Philip Holland

VIEWS News 69 (2022Q3) has finally been published!

VIEWS News issue 69 has now finally been published. I know it should have been published in August, but, as they say, better late than never!

In the UK we have just experienced our joint hottest summer on record since 1884, and our driest summer since 1995, and not all Brits celebrate warm weather! This newsletter issue includes yet another useful SAS programming tip from Nina L Werner, and some extracts from my SAS conference papers about SAS Studio and ODS Graphics. As usual I have publicised some SAS‑related events for the next few months, and I have also added some more SAS formats, options and functions that you may or may not have come across before, but you might find interesting, and even useful.

If you would like to contribute an article, to re-visit and improve an existing article, or just discuss the possibility of doing so, please feel free to send an email to me at view-uk@hollandnumerics.org.uk or phil@hollandnumerics.org.uk. Publication deadlines are the 14th day of February, May, August and November each year.

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

If you have not already registered on this blog site, go to blog.hollandnumerics.org.uk and register for free membership.
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].
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.
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.
They will also be automatically informed of any VIEWS UK updates.

Enjoy!……………..Phil

Free advertising for active recruiters globally! SAS-related Jobs from Recruiters in UK, Europe and India in October 2022

Looking for a SAS-related job?

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

Country	Jobs Advertised	From Company
UK	Consultancy permanent positions	Odin Consultancy
Germany	Pharmaceutical permanent positions	Cerner Enviza
India	Pharmaceutical permanent positions	ClinChoice

Please use the links in the SAS Jobs Listing to apply for these positions. All recruiters have contact details and links to their web sites on each job post.

Recruiters looking for candidates

I’m always looking for new recruiters to post SAS-related jobs on this site covering India, UK, the Americas (particularly USA), Europe and the Rest of the World.

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

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.
The posted jobs must be in some way SAS-related.

Please register for Free membership, and then send your jobs to phil@hollandnumerics.org.uk before 02Nov2022 to be included in this post next month! You will be manually upgraded to a Recruiter member if you’ve never taken part in this free trial before.

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

Position	Region	Percentage of Membership	Members
1	Indian Sub-continent	36.3%	294
2	The Americas	22.9%	185
3	UK	20.0%	162
4	Europe	14.1%	114
5	Rest of the World	6.7%	54

VIEWS News issue 69 (2022Q3) is delayed and will appear in October 2022. Here is how to access VIEWS News issues…

VIEWS News issue 69 (2022Q3) is delayed and will appear in October 2022. I know this won’t be 2022Q3, but it will be close, and will include articles about SAS macros, SAS Studio and ODS Graphics, plus the other usual features.

Recommended approach to accessing VIEWS News issues from #1, if you have already registered for free blog membership and requested access to the VIEWS UK forum:

Always log onto the site using Member Login from the menu at https://hollandnumerics.org.uk first. The site will ask you to join if you try to use a restricted link before logging on!
Having successfully logged on, scroll to the bottom of the web page and click on the link to VIEWS UK in the Forum List. Note that you already have access if you can see VIEWS UK in the Forum List.
If you are looking for a specific issue click on VIEWS News – Backissues.
If you are looking for a specific topic (including issues where you have articles) click on Forum tag cloud.

I hope this makes your searching easier……………Phil

Free advertising for active recruiters globally! SAS-related Jobs from Recruiters in UK, Europe, USA and India in September 2022

Looking for a SAS-related job?

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

Country	Jobs Advertised	From Company
UK	Consultancy permanent positions	Odin Consultancy
Germany	Pharmaceutical permanent positions	Cerner Enviza
India	Pharmaceutical permanent positions	ClinChoice
USA	Pharmaceutical permanent positions	ClinChoice

Please use the links in the SAS Jobs Listing to apply for these positions. All recruiters have contact details and links to their web sites on each job post.

Recruiters looking for candidates

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.

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

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.
The posted jobs must be in some way SAS-related.

Please register for Free membership, and then send your jobs to phil@hollandnumerics.org.uk before 11Oct2022 to be included in this post next month! You will be manually upgraded to a Recruiter member if you’ve never taken part in this free trial before.

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

Position	Region	Percentage of Membership	Members
1	Indian Sub-continent	36.3%	294
2	The Americas	22.9%	185
3	UK	20.0%	162
4	Europe	14.1%	114
5	Rest of the World	6.7%	54

Free advertising for active recruiters globally! SAS-related Jobs from Recruiters in UK, Europe, USA and India in August 2022

Looking for a SAS-related job?

