The SAS programming language has been around for over forty years and there are millions of users who put this code to use on a daily basis. But who doesn't want to make things easier? How many times have you needed a bit of starter code or an idea of how to use that SAS procedure in the most efficient way? We've all searched in the SAS Community and 'Googled it', but did you know SAS Studio comes with code examples and guides to help get you get started and walk you through many common exercises? The answers all reside in the low code/no code steps, tasks, and snippets sections of SAS Studio and we're dedicating SAS Bowl XIX to these topics.
Game Details and Access
The SAS Support Community trivia event, SAS Bowl XIX, SAS Studio Steps, Tasks, and Snippets is scheduled for Wednesday, May 11, at 10 AM ET.
Register for the event here and receive an invite to a Microsoft Teams meeting.
On game day, join the Teams meeting and access the game here.
More on SAS Studio Steps, Tasks, and Snippets
SAS Studio comes preloaded with common Steps, Tasks, and Snippets. A custom step enables you to create a user interface to complete a specific task. Custom steps are saved to SAS Content, so they can be shared with others at your site. Tasks, which are point-and-click user interfaces, guide the user through an analytical process. And code snippets enable you to quickly insert SAS code into your program and customize it to meet your needs.
Which tool do you use and when do you use it? Refer to the resources below to answer these questions (and prepare for the game).
Steps, Tasks, Snippets – SAS documentation links (same links as above)
Take the Low Code / No Code SAS Studio plunge! – Community article from @TedStolarczyk
SAS Tutorial | Low Code No Code in SAS Studio – accompanying tutorial video to the article above
SAS Studio: An Introduction – Ask the Expert webinar on SAS Studio basics from @ShannonMoore; includes demo/discussion of tasks and snippets
Create a Custom Step in SAS Studio on SAS Viya – video tutorial from @MKQueen demonstrating how to create steps in SAS Studio
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.
SAS programming and ODS graphics go together like peanut butter and jelly, Bert and Ernie, yin and yang....I could go on, but I think you get the picture. You can find the ODS Graphics definition on the SAS 9 ODS Graphics Tip Sheet, but let's just say, it manages procedure output and facilitates creating graphs in SAS programs. ODS graphics is such an essential tool that we've decided to dedicate SAS Bowl XX to the topic.
Game Details and Access
The SAS Support Community trivia event, SAS Bowl XX, ODS Graphics is scheduled for Wednesday, June 8, 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.
More on ODS Graphics
OK now, we'll bore you with the formal definition: ODS Graphics is an extension of ODS (the Output Delivery System). ODS manages procedure output and displays it in a variety of destinations, such as HTML and RTF. With ODS Graphics, statistical procedures produce integrated output that includes both graphs and tables. Procedures that support ODS Graphics create graphs, some by default and some when you specify procedure options.
We could go on with more words and descriptions, but there is so much great information out there about ODS Graphics, we'll just point you to them and let you browse at your convenience. Use the following resources to learn more about ODS Graphics and to prepare for the SAS Bowl event:
Creating graphs with ODS Graphics: special presentation - a great presentation about the history and use of ODS Graphics in SAS by @Jay54
How Do I Fix Common Problems in Output From ODS Graphics? - SAS Ask the Expert Webinar by @MarciaS
Highly Customized Graphs Using ODS Graphics - video tutorial on ODS Graphics with @WarrenKuhfeld
Fun with ODS Graphics: Animating text - more from @WarrenKuhfeld in this fun Graphically Speaking blog post
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.
Today, with the power of Docker, SAS users on Windows platforms, Mac and Linux can run the latest SAS Studio inside a portable, lightweight container known as SAS Analytics Pro. We'd like for you to learn more about the offering, so we've selected to feature SAS Analytics Pro for SAS Bowl XXI.
Game Details and Access
The SAS Support Community trivia event, SAS Bowl XXI, SAS Analytics Pro is scheduled for Wednesday, July 13, 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.
