Author: Philip Holland

Owner and Administrator of Holland Numerics: Blog and Forums.

Would you like 1/2 day or 1 day SAS training at PharmaSUG China 2020?

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I was considering attending PharmaSUG China at the end of August 2019, but I’ve been told that a seminar held previously in China on SAS programming efficiency had a low attendance, as programmers there are relatively young, so they like to learn techniques on their own, or take classes on topics that they cannot learn from the internet. However, they prefer challenging topics, which are hard to learn on their own.

I have now decided to delay what could be my one and only visit to China until 2020, and use the extra preparation time to find out a little more about what SAS programmers in China would be most interested in.

Therefore, please could you help me by answering this quick poll about the 1/2 day training sessions I currently provide. The answers will guide me to the best package to offer to PharmaSUG China 2020. Links to most of the training courses can be found below the poll.

If you have not yet voted and can view the poll results, but the Vote button is grey, your IP address may already have been used to vote on this poll. This is in fact quite common when viewing blog posts from a company PC, so I would therefore recommend that you try voting using your phone or your home PC instead.

Thank you in advance………..Phil

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STOP PRESS! I’m presenting on SAS Studio and ODS Graphics at the London SUGUKI on 10Jan2019. Attend the meeting for a chance to win an ebook in the draw!

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STOP PRESS!

I’m presenting on SAS Studio and ODS Graphics at the London SUGUKI Meetup on 10Jan2019.

Attend the meeting for a chance to win an ebook in the draw! Note that you meet register at http://www.meetup.com/SUGUKI to be allowed into the meetup, where you can find more details about this and other SUGUKI events.

Hope to meet you there…………Phil

Are you going to PharmaSUG 2019 in Philadelphia? My paper is listed on the “Sneak Preview” page!

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Are you going to PharmaSUG 2019 in Philadelphia? My paper, “The Art of Defensive Programming: Coping with Unseen Data”, is listed on the “Sneak Preview” page! This paper forms part of my Defensive SAS Programming course.

The conference runs from 16-19 June 2019, but I’m hoping to arrange my flights across the Atlantic so my wife and I can take in some of our “bucket” list in Boston and Niagara.

Hope to meet up with you in Philadelphia, and maybe even see you at my presentation!

Fancy a 1-to-1 chat about a SAS-related topic?

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Now that I have Mondays free from client-related contracts, I am able to do whatever I want, such as work in my garden, read books, write my own books and articles, develop apps and other software applications, or even give SAS training! So, to help you book 1-hour 1-to-1 training sessions with me to talk about the SAS topics of your choosing, I have created a SAS training session booking calendar.

Training sessions will be provided using Google Calendar and Hangouts, and cost GBP100.00 for each hour. The booking form allows you to copy in your chosen SAS-related topics from the list provided, and then we get together at the selected time for an hour of discussion around that topic, so you will be able to ask me any questions you need answering to learn more about SAS software. The topic selection allows me to prepare demonstrations and information specifically for the session, and other topics will be added to the list over time.

Note that I will only send out one Google Calendar invite, but, if you want to have some friends and colleagues around to join in, then that will be just fine.

Do you want to search Amazon? You can now!

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Do you want to search Amazon from my blog site? You can now, because I’ve added 2 new links into the Menu under Holland Numerics Product Shop to Search Amazon.com and Search Amazon.co.uk.

By using this link it won’t cost you any more than going to Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk directly, but a small commission will be paid to Holland Numerics to support the blog site, if you purchase anything on Amazon.

Please support my blog site by buying from Amazon here as an alternative to downloading and buying through the Holland Numerics Product Shop!

Have I told you about who won the Prize Draw at the October SUGUKI meeting in London?

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Practical ODS Graphics Course notes

Have I told you about who won the Prize Draw at the October SUGUKI meeting in London? I don’t think I have, so I’d better rectify this omission and tell you that Richie McKern won a copy of the my Practical ODS Graphics Course notes as an ebook on a USB key in the Prize Draw, along with a load of other SAS-related papers.

My presentation on Annotate and ODS Graphics was well-received by a small band of SAS enthusiasts. I’ve not heard when I’ll next be presenting at a SUGUKI meeting, but I can tell you that my next presentation will be “Using SAS Studio Tasks to Plot with ODS Graphics”.

Looking forward to seeing you there, whenever it is.

The League Table of Registered SAS Blog Members

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You may not have wondered about where the registered blog members come from, but, if I tell you about the top 5 countries, then they will demonstrate its global reach.

The membership total at the time of writing this blog post is 458, and the top 5 countries are as follows:

  1. India – 139 (30.6%)
  2. USA – 103 (22.7%)
  3. UK – 92 (20.3%)
  4. Netherlands – 16 (3.5%)
  5. Australia – 12 (2.6%)

If I combine all of the countries into 7 regions, then the order remains remarkably similar:

  1. Indian Sub-continent – 143 (31.5%)
  2. North America – 112 (24.7%)
  3. UK – 92 (20.3%)
  4. Europe – 70 (15.4%)
  5. Pacific + Asia – 23 (5.1%)
  6. Middle East + Africa – 8 (1.8%)
  7. South + Latin America – 6 (1.3%)

If there are any recruiters out there specialising in any of these regions, then talk to me, as I’m offering free unending advertising trials while you continue to post SAS jobs every calendar month.

See you in London for the SAS Users (SUGUKI) Meetup on October 4th

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Practical ODS Graphics Course NotesSee you in London for the SAS Users (SUGUKI) Meetup on October 4th.

I’ll be presenting on Annotate and ODS Graphics, but you must register to be able to attend. More details can be found at https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6452528018387800065

SUGUKI SAS user group in the UK & Ireland – September & October updates

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SUGUKI is an independent SAS User Group, staffed by volunteers – and we are in continuous need of speakers, venues, sponsorship, and general support. Our web site can be found at https://www.meetup.com/SUGUKI. We’d love to hear from you. We also now have a community on SAS Communities!!

Our events are always 6-8pm on a Thursday, with two SAS presentations and drinks. Sign up below!

06SEP2018 – London SUGUKI meetup – https://www.meetup.com/SUGUKI/events/bvxtjpyxmbjb/ – Come and see David Shannon (Amadeus) present “Come on, Baby, Light My SAS Viya”.
20SEP2018 – Manchester SUGUKI meetup – https://www.meetup.com/SUGUKI/events/253408203/
04OCT2018 – London SUGUKI meetup – https://www.meetup.com/SUGUKI/events/bvxtjpyxnbgb/ – I’ll be presenting “Converting Annotate to ODS Graphics. Is it possible?” and offering copies of some of my latest ebooks in a free prize draw for attendees!

All these events are free, but you must register for security and capacity reasons.