You are invited to join the upcoming DCSUG webinar titled, "SAS OnDemand: The Easy Way to Learn SAS for Free for Students, Educators, and Independent Learners"
Jan. 27, 2026
10:30-11:30AM ET
Register today!
Abstract:
SAS OnDemand for Academics (ODA) is free cloud-based software anyone can use to learn SAS programming. ODA offers the latest SAS 9.4 software for data manipulation and cutting-edge analytics through the SAS Studio programming interface. Point-and-click SAS Studio tasks can additionally be used to automatically generate code. In this session, we will walk through a guided demonstration of SAS OnDemand for Academics including an example data analysis and concluding with resources for further training.
Register for SAS OnDemand for Academics at http://welcome.oda.sas.com. Detailed registration instructions are available here. Other helpful resources include instructions for updating your own data, the ODA Frequently Asked Questions page, and the ODA general support page.
Presenter:
Jackie Johnson, Principal Analytical Training Consultant at SAS
Jacqueline Johnson is a principal analytical training consultant in Global Academic Programs at SAS. In her role at SAS, she conducts SAS software training at academic campuses around the country and works with faculty to support efforts to develop the future analytics workforce. She holds a DrPH in Biostatistics from UNC Chapel Hill. Prior to SAS, Dr. Johnson’s career has focused on statistical analyses of clinical trials data and includes working as a biostatistics faculty in an academic medical school and as a biostatistician in the pharmaceutical industry. She has been teaching with SAS in commercial and academic settings for over 15 years.
The code and data that drive analytics projects are important assets to the organizations that sponsor them. As such, there is a growing trend to manage these items in the source management systems of record. For most companies these days, that means Git. The specific system might be GitHub Enterprise, GitLab, or Bitbucket -- all platforms that are based on Git.
Typically, SAS users interact with Git in one of two ways: through a command-line interface (CLI) or through the point-and-click GUI in SAS Viya. While both these approaches are superior for most use cases, when working with scheduled jobs, flows, or automated pipelines, neither is perfect. February's SAS Bowl is to Git you excited about SAS.
Game Details
The SAS Support Community trivia event, SAS Bowl LVIII, SAS Viya Copilot is scheduled for Wednesday, February 18, at 10 AM ET.
Register for the event and receive an invite to a Microsoft Teams meeting and a calendar event.
On game day, join the Teams meeting and access the game here.
Below are some resources to introduce you to SAS that will help you prepare for the game.
Automating Git Workflows in SAS with Git Functions
Demystifying Git – Using SAS Studio in SAS Viya with GitHub through HTTPS
SAS Tutorial | How to use Git with SAS
How to organize your SAS projects in Git
How do I use Git with my SAS projects?
SAS Bowl and event details
For those who may be new to the SAS Bowl, you can find game history and specifics in this Community memo. There you'll also find links to previous events, which include recordings.
Register for the event and receive an invite with game details and a Teams meeting link. On game day, Join the TEAMS meeting to play, and show off your SAS and worldly knowledge while competing for bragging rights and SAS Community game gear.
