Got questions? Find answers from Experts sessions at SAS Global Forum

[ChrisHemedinger]

You have questions. Questions that you want to ask, but you are not sure who to ask. Questions that you are not sure are even worthy of asking.

No question is too big or too small for this lineup of SAS experts -- all of whom will be made available at these designated "Ask the Experts" breakout sessions, a new feature at SAS Global Forum 2016!  These experts have facts, they have stories, and they have the answers to the SAS version of "life, the universe, and everything."

Mark your agenda and plan to attend -- you'll learn what you might have previously thought of as "unknowable" about your favorite topics.

12263 - Ask the Experts: Base SAS® Software (the DATA Step and the DS2 Procedure) If your question has to do with either the SAS® DATA step or the new DS2 procedure, this is your opportunity.  All questions on either of these two topics are welcome. Bring your questions or learn from the responses to the questions from others. This entertaining, quick-fire Q & A session will inform as well as amuse.  Join us and learn more about both the SAS DATA step and the new DS2 procedure.	Experts: Rick Langston Robert Ray
12240 - Ask the Experts: Macros and Formats If your question has to do with either the SAS® macro language or SAS formats, this is your opportunity.  All questions on either of these two topics are welcome. Bring your questions or learn from the responses to the questions from others. This entertaining, quick-fire Q & A session will inform as well as amuse.  Join us and learn more about both the macro language and SAS formats.	Experts: Art Carpenter Rick Langston
12260 - Ask the Experts: Output Delivery System (ODS) Graphics  This presentation is an open-ended discussion about techniques for creating graphical reports using SAS® ODS Graphics components. After some introductory comments, this presentation does not have any set content. Instead, the topics discussed are dictated by attendee questions. Come prepared to ask and get answers to your questions.	Experts: Warren Kuhfeld Dan Heath
12262 - Ask the Experts: SAS® Administration The implementation of SAS® can take on many forms in organizations around the globe—from single-server SAS® Foundation installations to multi-tenet SAS solutions. Similarly, the role of the SAS administrator has evolved significantly, especially since the introduction of SAS®9. Join us for this panel discussion for an in-depth conversation about SAS Administration. The following topics are covered: SAS administrator roles and responsibilities; best practices; adoption of new technologies, including upgrades and maintenance; backup and recovery, multi-tenant architectures; and SAS optimization.​ Panelists include experts in capacity planning, SAS metadata, security, optimization of operating environments, and system design and architecture. Panelists include personnel from SAS, system integrators, and representatives of various industry organizations.	Experts: Margaret Crevar Cheryl Doninger
12261 - Ask the Experts: SAS® Clients This presentation is an open-ended discussion about techniques for transferring data and analytical results from the following SAS® clients: SAS® Add-in for Microsoft Office (for example, Microsoft Excel), SAS® Enterprise Guide®, and SAS® Studio). After some introductory comments, this presentation does not have any set content. Instead, the topics discussed are dictated by attendee questions. Come prepared to ask and get answers to your questions.	Experts: Vince DelGobbo Amy Peters Chris Hemedinger

[ArtC]

I am so looking forward to sharing the podium with Rick Langston - this is going to be a hoot.  Bring us some good questions.

[Marje]

And I am really looking forward to bringing my questions for this dream team. Time for some brain-teaser macro questions 🙂

[jwaller]

This is one of the areas I wanted to expand this year because I knew how many people had benefitted from the Ask Vince sessions in the past few years.  And I am so glad we were able to include several Ask the Experts sessions this year.  One of the reasons I have attended SASGF in the past was to get an answer to a specific question.  Before I would have gone to one the experts in the Quad or one of the Code Doctors to get the question answered.  I can still do either of these.  But I also know that if I have a question, it is likely someone else has the question too.  These Q&A sessions are perfect to ask your question and allow you and others to benefit from the answer.  Thanks to all who are participating as experts!  These sessions are going to be great!

[MMMIIIIKKKKEEEE]

Jennifer,

Another very nice innovation to SAS Global Forum!

[Rick_SAS]

Since there is no session titled, "Ask the Experts: SAS Statistical Procedures,"  I invite anyone who has a statistical question to bring it to The Quad and ask me or another expert who is manning a booth for a SAS analytical procedures (SAS/STAT, SAS/ETS, SAS/OR, SAS/IML, SG Graphics,....).  SAS Technical Support often has a presence in the Quad as well.

If we can't answer your question on the spot, we'll be sure to show it to a collegue and get back to you.  Here's a real-life story from last year's SAS Global Forum in which I spent part of the Kickback party providing an answer to a SAS customer who had asked a question in The Quad earlier in the conference.

[jwaller]

I really wanted a stat Ask the Experts this year, but we just weren't able to pull that one together. Thanks for letting people know where to get star questions answered!

[ChrisHemedinger]

Just goes to show you: SAS experts will answer questions anywhere. I've even delivered software demos on the airplane ride home after the event -- and I enjoyed it!

[nancy88wilson]

I am very excited about this -- it will be great!  I already have a question ... can we start asking early 🙂 ?

[ChrisHemedinger]

@nancy88wilson If you've got tough questions, it's probably a good idea to float them early so the experts have time to plan a response -- or devise a way to evade the question. 

[Peter_C]

I thought we had communities for that!

[nancy88wilson]

YES - -and the communities are AWESOME!  But sometime there are questions which are better (more easily) asked face to face.

AND I'm especially looking forward to the opportunity to see some of these folks in person! 

[Karen]

I just learned our data warehouse is moving to an IBM cloud. Is # 12263 the place to go to ask about how to work with data up there?

[ChrisHemedinger]

@Karen, I think this session might be of use to you.  And if you can't make it to that, visit the Data Management area of the Quad to speak with an expert 1:1!