More About SAS Analytics Pro
SAS Analytics Pros is a new, containerized version of SAS is ready to run on your desktop in minutes after downloading the package. The whole deployment is less than 10GB, so it fits neatly on any modern desktop or laptop. Key Features include advanced statistical analysis and reporting, high-impact visuals, all in one package that includes Base SAS, SAS/STAT and SAS/GRAPH with the advanced capabilities of SAS/IML, SAS/OR, SAS/QC and SAS/ETS.
SAS Analytics Pro Resources
Here are some resources you can use to get more familiar with SAS Analytics Pro and prepare for the event.
Coding in SAS Viya, SAS Analytics Pro - SAS Viya Release Highlights show (20:44)
SAS Analytics Pro – Desktop Analytics Containerized! - SAS Hidden Insights blog post by @jarno
Introducing Analytics Pro Advanced Programming: The power of SAS on your desktop - SAS Users blog post by @aadixon and @kumardeva on how to supercharge you Analytics Pro with added programming features
SAS Analytics Pro on support.sas.com - learning, documentation, and support resources
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.
You’ve streamed it on YouTube, you’ve seen it featured on the Today Show, come across it on LinkedIn, and read about it on blogs.sas.com. I’ve had the pleasure of trying it out for myself. What is ‘it’?
Of course, I’m talking about the SAS Batting Lab. Even if you’re not a baseball fan, it’s hard not to get excited about using a game to teach kids (and everyone, really) about data science. We’re going to continue the conversation during SAS Bowl XXII, The SAS Batting Lab.
Game Details
The SAS Support Community trivia event, SAS Bowl XXII, The SAS Batting Lab is scheduled for Wednesday, August 17, at 10 AM ET.
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On game day, join the Teams meeting and access the game here.
More on the SAS Batting Lab
To help kids gain the confidence they need to succeed, SAS built a literal plate for them to step up to with The Batting Lab.
Designed to combine their favorite team sport with our vast data experience, The Batting Lab was created for this exclusive group of kids to improve their understanding of data by improving their performance at bat.
I could go on and on, but let’s look at some of the available resources, so I can avoid repeating myself.
SAS Batting Lab Resources
Not from the US? Not a baseball fan? No worries, the questions for the game will come from the resources below and will focus on the program and technology, not the sport.
SAS Batting Lab featured on NBC’s The Today show – The Today show came to Cary to get a first-hand look at the Lab
Can Machine Learning Fix My Baseball Swing? - Data Scientist and YouTuber Ken Jee takes a swing at the Lab
The SAS Batting Lab: The model powering the analysis – Let’s get technical and explore some of the modeling details behind the Lab
SAS Viya Release Highlights show - The SAS Batting Lab was featured on this month's show with a demo and lots of fun facts
How an Analytics Company Used a Batting Cage to Get Kids Amped About Data – article from AdWeek on the Batting Lab
Full confession here: I’m a baseball and baseball stats nut, just read my LinkedIn article. I’ll try and stick to the script when writing questions.
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.
SAS Explore is scheduled for September 27-29, 2022 (the 28th and 29th in EMEA and AP). What is SAS Explore? It's an event for SAS enthusiasts who want to connect with experts, engage with peers and explore technology. With over 100 sessions, 50 breakouts, and free training, we're very excited to host the event. So much so, we're dedicating September's SAS Bowl to it.
Game Details
The SAS Support Community trivia event, SAS Bowl XXIII, SAS Explore is scheduled for Wednesday, September 7, 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.
More on SAS Explore
Many may ask, "Is SAS Explore a replacement for SAS Global Forum (SGF)?" We don't like the word replacement, but prefer the term transformation. The pandemic forced SAS to re-evaluate how we get together and share all-things SAS. In a given year, we'd have 6-8K people at SGF. In the past two years at our virtual events, we've had between 25-30K participants. Yes, we all miss the ability to gather in once place and talk shop; however, we're now able to reach so many more people in a virtual format. Who know what the future holds? For now let's Explore.