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

Country	Jobs Advertised	From Company
UK	Consultancy permanent positions	Odin Consultancy
Germany	Pharmaceutical permanent positions	Cerner Enviza
India	Pharmaceutical permanent positions	ClinChoice
USA	Pharmaceutical permanent positions	ClinChoice

Please use the links in the SAS Jobs Listing to apply for these positions. All recruiters have contact details and links to their web sites on each job post.

Recruiters looking for candidates

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.

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

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.
The posted jobs must be in some way SAS-related.

Please register for Free membership, and then send your jobs to phil@hollandnumerics.org.uk before 07Sep2022 to be included in this post next month! You will be manually upgraded to a Recruiter member if you’ve never taken part in this free trial before.

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

Position	Region	Percentage of Membership	Members
1	Indian Sub-continent	36.1%	291
2	The Americas	22.9%	184
3	UK	20.1%	162
4	Europe	14.2%	114
5	Rest of the World	6.7%	54

Free advertising for active recruiters globally! SAS-related Jobs from Recruiters in Europe, UK, USA and India in July 2022

Looking for a SAS-related job?

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

Country	Jobs Advertised	From Company
UK	Consultancy and administrator permanent positions	Odin Consultancy
Germany	Pharmaceutical permanent positions	Cerner Enviza
India	Pharmaceutical permanent positions	ClinChoice
USA	Pharmaceutical permanent positions	ClinChoice

Please use the links in the SAS Jobs Listing to apply for these positions. All recruiters have contact details and links to their web sites on each job post.

Recruiters looking for candidates

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.

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

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.
The posted jobs must be in some way SAS-related.

Please register for Free membership, and then send your jobs to phil@hollandnumerics.org.uk before 03Aug2022 to be included in this post next month! You will be manually upgraded to a Recruiter member if you’ve never taken part in this free trial before.

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

Position	Region	Percentage of Membership	Members
1	Indian Sub-continent	36.1%	291
2	The Americas	22.9%	184
3	UK	20.1%	162
4	Europe	14.2%	114
5	Rest of the World	6.7%	54

VIEWS News 68 (2022Q2) has been published!

VIEWS News issue 68 has now been published. I know it should have been published in May, but, as I was on vacation at the end of May, and Q2 doesn’t end until the end of June, I think I’m still on target! 😉

It is glorious summer, although you might not find all Brits celebrating the warmer weather! This newsletter issue includes another useful SAS programming tip from Nina L Werner (see issue 43 for her first tip), and some extracts from my SAS conference papers about Enterprise Guide and unique keys. As usual I have publicised some SAS related events for the next few months, and I have also added some more SAS formats, options and functions that you may or may not have come across before, but you might find interesting, and even useful.

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

If you have not already registered on this blog site, go to blog.hollandnumerics.org.uk and register for free membership.
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].
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.
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.
They will also be automatically informed of any VIEWS UK updates.

Enjoy!……………..Phil

Free advertising for active recruiters globally! SAS-related Jobs from Recruiters in Europe, UK, USA and India in June 2022

Looking for a SAS-related job?

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

Country	Jobs Advertised	From Company
Germany	Pharmaceutical permanent positions	Cerner Enviza
UK	Pharmaceutical permanent positions	Cytel
India	Pharmaceutical permanent positions	ClinChoice
USA	Pharmaceutical permanent positions	ClinChoice
UK	Consultancy permanent positions	Odin Consultancy
UK	Graduate permanent positions	Odin Consultancy

Please use the links in the SAS Jobs Listing to apply for these positions. All recruiters have contact details and links to their web sites on each job post.

Recruiters looking for candidates

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.

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

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.
The posted jobs must be in some way SAS-related.

Please register for Free membership, and then send your jobs to phil@hollandnumerics.org.uk before 07Jul2022 to be included in this post next month! You will be manually upgraded to a Recruiter member if you’ve never taken part in this free trial before.

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

Position	Region	Percentage of Membership	Members
1	Indian Sub-continent	36.2%	290
2	The Americas	23.0%	184
3	UK	19.9%	159
4	Europe	14.2%	114
5	Rest of the World	6.7%	54

If you use a mobile device, then this blog site will now look different!

