BOOK: Infographics Powered by SAS®: Data Visualization Techniques for Business Reporting

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I am very excited to announce the release of my book: Infographics Powered by SAS®: Data Visualization Techniques for Business Reporting.

With a new season, comes a new SAS book… and this book has something in it for all SAS users from beginners to expert. If you want to use SAS software to create more compelling data driven visualizations, then this book will show a range of options including shortcuts and tips and tricks. The book includes some best practice advice and also some worked examples to step through with your SAS software at work or home. The book covers topics like:

• SAS® Visual Analytics
• SAS® Office Analytics
• SAS/GRAPH® software (SAS code examples)
• Data visualization with SAS
• Creating reports with SAS
• Using reports and graphs from SAS to create business presentations
• Using SAS within Microsoft Office

Here is a quick read of the book:

Figure 1. What's in the book: Infographics Powered by SAS®: Data Visualization Techniques for Business Reporting.

This project took about a year to finish, and I am really happy with the final product. I had some assistance from SAS experts like Falko Schulz and Dr. Robert Allison to make this book even more informative for you all.

If you are interested in finding out more then you can access http://support.sas.com/murphy

Watch out for some additional articles on the communities.sas.com which will provide more detailed tips and tricks on using SAS to create compelling data visualizations. Please let me know what you think of the book, any ideas you have and any examples you would like to share.

 

Figure 2. New Book, New Look: Infographics Powered by SAS®: Data Visualization Techniques for Business Reporting.

Here are some additional links to read from my SAS Global Forum papers including a companion paper created to compliment the book, coauthored by Falko Schulz, which was well received at SASGF 2018 in Denver:

• Paper SAS2069-2018 Supercharge Your Dashboards with Infographic Concepts Using SAS® Visual Analytics 
• Paper SAS3360-2016 Infographics Powered by SAS® Visual Analytics and SAS® Office Analytics 
• Paper SAS1800-2015 How to Tell the Best Story with Your Data Using SAS® Visual Analytics Graph Builder