Dynamic parameters, tag associated items, copy path enhancement | SAS Viya May 2024 Release
NEWS YOU CAN USE
In this month's edition of our SAS Viya series: dynamic parameters added to SAS Visual Analytics, tag and report associated items in SAS Intelligent Decisioning, and 10 new steps and a copy path enhancement in SAS Studio. Plus, learn how to change the way the SAS log behaves and is displayed in SAS Studio in David's tip of the month. Happy reading!
NEW VIYA FEATURES
Check out these new features and what they mean for you.
Product: SAS Visual Analytics
New feature: Dynamic parameters
Description: Dynamic parameters enable you to have expressions as the value of a parameter instead of just a static column. Learn more.
Product: SAS Intelligent Decisioning
New feature: Associated items
Description: Display a list of all decision items that have been tagged with a specific tag and export it as a PDF. Learn more.
Product: SAS Studio
New feature: 10 new steps and copy path enhancement
Description: Ten new steps have been added across the statistics, prepare data, and optimization and network analysis categories. The context menu in the explorer pane has been extended to include the option to copy a file/folder path to the clipboard. Learn more.
SPOTLIGHT USE CASE
Dynamic parameters
You can create more sophisticated and dynamic reports, leveraging expression-based parameters to handle complex calculations and scenarios that were previously challenging. For example, you can have a "TotalSales" parameter. This parameter value remains constant regardless of interactions with other dashboard elements, providing a stable reference point for users that can be used in a table or gauge display as a target KPI.
TIP OF THE MONTH
Did you know you can change how the SAS log is displayed and behaves in SAS Studio? One of my favorites is adding error and warning icons to the code tab gutter (that is the area in the code where you see the line numbers). When you hover over the icon, you see the log message, and clicking on it takes you directly to that location inside of the log. This helps me improve my speed when debugging my code.
You can find this and many more settings using the options menu (1), selecting preferences (2), going to code and log (3), and selecting the display error and warning icons in the code tab gutter (4).
For an example, see the screenshots below. Learn more.
