topic Reasons to love PROC DS2 in SAS Programming https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Reasons-to-love-PROC-DS2/m-p/257626#M49468 <P>If DS2 is new to you, you might wonder&nbsp;why you should invest time to learn about it rather than staying with the ever-reliable DATA step. <A href="http://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/2016/02/19/reasons-love-proc-ds2/" target="_self">In this blog post</A> from the <A href="http://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/" target="_self">SAS Users blog</A>, SAS Technical Support Analyst Kim Wilson&nbsp;discusses several reasons why many SAS users&nbsp;are finding that DS2 is a welcomed addition to Base SAS.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>This is one of the many great tips you get in the SAS Tech Report, SAS' twice monthly newsletter that includes tips, tricks and resources to make you a better user. If you're not already getting it, <A href="https://www.sas.com/profile/user/plsubscribe.htm?subcode=2" target="_self">subscribe here</A>.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Fri, 18 Mar 2016 14:21:32 GMT lalaru 2016-03-18T14:21:32Z Reasons to love PROC DS2 https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Reasons-to-love-PROC-DS2/m-p/257626#M49468 <P>If DS2 is new to you, you might wonder&nbsp;why you should invest time to learn about it rather than staying with the ever-reliable DATA step. <A href="http://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/2016/02/19/reasons-love-proc-ds2/" target="_self">In this blog post</A> from the <A href="http://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/" target="_self">SAS Users blog</A>, SAS Technical Support Analyst Kim Wilson&nbsp;discusses several reasons why many SAS users&nbsp;are finding that DS2 is a welcomed addition to Base SAS.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>This is one of the many great tips you get in the SAS Tech Report, SAS' twice monthly newsletter that includes tips, tricks and resources to make you a better user. If you're not already getting it, <A href="https://www.sas.com/profile/user/plsubscribe.htm?subcode=2" target="_self">subscribe here</A>.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Fri, 18 Mar 2016 14:21:32 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Reasons-to-love-PROC-DS2/m-p/257626#M49468 lalaru 2016-03-18T14:21:32Z Re: Reasons to love PROC DS2 https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Reasons-to-love-PROC-DS2/m-p/257792#M49543 <P>Looking forward to seeing more about DS2 at SGF - it's been on my "To Learn" list for a while now but haven't had a chance to play with it. &nbsp;Hoping SGF will re-motivate me!</P> Sun, 20 Mar 2016 00:25:17 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Reasons-to-love-PROC-DS2/m-p/257792#M49543 DarthPathos 2016-03-20T00:25:17Z