Thank you @joeFurbee  !  This is a great tool and the video demo is also very engaging in order to adopt it. I am not familiar with VsCode, this might change quite soon 😉  I cannot connect at the moment with a Viya 4 installation, I would like to know wich API type and protocol does the extension use actually. I guess this is RESTful / http(s) but I need to be sure for a network route opening.  Behind the scenes, is this the Compute services being consumed or another one ?    https://support.sas.com/content/dam/SAS/support/en/sas-global-forum-proceedings/2018/2083-2018.pdf   I saw on the Github page a request for having SAS 9 (local Foundation AND/OR remote IOM) also as an endpoint to the extension. I would be very interested with this feature since this would enable a side by side exploitation { SAS 9 } |  { Viya } during migrations from SAS 9 to Viya, thus streamlining manual unit testing for instance.  ... View more

Excellent initiative, thanks a lot @Wilbram-SAS for this explanation and sharing. In particular, the "Data Ingestion Auto-Pilot"  - a refactored proc import  in itself - looks terrific and hugely versatile ! 👍   https://github.com/sassoftware/sas-studio-custom-steps/tree/main/Data%20Ingestion%20Auto%20Pilot%20DIAP%20Light%20for%20External%20Files ... View more

Hi,   Thank you so much for the swag, @joeFurbee I already got it on my desk :-).  Please, give my best regards to the team.   If you could also correct the Podium list : I am sure I was 3rd not Silver or Gold and proud of it neverthless !  To each his/her dues.   Ronan   ... View more

  http://support.sas.com/documentation/installcenter/en/ikfdtnr64sr/66399/PDF/default/pdfproxy.html   https://support.sas.com/en/technical-support/services-policies/product-support-for-virtualization-environments.html   AFAIK, there is no specific provision for conditioning support to direct installation instead of LPAR, which is rather the norm in practice knowing the cost of an AIX infra. The discussion becomes more nuanced when dealing with the exact - contractual - definition of the cost metric in the case of a SAS 9 Foundation installed on AIX LPAR (vCpu has 2 or 3 possible definitions that could apply, regardless of SMT threads ...) ... View more

Hi Joe,   Thanks for the pouch ! Another nice, SAS-branded swag straight from Cary 😎. I appreciate a lot.   see you at the next Bowl Ronan ... View more

See https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2015/07/EncryptionOverview.png from a client's perspective. ... View more

Thanks for sharing @DavidStern , this is very useful. It looks quite like the "Metadata Server: User Administration role" with SAS 9. ... View more

I understand, this makes perfectly sense. Thanks for you clarification @Mark2010 .  ... View more

Splendid ! Thanks for the tip, @BeverlyBrown 🙂 ... View more

Modern Olympic Games were born here ! The De Coubertin family is now extinct, the castle domain has become a non profit foundation for providing training & support to young technical apprentices (metal & wood workers). A long way from SAS Cx Day ! ... View more

hi @BeverlyBrown, not at all. 🙂 You know I depend on chance alone at the Bowl Games, therefore I have to accept the results as they are eventually. My daughters now tease me too often when I take part to the game, this relieves me of any kind of pressure. As the Baron de Coubertin - his family castle is located in my small town btw - famously said : "The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part" . A good question for a future Bowl maybe ! ... View more

Thanks for sharing these greats tips,@Mark2010 I am especially interested since I am coaching a few colleagues to pass the exams. It would be worth mentioning also that some Test exams are now available free of charge, which is incredibly useful !   My only quibble about the exams - I know this is highly debatable - is their only availability in English or Japanese : not every SAS practitioner is a native English speaker - I learned it at School for example, being French. SAS puts a lots of efforts translating the software UI, messages, etc. which is great but for the time being, this stops short of Certification Exams content, unfortunately.   In this regards, perhaps less debatable in my opinion is the fact that some questions are made unnecessarily difficult to understand at first read, involving double negations, modal verbs counterintuitive usage (may/might) or adverbial constructions familiar only to the most proficient English speakers. This might - in my opinion - actually decrease the exams ability to differentiate between the candidates knowledge of SAS only and also refrain some very talented SAS users to take them, feeling they don't have the English skills level to pass it. I hope I didn't express myself too much 'outspokenly', I merely speak out of experience. I should add also that this language 'gap' applies less to Northern Europe and more to France, Italy or Spain and that younger people are becoming more proficient than before, closing the 'gap' somehow. ... View more

Thanks for putting me on the map, @BeverlyBrown  I am in such good company , it is really appreciative. 😊  ... View more

I've used SAS On Demand for years, this is very handy but obviously comes with necessary restrictions like any free tool. Thanks for your clarification, @BeverlyBrown .  ... View more

Very useful article, thank you for sharing it.  ... View more