no jobs for that location can be found in the SAS Jobs Listing, then please contact me, as I can get your jobs seen!

If you have a regular supply of jobs, then there is a free trial which is open to all recruiters, but with 2 simple rules:

  1. The free trial will be extended by an additional calendar month only when a job is posted, and will expire automatically if no job has been posted in that calendar month.
  2. The posted jobs must be SAS-related.

The current regional breakdown of registered blog members is as follows, but note that the SAS Jobs Listing is open to all site visitors:

  1. Indian sub-continent: 32.9% (208)
  2. The Americas: 24.1% (152)
  3. UK: 21.4% (135)
  4. Europe: 15.2% (96)
  5. Rest of the World: 6.5% (41)

A Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year to everyone, but especially to this blog’s members!

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I have a number of plans for 2020, and hope to achieve them all:

  • February 2020: Publish VIEWS News issue 59. Follow the link to learn how to get free access!
  • March/April 2020: Present a paper at SAS Global Forum (SASGF) in Washington DC. Hope to meet you there!
  • May 2020: Publish VIEWS News issue 60. Follow the link to learn how to get free access!
  • July 2020: See the Oberammergau Passion Plays in Germany, which occur only every 10 years!
  • August 2020: Present a paper and SAS training seminar at PharmaSUG China in Beijing. Hope to meet you there!
  • August/September 2020: Publish VIEWS News issue 61. Follow the link to learn how to get free access!
  • November 2020: Publish VIEWS News issue 62. Follow the link to learn how to get free access!

A Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year to everyone, but especially to this blog’s members!

Looking forward to meeting you in 2020!!…………..Phil

Microsoft Exchange 365 is dead! Long live Google Mail! …but maybe not!

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I’ve finally realised that my company’s email server on Microsoft Exchange 365 is too unreliable to use for emails from my SAS blog server, so I have configured the email client to send emails through Google Mail instead. This means that:

  1. Emails will no longer be sent from phil@hollandnumerics.com
  2. Emails will now be sent from hollandnumerics1992@gmail.com
  3. Hopefully emails will be sent more reliably

If you have existing email filters that accept emails from phil@hollandnumerics.com, please can you add hollandnumerics1992@gmail.com to your accepted email addresses.

In case you are wondering why I phrased the title of this post as I did, it is based on the announcement from Buckingham Palace when a monarch dies and the succession of a new monarch to the throne of the United Kingdom. It is a statement of continuity!

Stop Press

Various attempts to send out emails to members have made me realise that the reliability of the Microsoft Exchange 365 servers is better than the traffic restrictions of the Google Mail servers. As a consequence I’ve decided to revert back to sending emails from phil@hollandnumerics.com.

However, I may make use of the email server on my hollandnumerics.org.uk server in the future, so watch this space!