Speaking as a presenter coordinator / section chair and as a presenter at multiple user group conferences, I think that there's a mix of people using the app (but possibly not all of its potential uses) and paper schedules - at least at the regionals - and at least one regional, there wasn't much publicity or use of the app at all. It might be helpful at opening sessions to have a demo of how to use the app... Another possibility would be to have a pop-up notification come up asking for a rating when a session is due to end if the user has "starred" a presentation - and give them an instant bar chart or something like a raffle entry as a reward for rating. Kind of like the super-users in this forum. Or maybe we could have exit polls... ... View more

I'm ready for another Metacoda Koala to keep the one on my computer company!  ... View more

Nice swag!  I love the bag, and mug.  And the mystery gift which might look nice on the arm holding the bag, and mug. ... View more

My first SUGI was SUGI 22 in San Diego in 1997.  Not only was it my first SUGI, it was my first SAS User Group conference and my first time every presenting a poster / writing a paper, first time on a cross country plane trip (I was terrified but mesmerized by going over the Grand Canyon), and first time in California.  I was surprised and delighted that my poster got honorable mention.  I've been to many SUGIs, SGFs, RUGs, and LUGs since then - too many to count!  Along with SUGI 22, winning best contributed paper awards (along with my co-authors Mike Zdeb, Robert Allison and Christianna Williams) at SUGI 31, SGF 2009 and SGF 2012 was particularly memorable.  Probably the most striking memory though is my paper/poster/presentation on publishing in Klingon with SAS.  Along with great information and inspiration from every conference I've been to, the opportunity to see new cities (even from the vantage point of a convention center) is great, as is meeting people from all over the world at the conference.  I am always humbled when I walk through the doors to a new conference and new opportunities.  My children (now parents themselves) call me "such a nerd".  I guess it is true! ... View more

I am a presenter coordinator for room Titian 2206 (which has an awesome line-up of presentations) - and I am desperately seeking room coordinators, particularly on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons when i am presenting myself.  If you'd like an extra ribbon for your badge, an opportunity to really see presentations in depth, and my undying gratitude, sign up to volunteer and ask for room Titian 2206!  Take a look at the agenda builder for the presentations in Titian 2206 and see if any tempt you!   Gratefully, Louise Hadden ... View more

I submitted this to tech support and there is a problem - it actually started in SAS 9.3M2 (we migrated from SAS 9.3M1 to SAS 9.4).  Tech support is working on it.  Meanwhile I'm running this program in SAS 9.3M1.  Thanks for your offer of help! ... View more

It's almost as if SAS is trying to be smart and collapse nodes that have the same information. 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The field is created in an entry screen in some unknown (to me) software - there are definitely non-printing line feeds, tabs, and who knows what else in the field along with the double quotes.  We redact all PII from the text field before it gets put out using Perl regular expressions.  There may be a solution there... ... View more

I submitted this issue to tech support but it was pretty clear they both knew about it and weren't going to change it.  That issue is solved by using a data step which DOES support the longer file length.  My problem is the delimited requested (tabs) and the fact that the delimiter is embedded in that one long text field! ... View more

Thanks, this is giving me a partial solution!  I still have problems with double quotes and double line feeds, but the end of the tunnel is in sight! ... View more

I have this part working fine using a data step.  What I can't do is "fix" the long variable by replacing the embedded tabs with a space and replacing the embedded line feeds (both non printing characters) with an html line break <BR/>. ... View more

Hi - I was actually the person who requested the CBSA crosswalk to begin with some years ago.  SAS has changed their zip code file vendor so some changes may have gotten lost - in any event, you can obtain a CBSA to county crosswalk from www.cms.gov, which is based on a fiscal year.  See attached, but search for newer ones as time goes on.  I hope this helps.  I simply create formats from this file using zip code or some other code (county code) to apply to my data.  This type of matching is ALWAYS inexact, as often zip codes can cross county boundaries, and so on, and you'll have to check your file for non-matches, etc., but it works pretty well.  As for boundaries you can download cbsa shapefiles and use PROC MAPIMPORT, download zcta3 shapefiles and use SAS/GRAPH to remove interior boundaries from cbsa boundaries, or use the SAS-supplied county file and use SAS/GRAPH to remove interior boundaries, depending on what level your data is on.  Note that MANY CBSAs cross state lines, so you may want to do something a little fancy in terms of replacing the state boundaries after removing the interior county boundaries, and so on.  Mike Zdeb's book shows an example of this and there are other examples on SAS MAPSONLINE and on Robert Allison's webpage. Good luck! ... View more