For the trivia event, we'll focus on SAS Explore, but we also want to embrace the past. We'll incorporate questions about the upcoming event and will also celebrate past Global Forums, Analytics Experiences, and regional conferences. What does the acronym SUGI mean to you? Here are a few resources to browse to get familiar with SAS Explore as well as a few to highlight past events we find interesting:
SAS Explore: A Virtual Event for Technologists – Main page for SAS Explore with highlights, schedules, and registration info
SAS Conference Proceedings (1976 - present) – SAS retiree Lex Jansen's page comprised of 35K+ papers from past SAS events
SAS Global Forum Proceedings 2021 – Communities page for SAS Global Forum presentations from the 2021 conference event
SAS Explore Communities Forum – Communities Hub for all things SAS Explore
SAS Global Forum Group Hub – Communities Hub for all things SGF
Please check back as we may add to this list as more resources are created for SAS Explore.
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.
Data scientists wouldn't normally or intentionally introduce bias into their models; however, the fact is that in this imperfect world, tendencies are inadvertently introduced into technology. SAS has recognized this as an issue and is taking steps on educating data scientists how to recognize and avoid biases in AI. We'll cover this topic in October's SAS Bowl.
Game Details
The SAS Support Community trivia event, SAS Bowl XXIV, Ethics in Data Science is scheduled for Wednesday, October 12, 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.
More on SAS Data Ethics Practice
As Reggie Townsend, @RTMAXN , Director of the SAS Data Ethics practice states, "Our vision is a world where data empowers people to thrive. We pursue that vision through trustworthy and responsible innovation." SAS takes the approach that responsible innovation encompasses asking 'should we,' as well as 'could we.' SAS is committed to working with customers, partners and academia to increase the awareness of, and necessity for, technology that is ethical, equitable and sustainable for individuals and societies.
Can you tell we take this seriously? Refer to the resources below to find out more and to gain an advantage during the game (we'll craft multiple questions from these resources).
The Data Scientist Learning Journey: Ethics in Data Science - SAS Webinar discussing responsible AI
Who is responsible when AI is irresponsible? - SAS blog post by SAS CTO Bryan Harris, @bcharri74
Overcoming AI bias to empower an equitable society - SAS blog post by Caslee Sims
I Got 99 Problems & Biased AI is #1 - SAS Explore breakout session by @RTMAXN and @delonay (must register for SAS Explore, to view the On-Demand session)
It's personal: SAS data scientists explore racial disparities in NYC housing data - SAS blog post by @alisonbolen
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.
In 2019 a survey on Stack Overflow listed Visual Studio Code (VS Code) as the IDE of choice for 50% of the developers surveyed. That number jumped to 71% in 2021. Moral of the story: VS Code is popular in the developer community and is still growing in adoption. Also, in 2019, SAS users asked for the extension in the Community thread Anyone interested in developing a VS Code extension for SAS language?. SAS recently released the SAS Extension for VS Code and we're featuring it in SAS Bowl XXV.
Game Details
The SAS Support Community trivia event, SAS Bowl XXV, SAS Extension for Visual Studio Code is scheduled for Wednesday, November 16, 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.
More on the SAS Extension for VS Code
Rather than asking developers to log into, and code in, the SAS UI, we’ve developed the VS Code SAS Extension. The tool offers users an integration point for adding SAS programs and code into their work, without having to switch applications. The tool also offers the ability to connect directly to SAS Viya and run code. The extension is available on SAS’ Visual Studio Marketplace and is available for SAS Viya.
The features number too many to list here, so view the resources below to learn more and gain an advantage in the game.
SAS Visual Studio Marketplace - official VS Marketplace site for the SAS extension
sas-vscode-extension repository on sassoftware GitHub - repository with documentation, usage notes, and FAQs
Visual Studio Code SAS Programming Extension: Meeting You Where You Work - OnDemand SAS Explore SuperDemo (complementary SAS Explore registration required)
VS Code SAS Programming Code Extension Released - Communities article with project background, features, and tips
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.
SAS Viya does not live on an island. In fact no software system stands alone and gives you everything you need. SAS does however, fit very well into the ecosystem of the analytics technology stack. This is made easier by creating easy integration points to our software from external and open source clients. We introduce you to one of these packages SAS SWAT in December's edition of the SAS Bowl.
Game Details
The SAS Support Community trivia event, SAS Bowl XXVI, The SAS SWAT Package is scheduled for Wednesday, December 14, 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.
