Welcome to FANS Life Science Network meeting – The meeting will be held in English   Date: 5 th of February 2026 Time: 13.30 - 15.45 CET (followed by sandwich & networking) Type: Hybrid (free to participate) Location:  SAS Institute A/S, Havneholmen 8, 2450 København SV & Microsoft Teams.  Link to the Teams meeting will be sent with the confirmation mail after registration. You will before the meeting be contacted to indicate if you participate physically or virtually. Remember - you get most out of network meetings with - physical participation!   Agenda   Welcome By Frans Holm, SAS   Clinical Data Orchestration with Data Lakehouse The Papillons STDM generation Framework is built with SAS Macros, and is a generic framework, that makes it possible to generate Approved SAS code for many different situations and not least: Fast In the presentation the topic of SAS and Databases – both from SAS9 & Viya will also be touched. By Vicky Poulsen, Novo Nordisk   Strategy for using SAS Macros + Tips & Tricks Do you have One long macro or many short macros? Input and discussion Tips & Tricks How can “&&&” help you in Macro variables Homemade Functions vs. Macros By Ole Steen, SAS   Break    SAS and AI How can Generative AI help in the process of creating SAS code The experiences are based both from being a Data Scientist at Leardal and from teaching at the University of Copenhagen By Sara Armandi, Laerdal Medical & University of Copenhagen   Regulatory reporting of clinical studies  Discover how SAS streamlines Table, Listing, and Figure (TLF) generation for regulatory-ready outputs using Clinical Jobs Learn best practices for reporting and visualization that bring your study data to life and see how automation and analytics can accelerate time to insight By Anette Dalsgaard Jakobsen, SAS   After the network meeting there will be sandwiches and networking at Havneholmen.   Presentations can be found below - after the meeting. ... View more

The SAS Community Nordic Advent Calendar 2025 has officially come to an end. 🎄 We hope you enjoyed the festive tips and tricks for making your analytics sparkle! All of this year’s Juletips are available here : Tag: "Juletip2025" in "SAS Community Nordic" - SAS Support Communities   ✨ A big thank you to all contributors and followers for keeping this tradition alive. See you next year for even more insights and creativity! ✨   ... View more

How a Christmas Cake Explains Data Sharing   Imagine you’ve baked a delicious Christmas cake at home. When you head to the holiday table, you want to enjoy it—and maybe share it with others. First, you need to bring the cake to the right house, where the celebration happens. Inside the house, there are two places for treats: The kitchen counter, where the cake waits patiently. The holiday table, where everyone can enjoy it right away. You can keep the cake on your own plate, just for you, or place it in the center of the table so others can taste it too. If you want to share, you’ll need to prepare it—slice it and remove the wrapping. And if the table ever flips and everything disappears, it’s good to have another cake waiting in the kitchen so you can bring it back. If your recipe is a secret, you can put the cake straight on your plate without anyone seeing it. But if the table flips, you’ll need to fetch it from home again. In short: Sometimes the treats are just for you, sometimes for everyone. And when you prepare them well, sharing becomes easy.     Now, you might wonder: how does this tie into getting data into SAS Viya? For a while, I’ve been thinking about the simplest way to explain the main steps and differences when getting data into SAS Viya. So, here’s a festive analogy you can share when your relatives ask about it during Christmas dinner!   Your Data = Food, The Christmas Cake Imagine the data on your computer—an Excel file, a CSV, or something similar—as a cake you’ve baked at home. You want to enjoy that cake at Christmas dinner and maybe share it with others. First, you need to bring the cake to the right place: the house where you’ll spend Christmas, the house of SAS Viya.   Two Key Spots in the House Inside the house, there are two main places for food (data): Dining Table = Memory Food on the dining table is ready to eat—fast and easy access (data loaded into CAS memory). Kitchen Countertop = Libraries Food on the countertop is still available. You can easily bring food from the kitchen to the dining table, where eating is quick and convenient. You can also “taste” food directly from the kitchen (query data from libraries without loading into memory), but it’s slower than eating from the table. Personal vs Shared Spaces In the kitchen, you have personal libraries—your own space for food. If you want to share, you prepare the cake (unwrap it and slice it) and move it to shared libraries on the countertop. On the dining table, you have: Your plate = Personal CAS session Middle of the table = Global CAS sessions You can have multiple plates (sessions) at once—each dish has its own plate. For example: SAS Studio plate SAS Visual Analytics plate You can’t move food directly from one plate to another. To share, you need to promote the food from your plate to the middle of the table (global scope in CAS).   Promoting and Sharing Promoting means making your data available beyond your plate: When you promote, the table moves from session scope (private) to global scope in a CAS library. Whether others can access it depends on permissions on that CASLIB and the table: Promote to CASUSER → global table exists but effectively private to you. Promote to a shared CASLIB with proper permissions → global table visible to others. Once promoted, you can still replace the food—but you need to drop and reload the table to update it.   Automation and Recovery You can automate moving food from the kitchen to the table. If the table flips (CAS restarts), the food is lost. Automation makes it easy to refill the table from the kitchen—provided your CASLIBs are configured with source paths and auto-load settings.   Secret Recipes If your cake recipe is top secret, you might skip the kitchen and put the cake straight from your home onto your plate. You can promote it to the middle of the table but keep it private by using permissions. If the table flips, you’ll need to bring it again from home—no automation here.   In Short Kitchen = Libraries (personal/shared) Dining Table = CAS Memory (session scope vs global scope) Promote = Move data from your plate to global CAS space Permissions = Decide if promoted data is private or shared Automation = Easy recovery from libraries if configured So next time someone asks how to get data into SAS Viya, just tell them: “It’s like bringing your Christmas cake to dinner—prepare it, place it, and share it!” ... View more