WordPress uses plug-ins to extend its functionality, and I have added plug-ins for many parts of this site.

However, plug-ins do not always play nicely with each other, so I have decided to switch off AMP, the mobile experience plug-in, to stop it interfering with the SAS Jobs Listing pages. Specifically, you will now be able to apply for SAS jobs on this site without having to “Exit Mobile Page”. AMP has also been impacting some of the topic pages in the Forums, so there is more than enough evidence to deactivate it!

Apologies to those of you who were actually benefitting from AMP, but “Logic clearly dictates that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.” (Spock, The Wrath of Khan, 1982).

Free advertising for active recruiters globally! SAS-related Jobs from Recruiters in the UK, USA and India in May 2022

Looking for a SAS-related job?

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

Country	Jobs Advertised	From Company
India	Pharmaceutical permanent positions	ClinChoice
USA	Pharmaceutical permanent positions	ClinChoice
UK	Consultancy permanent positions	Odin Consultancy
UK	Graduate permanent positions	Odin Consultancy

Please use the links in the SAS Jobs Listing to apply for these positions. All recruiters have contact details and links to their web sites on each job post.

Recruiters looking for candidates

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 the Europe, where nearly 15% of the registered blog members are located and jobs have been posted for them in the past, but currently this area has no active recruiters.

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

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.
The posted jobs must be in some way SAS-related.

Please register for Free membership, and then send your jobs to phil@hollandnumerics.org.uk before 02Jun2022 to be included in this post next month! You will be manually upgraded to a Recruiter member if you’ve never taken part in this free trial before.

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

Position	Region	Percentage of Membership	Members
1	Indian Sub-continent	36.1%	288
2	The Americas	23.2%	185
3	UK	19.7%	157
4	Europe	14.3%	114
5	Rest of the World	6.8%	54

Poll: Do you use SAS specifically in a non-programming / business analysis manner?

I’m interested in how SAS is used in a non-programming way for a future VIEWS News article. Please help me by answering the poll questions in the following link, if you would answer the following question with Y (Yes):

Do you use SAS specifically in a non-programming / business analysis manner (Y/N)?

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/CSVXYJD

Your responses to this poll will be anonymous. No IP addresses will be collected.

Thank you in advance………..Phil

What does your LinkedIn profile photo say about you?

The following table investigates what you are telling a potential employer by using a specific style of profile photo. I’m taking the role of an employer here, so these are my own opinions, and my own photos. However, you may not realise that this information is what you are giving away!

I’ll leave you to decide which profile photo I prefer, but which have you got on your LinkedIn profile?

Sample photo	Photo description	Employer’s interpretation
	Head and shoulders view with a smile, and wearing professional working clothes	Professional, serious, but approachable.
	Head and shoulders view with a serious face, and wearing professional working clothes	Professional, serious, and may not welcome human contact.
	Full length view wearing professional working clothes	Professional, but might not welcome close scrutiny.
	Wearing casual clothes	Unprofessional.
	Wearing sports kit	Team player, but not necessarily at work.
	In vacation setting	Relaxed and has a life away from work.
	In front of company poster	May have been forced to publicise their employer’s or some other company’s name.
	No photo	Wishes to hide real identity from someone, or can’t be bothered to find a photo. Interestingly, using #opentowork without a photo shows a corrupted profile image on desktop web page!
	Company logo	Wishes to hide real identity from someone behind a company facade, which may not even be their own.
	Random non-personal photo, e.g. artwork, children, stock image, cartoon etc.	Wishes to hide real identity from someone, and also is not at all serious about business connections.
	Group photo	May want to show they are family oriented, team players, or just prefer to hide in a crowd.
	Image of single initial of First Name	Wishes to hide their face from someone, but not their identity.
	Blank single colour photo	Wishes to hide real identity from someone, but has got around the bug in #opentowork without a photo, which, at least, shows some understanding of LinkedIn.
	Background has contrasting colour	Wants to be noticed.
	Background is busy and multi-coloured, which makes them difficult to see in a smaller image	Wants to hide from someone, lacks self-confidence, or doesn’t understand how to compose a profile photo for LinkedIn.
	Image at an obvious angle, or even upside-down	Trying too hard to get your attention.
	In image, but facing away from the camera	Wishes to hide real identity from someone, or lacks self-confidence.