I am trying out some sample code to display a window and getting a strange error. I am running SAS 9.1 in EG 4.1. Any help would be greatly appreciated. %macro test (); %window welcome color=white #5 @28 'Welcome to SAS.' attr=highlight color=blue #7 @15 "You are executing Release &sysver on &sysday, &sysdate.." #12 @29 'Press ENTER to continue.'; %display welcome; %mend TEST; %test(); ERROR: The MACRO windowing environment cannot be initialized due to a XU supervisor failure. ... View more

I am using proc reg to generate regression coeff's. Is there an easy way to programmatically get these coeffs, or do I just need to read them from the output and type into code each time I run? Thanks, Chris ... View more

As I understand it, ANOVA with categorical variables is equivalent to Linear Regression with dummy variables. But, when I run ANOVA, I do not get coefficients. Can anyone tell me why this is, or if there is an option to add these? Thanks, Chris ... View more

I am experimenting with email and ODS. I have a program that works, but after I receive the email with the correct data, the SAS process never ends. Is there something I need to add to end it? FILENAME MAIL EMAIL SUBJECT = "ODS Test." FROM = "test@bsi.com" TO = "test@bsi.com" TYPE = "text/html"; ODS HTML BODY=MAIL; PROC SQL; SELECT DATEPART(MAX(TRANS_DATE)) FORMAT=MMDDYY8. AS TIER FROM PRODTIER.TIER_POLICY_REPORTS; QUIT; ODS HTML CLOSE; ... View more

I am trying to get started with OLAP cubes, but I am having difficulty with some basic questions. Just googling it, I see a lot about SAS OLAP server and SAS OLAP Cube Studio. Can I create and work with cubes using only Base SAS? Anyone know where there is a simple Getting Started reference? Thanks, Chris ... View more

I am working in SAS Enterprise Guide, and all of the sudden, if I try to execute any code, I get a prompt "Would you like to replace the previous results?" Not sure why this started, but does anyone know how to turn it off? Thanks, Chris ... View more

I am trying to build a macro to handle a sequence of PROC's, but the BY variables and the VAR variables may change. Can you pass lists of variables to a macro to use in the BY and VAR statements? i.e. something like: %mymacro(mydataset, ('var1', 'var2'), ('var3', 'var4')); %macro mymacro(dataset=,list1=, list2=); proc means sum data=&dataset; by &list1; var &list2; run; %mend mymacro; ... View more