For this Juletip, let's unwrap a gift that you might have never found or perhaps forgot that you had: the SAS Macro Variable Viewer in SAS Enterprise Guide.   Ever wonder what’s happening behind the scenes with your macro variables? When your SAS programs rely on  %LET  statements,  %SYSFUNC  calls, or conditional logic, keeping track of macro values can feel like detective work. Fortunately, SAS Enterprise Guide has a built-in Macro Variable Viewer that makes this easy—and even fun.   SAS Macro Variable Viewer in EG Why Use the Macro Variable Viewer? The Macro Variable Viewer is your one-stop shop for inspecting and debugging macro variables without cluttering your log with  %PUT  statements. Here’s what it can do: List all macro variables currently defined in your session. Show values instantly—no extra code required. Search by name to find what you need fast. Evaluate macro expressions using the built-in Macro Expression Quick View. Refresh as your program runs.   How to Access It In SAS Enterprise Guide, go to Tools → SAS Macro Variable Viewer. The viewer opens in a separate window, displaying all macro variables in your session. You can keep this window open while you continue to edit and run your SAS programs!   Quick Tips for Using It Search for a Macro Variable Type part of the name in the search box—like  _CLIENTAPP  or  MYVAR —and the list filters instantly. Check Values Without Code Click any macro variable to see its value. No need for  %PUT  statements. Evaluate Expressions Use the Macro Expression Quick View field and test macro functions and values on the fly: %eval(5+3) Or here's a more complext example, showing the date 3 weeks from today: %sysfunc(intnx(week,"&sysdate9"d,3),date9.); Wrap-Up Use the Macro Variable Viewer to help debug your programs and check macro output. It saves time and helps you avoid surprises when your macro-driven logic depends on dynamic values.   Next time you’re troubleshooting a macro-heavy program, skip the guesswork. Open the Macro Variable Viewer and take control of your macro environment—fast, easy, and interactive. ... View more

Every Christmas, Santa faces a monumental challenge: deciding who’s been naughty or nice among 2.2 billion children worldwide. That’s not just a list - it’s a  whole data problem of epic proportions. Without the right decision engine, this task would be nearly impossible. So what is Santa's secret to delivering real time data-driven decisions? This is where Intelligent Decisioning comes in handy! By utilizing the power of data-driven decisions in real time, it makes this huge task a whole lot easier. For Santa and his helpers, that means: Setting Clear Rules: Start with business rules like “If chores completed ≥ 80%, mark as nice.” These rules ensure fairness and consistency. Add Predictive Analytics: Use historical data (past behavior, gift satisfaction) to predict future actions. A machine learning model could score the likelihood of a child staying nice. Real-Time Updates: When Santa gets new data - like a last-minute tantrum - Intelligent Decisioning updates the score instantly, recommends the best action, and even updates his live Santa Tracker app with an optimized delivery route thanks to SCR! Personalized Actions: Instead of a simple naughty/nice label, Santa can tailor gifts based on predicted happiness and effort, making Christmas magical and fair. Bottom line: Intelligent Decisioning helps Santa make smarter, faster, and fairer choices - and it can do the same for businesses managing customer interactions, risk, or operations. Merry Christmas 🎅! ... View more