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How to become professional and more efficient using SAS Visual Analytics
Welcome to my SAS Visual Analytics Tips & Tricks series. Over the years I have done several Tips & Tricks presentations/demos for customers, especially in the Nordics. I have now decided to share these Tips & Tricks with everyone in the SAS Visual Analytics community.
I really hope these Tips & Tricks can help you solving your specific use-case challenge or give you some new insights. I also do believe that some of my Tips & Tricks can give you some inspiration for your upcoming projects.
I also want to thank all my customers and colleagues who have contributed with support and with some great Tips & Tricks ideas.
Below you will find a list of current published Tips & Tricks and it is a living list, new Tips & Tricks will be added over time.
New Videos
Here you will find my new shared tips & tricks videos. As new videos are added, these videos will be moved to the categories below...
[NEW] An elegant IsSet solution
Another IsSet example. This time I have a more elegant solution how to solve the busy line chart use case. Instead of displaying nothing when no selections have been made, a line representing a total will be shown instead.
Small Things Matters
These tips might take you to the next level working with SAS Visual Analytics, even small features can be very powerful and make your work shine. It might be a hidden feature that you didn’t know existed.
How to use custom images in Geographic Maps
In this video, we will look at how we can make Geographic Maps more interesting by replacing the standard bubbles with custom images.
Simple steps to make your list table shine
Maybe you think the list table is a bit boring? In this video we will look at simple steps how to make your list table shine.
10 Quick Ones
10 quick tips that can make your life even easier when working with SAS Visual Analytics. As I often say, small things matters and they can make you more efficient when working with SAS Visual Analytics.
Report/Dashboard Design and Layout
Here are some Tips & Tricks that can be very helpful in a design and layout perspective.
Tips & Tricks mini-series in four episodes: Why I love working with containers
Part 1 - Introduction to the basics of how to work with containers and how I use containers when designing reports and structuring report pages.
Part 2 - We will take a closer look into how I use containers and container techniques for better design and appearance.
Part 3 - We will look at how we can re-use containers (or page sections) to speed up report/dashboard development.
Part 4 - In this last episode I will inspire you by showing some of my design examples I’ve created over the years using containers.
How to freeze parts of your report for better experience using Scrolling Containers
Another tip using containers in SAS Visual Analytics. This time we will take a closer look at the Scrolling Container, how it can be used to freeze parts of your report page for better end-user experience.
Solving Different Challenges
You might be sitting right now trying to solve a specific use case challenge in SAS Visual Analytics. I really hope you can find the answer here!
A smart and dynamic way to create intervals/groups based on a numeric column
In this video I will show an interesting approach to create dynamic and flexible intervals/groups based on a numeric column.
The Mystery behind the Hidden Role
You might have seen it, the hidden role that can be assigned in some objects in SAS Visual Analytics. But when is the hidden roll useful? In this video, I have three different use cases where the hidden role can be very useful and valuable.
It IsSet for Success
IsSet is a nice little function, but very powerful and adds new possibilities in SAS Visual Analytics. IsSet can be used to determine if a parameter is set or not. But when is IsSet useful? In this video, I showcase some examples to introduce how IsSet works and when it can be useful.
Working with URL Links
URL links are often used to access web services or other resources from a SAS Visual Analytics report/dashboard. In this video we are going to look at some use-cases how you can manage and dynamically create URL links.