More on the SWAT package
The SAS SWAT package is an interface to SAS Cloud Analytic Services (CAS) (the centerpiece of the SAS Viya framework). With this package, you can load and analyze data sets of any size on your desktop or in the cloud. Since CAS can be used on a local desktop or in a hosted cloud environment, you can analyze extremely large data sets using as much processing power as you need, while still retaining the ease-of-use of Python, R, or Lua on the client side.
Using SWAT, you can execute workflows of CAS analytic actions, then pull down the summarized data to further process on the client side in say Python, or to merge with data from other sources using familiar Pandas data structures. With the best-of-breed SAS analytics in the cloud and the use of open source packages, the SWAT package gives you access to the best of both worlds.
We could go on and on about the SWAT features, but we'll let you explore the following resources to learn more and prepare for the game.
The Data Scientist Learning Journey: How to Use SAS Viya With Open Source - SAS webinar with a great overview of open source integration using SWAT from @AriZitin and @CatTruxillo
Python SWAT Library for developers - Python SWAT page on the SAS developers portal with links to GitHub, documentation and other resources
R SWAT on GitHub - SAS SWAT for R GitHub repository
How Do I Use Python in SAS Viya? - SAS Ask the Expert webinar focused on Python and SWAT from @Panagiotis
Getting Started with the R SWAT Package in SAS Viya - SASGF 2021 presentation
Creating an R Shiny app with SAS Viya - Communities library article from @lucasdepaula on creating an app using R SWAT
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.
SAS Viya uses the Cloud Analytics Service (CAS) to perform tasks. The smallest unit of work for the CAS server is a CAS action. Think of CAS actions as powerful functions or methods created specifically to process data in the CAS server. We'll cover more CAS action details when we feature them in January's edition of the SAS Bowl.
Game Details
The SAS Support Community trivia event, SAS Bowl XXVII, CAS Actions is scheduled for Wednesday, January 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.
More on CAS Actions
CAS actions can load data, transform data, compute statistics, perform analytics and create output. Each action is configured by specifying a set of input parameters. Running a CAS action in the CAS server processes the action's parameters and the data and creates an action result. Actions are organized into functional groups call Action Sets.
Run CAS Actions from anywhere! You can run CAS actions directly from SAS, using an open source language of your choice, or even through REST API calls. This makes CAS actions quite effective, versatile, and mobile.
CAS actions are well documented. Below is a small sample of resources to get you started. We'll pull from these links to create questions for the game.
CAS Action! - a series on fundamentals - SAS Users blog post series by @Panagiotis
Can I Call CAS Actions Using REST APIs? - Ask the Expert webinar from @joeFurbee
CAS Actions for SAS® Visual Analytics Report Developers - SASGF paper by @Mike_Drutar
SAS Viya Actions and Action Sets by Name and Product - doc page for Action Sets and Actions
SAS Tutorial | Introduction to CAS and Coding in CASL in SAS Viya - YouTube tutorial by @zhongxiuliu
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.
A custom step enables you to create a user interface in SAS Studio on SAS Viya for users to complete a specific task. Custom steps are saved to SAS Content, so they can be shared with others at your site. They are easy to create and very useful. We'll highlight SAS Studio custom steps in the February edition of the SAS Bowl.
Game Details
The SAS Support Community trivia event, SAS Bowl XXVIII, SAS Studio Custom Steps is scheduled for Wednesday, February 15, 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.
More on SAS Studio Custom Steps
The SAS Studio Flow “Custom Step” framework was released in SAS Viya 2020.1.5. After the advent of SAS Studio Flows, Custom Steps are a big step forward in providing visual and flexible data manipulation/integration jobs with shared reusable components in the new SAS Viya.
SAS Studio custom steps is a relatively new tool, but many resources are available documenting its use. Use the resources below to get familiar and brush up for the game.
Create a Custom Step in SAS Studio on SAS Viya - Video tutorial on YouTube by @MKQueen
Custom Steps in SAS Studio - SAS Communities article by @Wilbram-SAS
My First SAS Studio Flow Custom Step - SAS Communities article by @NicolasRobert
SAS Studio Custom Steps - GitHub repository with many examples and sample code
SAS Documentation on Custom Steps in SAS Studio
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.
