Hi @kateulveling, Thanks for sharing.  On your SAS Support slide, there's a line on MS Teams Infrastructure.  Can you talk more about this?  Does SAS provide MS Teams for LUG's?   Thanks, Lori Goldman BASUG Steering Committee ... View more

@Quentin Totally agree.  Also, when you're watching a video presentation knowing that there's a paper or other written material/slides to refer to later allows the viewer more freedom to simply watch the video and absorb the concepts instead of worrying about having to take notes. ... View more

@ChrisHemedinger are you implying that SAS 9.4 will be the last fully supported release of SAS?  ... View more

I transferred a SAS dataset from our Linux server to my Windows 10 laptop.  I've struggled trying to read this file using SAS 9.4 on my laptop.     I ran the following code in EG on the server to determine that the encoding on the server is UTF-8. proc options option=encoding; run;   I opened SAS 9.4 with Unicode Support and ran the following code libname lib_in 'path to dir with file from server' inencoding='UTF-8'; libname lib_out 'path to save copy of file from server' outencoding=any; data lib_in.dsn; set lib_out.dsn; run;   This code ran error free.  Then I opened "normal" SAS 9.4 on my laptop and accessed the lib_out.dsn file successfully using the same libname option as above.     This worked for me. Lori ... View more

I disagree.  At the end of SGF,  I am heading home to a full inbox and the last thing I need is more email added to the pile.  We are innundated with requests for feedback and surveys.  Not just by SAS ,but from everywhere.  It's ridiculous.  At this point, the only thing I feel when I get another request is annoyed.   I think there is a time limit when it comes to obtaining meaningful feedback.  One way may be that the speaker needs to connect to his or her audience enough to ask that they fill out the feedback on the app before they leave the room.  But, that's when competition kicks in.  At that point, I'd be thinking (as an attendee) that I've got 10 minutes to get in and out of the ladies room, grab a coffee or water and make it over to my next presentation, let alone try to talk to some people. So in order to get feedback, it's got to be easy for the attendee.  Not just easy, but super-easy and super-quick. I just opened my 2016 SGF app.  First thing I noticed is that none of the icons in the app is for Feedback.  Sure, it may be buried under Sessions or My Event, but that's not enough and it speaks volumes.  Why should I as an attendee take my time to fill out "feedback:" when SAS didn't even provide an icon for it on the App?   Lori Goldman ... View more

@MichelleHomes - I'd like that. I'm planning to be there Monday night at the Tweetup. I've never been to a tweetup before, and I'm wondering whether I need to know my Twitter account password or LinkedIn password in order to participate fully? Thanks, Lori ... View more

@ChrisHemedinger - I'm fascinated by this Swag contest you've got going. I have to say that while I've been very engaged in the SGF related community conversations, I have not been engaged in other topics on the communities site. Since I "joined" the SGF Forum, I get emails on all of the conversations. But, as you've said, this forum works differently than the other topics/tracks on the SAS Communities site. I'm not sure how to engage in the other areas. Do you pick a topic and troll the site trying to find a problem you might be able to solve? Is there a way to set alerts so you get emails about questions of which you may have a solution? Is it targeted? The last thing I want is to turn on an alert and get flooded with emails. All the folks who are not @ChrisHemedinger or SAS Employees, but who still contribute regularly, I'm interested in how you do it? How do you fit it into your work-day? Do you spend your lunch hour reading the site? Chris - I know you can't reveal what the secret swag is, but for those of us who have trouble packing lightly, can you at least say whether the secret prize is smaller than a bread basket? Or a shoe box or a book? Would I be able to fit it in my suitcase should I win? It's not looking likely, but ... Inquiring minds want to know 🙂 Lori ... View more

I am a "seasoned" SAS programmer and member of the BASUG SC. Mike came to Boston to present PROC DATASETS: The Swiss Army Knife of SAS(r) Procedures for us a couple of years ago. If you're wondering whether this presentation is for you, I can tell you that I found it quite valuable. Even though I consider myself experienced, I learned a lot from Mike's presentation. Mike, good luck with your presentation. I hope we have a chance to connect in person while we're in Vegas. Lori ... View more

@jklaverstijn - glad you posted. I've only been using it on my iphone. I'll check my iPad tonight and let you know tomorrow. Lori ... View more

@katiestrange - gotta say - I love your name. Is that a handle or passed from your parents? I'm sure that lots of folks would think that I'm strange 🙂 Thanks for taking this on. Lori ... View more

@gmbaker A few weeks ago there was a lot of discussion about upgrading the scheduler to allow multiple sessions that occured at the same time to be added to your agenda.  I think there is a gap in what has already been implemented.  I went to export my schedule (using Chrome) to Excel.  The export does not include the multiple bookings.  The export utility is selecting the session with the lowest number to include in the export.    For example, I have 3 sessions on my agenda for 8:30am Tuesday: 6406, 2742 and 8180.  Only 2742 appears in my exported file.    I also noticed that the exported file is not including my Interests.  I'm not sure if this is related or not as I can't find an interest on my schedule that doesn't occur at the same time as another session on my schedule.   The PRINT feature does include all of the sessions including the double and triple booked ones.  And, if selected, it will include the Interests.  I like that it marks the Interests as Interests so that they can be interpreted separately from events added to the schedule.    Can the export feature be updated to export multiple bookings and Interests too, please?   Thank you, Lori     ... View more

@ChrisHemedinger - I've been trying to find this linkup on the event scheduler. I can't find it. Any tips for how to get this into my event calendar? ... View more

@jwaller - Thanks for the suggestion.  I did as you suggested and the app seems to be working now.  This is the third time that I've had to uninstall / reinstall.  Keep your fingers crossed that 3 times a charm! ... View more

I got my badge! ... View more

I reported a problem about my Networking widget not working properly.  Then my widget icons disappeared followed by the widget labels disappearing as well so I couldn’t go into anything.  I haven’t heard any updates on this beyond that they’re looking into it.  I stayed off the app for over a week.  I tried opening my app today and it tried to load, though I could see no widgets before the whole thing.  I tried to open it again and it shut down right away. While it appeared to shut down, I really just moved to the background behind home screen on my phone.  If I tried to make it active, it moved to the background again.  I can't do anything with the app.    I’m using the iphone app on my iphone 5s.    Should I be contacting the SAS help desk for this instead? Or is there a proper help desk for this app?   Please advise.   Thank you, Lori   ... View more