SAS Analytics Explorers is a fun and competitive experience for SAS practitioners and SAS learners. Members are invited to compete in small challenges while learning SAS, participating in discussions on Data and AI, and networking inside and outside the Explorers hub! Use SAS Analytics Explorers to grow your expertise. Complete as many challenges as you like, earn points and redeem to exiting training, education and swag rewards. Join Explorers during SAS Innovation 2024  using this link to get 1000 extra points awarded by your friendly hub administrator!   ... View more

Want to revisit SAS Innovate 2025? Need to check out the sessions that you missed?   Check out the 100+ recordings of breakout sessions and Super Demos all captured at SAS Innovate 2025. Use the Label categories to navigate the topics, or use the Search bar to find sessions related to the topics and products you care about. All sessions are also available at youtube.com/sassoftware. ... View more

Beginning with SAS 9.4M8, SAS Foundation servers use the SSL libraries provided by the OS on which SAS is deployed. In the case of FIPS (and as a SAS recommendation), recent SSL library enhancements necessitate SAS Foundation servers be configured to use the NETENCRYPTALGORITHM or its alias, NETENCRALG = SSL, to specify the use of the TLS protocol for encrypted communications. SAS is improving automation for configuring the SAS system to use TLS. In addition, beginning with PostgreSQL version 14 or later, if FIPS is enabled the hashing functions required for authentication are routed to OpenSSL and must be SCRAM-SHA-256. SAS®9 is planning multi-factor authentication for the middle tier and support for IBM Z Multi-Factor Authentication.   See also: What's New with SAS 9.4M9 Presenting Company: SAS Watch the recording ... View more

In their popular 2024 presentation, From Muggles to Macros, Horstman and Watson delivered a spell book full of macro magic to enhance SAS programs with data-driven wizardry. This exciting sequel to that enchanting performance adds to the list of incantations for creating dynamic, flexible, reusable programs that automatically adapt to change. New charms include using control tables, the CALL EXECUTE routine and more macro language techniques. Don't hard-code data values into your programs. Cast a vanishing spell on data dependencies and let the macro facility write your SAS code for you!   Presenting Companies: DataRich Consulting and Nested Loop Consulting Watch the recording ... View more

A typical enterprise marketing organization has 89 applications in their MarTech stack. That’s not simple. Data analysts and marketers waste precious time moving data and coordinating marketing campaigns across this array of apps. See how the new SAS Customer Intelligence 360 journeys feature allows you to orchestrate, personalize and execute multichannel campaigns in an easy-to-use canvas. See how out-of-the-box insights help marketers analyze engagement. Join this demo to see how you can leverage SAS Customer Intelligence 360 journeys to engage with customers in any channel and maximize your marketing.   Presenting Company: SAS Watch the recording ... View more