The brightest minds from around the world come together to use SAS Analytics, AI and open source on Microsoft Azure to collaborate in the #SAShackathon. Registration is now open (through February 28) and the Hack runs from March 15 through April 15. The SAS Hackathon is such a great event, we're featuring it in the March edition of the SAS Bowl.
Game Details
The SAS Support Community trivia event, SAS Bowl XXIX, The SAS Hackathon is scheduled for Wednesday, March 8, 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.
More on the SAS Hackathon
Hackers bring their idea and data and SAS provides a subject matter expert as a mentor, free access to our suite of industry-leading software, and a month to accelerate the vision. Teams are divided into tracks based on the nature of their project. Participants also receive access to enablement resources, virtual learning labs, training courses and more. The SAS Hackathon is so cool, @thiago rapped about it.
You can find more information on the Hackathon on the SAS Hacker's Hub in the SAS Support Community. We even have a matchmaking section where we pair individuals looking for a team with teams seeking specific skill sets. Below are other SAS Hackathon-related resources we'll use to create questions for the game.
SAS Hackathon Kickoff video - hear the details about registering and participating in the SAS Hackathon; hosted by @MarinelaProfi
Why hack? 10 reasons why the SAS Hackathon is more than a competition - SAS Users blog post by the SAS Hackathon King, @Einar_H
Past SAS Hackathon participant use cases - Team profile pages from past SAS Hackathon participants outlining their use cases
SAS Hackathon Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) - get all your questions answered on this SAS Hacker's Hub FAQ post by @Christine4
Accelerate your idea and innovation through the SAS Hackathon 2023 - SAS Hackathon 2023 fact sheet from @Peter7
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.
Should I stay or should I go? That's a question The Clash asks in their song with the same title. If Joe Strummer and the rest of the band had SAS Intelligent Decisioning, they could have easily answered the question, with confidence, based on sound analytics. That's what SAS Intelligent Decisioning does: deliver relevant, interactive, real-time decisions based on business rules and sophisticated analytics at scale to a limitless number of use cases. It was an easy 'decision' to feature this topic in SAS Bowl XXX.
Game Details
The SAS Support Community trivia event, SAS Bowl XXX, SAS Intelligent Decisioning is scheduled for Wednesday, April 12, at 10 AM ET.
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On game day, join the Teams meeting and access the game here.
More on the SAS Intelligent Decisioning
With SAS Intelligent Decisioning, you can build simple rule services and create entirely customized systems or embed the AI models you need behind your processes in conjunction with your ecosystem. Integrating models and decisions will empower you to use a Modelops approach, optimizing your agility and development cycles. The power of decision is in your hands.
Below are some SAS Intelligent Decisioning-related resources we'll use to create questions for the game.
Intelligent Decisioning: Ensuring Fairness in Analytically-Driven Decision Making - SAS Explore 2022 breakout session by @luizhok and @DianaMaris-SAS
How Do I Use SAS® Intelligent Decisioning? - SAS Ask the Expert Webinar by @DianaMaris-SAS
How to Use Python Code in SAS Intelligent Decisioning - SAS Communities article by @Bogdan_Teleuca
Embedding real-time decisioning through APIs - SAS Data Science Blog post by @SophiaRowland
Overloading functions in Intelligent Decisioning - SAS Communities article by @ClemensKnobloch
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.
The SAS Support Community is much more than a web site. It's a thriving collection of people, resources, and knowledge, all centered around SAS software. There's so much to learn about and explore that we're going to toot our own horns, show off what we have to offer, and dedicate SAS Bowl XXXI to our Community.
Game Details
The SAS Support Community trivia event, SAS Bowl XXXI, SAS Support Communities is scheduled for Wednesday, May 10, 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.
More on the SAS Support Communities
You're here, so you must be a little familiar with what we do. One of the main functions of the Communities page is a place to ask questions, get answers, and discuss SAS software.
Below are some SAS Communities-related resources we'll use to create questions for the game.
SAS Support Community Home Page - start from the beginning and explore
SAS Communities Library - thousands of relevant SAS articles
SAS Ask the Expert webinar series - recaps and recording links to scores of webinars
SAS Support Communities rocks new ranks - what's your Community rank rock?
SAS Communities, Getting Started - a series of articles for FAQs about the Community
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.
The SAS Viya platform is compatible for integration with open-source technologies. To facilitate this client-server interaction, many client IDEs have been developed. The Jupyter Notebook allows users to integrate with SAS Viya using various coding languages, namely Python, R, and even SAS. Maybe you're a pro with notebooks, perhaps you've never heard of them, or you fall somewhere in between. We are dedicating SAS Bowl XXXII to the ultra important Jupyter Notebook to help hone your skills.
Game Details
The SAS Support Community trivia event, SAS Bowl XXXII, Jupyter Notebooks is scheduled for Wednesday, June 14, at 10 a.m. 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.
More on Jupyter Notebooks
Project Jupyter is a project to develop open-source software, open standards, and services for interactive computing across multiple programming languages. The resulting IDE for the project is the Jupyter Notebook. Notebooks allow you coding language flexibility. The Notebook has support for over 40 programming languages, including Python, R, and SAS. The beauty of Jupyter Notebooks is your code can produce rich, interactive output: HTML, images, videos, LaTeX, and custom MIME types. You can also easily display and use notebooks on GitHub and in VS Code.
Below are some SAS and Jupyter Notebook-related resources we'll use to create questions for the game.
How to Connect SAS and Python Using Jupyter Notebooks - SAS Users YouTube tutorial by Ariel Chien and Michael Senter
Using Jupyter to Boost Your Data Science Workflow and How to create PDF, HTML and SAS outputs with Jupyter SASGF paper and accompanying YouTube video by @hglanz
Getting Started on SAS Viya 4 with Python - SAS Communities article by @Joe_Madden
SAS end-to-end use cases using Python and R Notebooks - GitHub repository with uses case examples written for Python and R notebooks
The Data Scientist Learning Journey: How to Use SAS® Viya® With Open Source - SAS On-Demand Webiar from @AriZitin and @CatTruxillo
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 post. 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.
SAS Explore is scheduled for September 11-14, 2023, LIVE, in Las Vegas, Nevada. What is SAS Explore? It's an event for SAS enthusiasts who want to connect with experts, engage with peers and explore technology. With over 100 sessions, 50 breakouts, and free training, we're very excited to host the event. So much so, we're dedicating the August edition of the SAS Bowl to it.
Game Details
The SAS Support Community trivia event, SAS Bowl XXXIII, SAS Explore 2023 is scheduled for Wednesday, August 16, at 10 a.m. 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.
More on SAS Explore
Four days, thousands of technology peers, 100+ sessions, training, awesome keynotes, I can keep going many other highlights. We're back with a global, live users event for the first time since 2019. As we prepare for the event, we're getting very excited and hope to see you there. Whether you're a developer, data scientist, IT professional, business analyst, or have another connection to SAS, there will be plenty for you at SAS Explore.
For the trivia event, we'll focus on SAS Explore 2023, but we also want to embrace the past. We'll incorporate questions about the upcoming event and will also relive past Global Forums, Analytics Experiences, and regional conferences. What does the acronym SUGI mean to you? Here are a few resources to browse to get familiar with SAS Explore as well as a few to highlight past events we find interesting:
SAS Explore | In-Person | Sept. 11-14 | Las Vegas – Main page for SAS Explore with highlights, schedules, and registration info
SAS Conference Proceedings (1976 - present) – SAS retiree Lex Jansen's page comprised of 35K+ papers from past SAS events
SAS Explore Communities page – Communities hub including presentations, discussions, training, R&D Breakouts, Super Demos, and SAS Hackathon winners
SAS Explore 2023 Agenda – Learn more about each of the sessions and begin planning your conference experience
SAS (and R) Conference Proceedings (1976-present)... and more - web site of SAS papers and presentations from past events, curated by Lex Jansen
Please check back as we may add to this list as more resources are created for SAS Explore.
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.
