Do we really get the right skills? Not always. We need to have digital competencies in all roles. SAS Institute’s program for Data Analyst training is unique. It is a program combining both analytical and business knowledge.   To derive maximum advantage from analytics, big data and digitization, it is not enough to adopt new technologies; you also need to learn how to work in new ways. Most IT, business and data employees are surprisingly open to using new data analytics tools to improve their performance.   The program is scheduled to start on November 5. If you want to learn more about the training program, join us at the information meeting in late August. For registration, please send an e-mail to saskurser@sas.com   Should you have any inquiries, feel free to reach out to Aida Houssan or Camilla Weichardt Talbro ... View more

It is always a great experience to attend SAS Global Forum, since the entire setup is much larger than we are used to in Denmark and the Nordics. Although it is very specialized, it is always possible to find presentations having content and complexity level that match your profile.   I chose to attend SAS Global Forum, as it is the yearly event where I get new inspiration, obtain new knowledge and thus strengthen my skills. Not least, I also expand my network, both in Denmark and abroad.   At SAS Global Forum in Denver, 6.000 SAS users, 180 from the Nordics, gathered together in one place powered by a highly professional organization. Everything from the grand opening session, the highly inspiring keynotes, the various break-out sessions, as well as the welcome registration and meals, was impressive. However, I was a bit disappointed that SAS Nordic had not arranged the tradition-bound excursion on Sunday and the Nordic dinner on Monday. It affected of course the networking part of the journey. However, a small group, including a couple of people from SAS Denmark, met and had a pleasant time nevertheless, so everything was good after all.   The break-out sessions varied in quality, both in terms of content and presenters. However, the good content made up for the less good, and there was always an alternative if you had made a "wrong" choice. If you missed a session, you can always watch the presentations afterwards on SAS Global Forum's website.   After a presentation we had the opportunity to speak with the presenters and other attendees, which was rewarding, both professionally and networking wise. Already, I have received codes from a Dutchman I had a good dialogue with.   It is indeed valuable that when you encounter a complex challenge, usually someone else has encountered the same and knows how to solve it. In fact, in my opinion, the most important output from SAS Global Forum is the personal relationships you establish.   The Quad was also a positive experience to me. I had good discussions with various R&D developers about SAS® Management Console and SAS® DI Studio. The suggestions I had were listened to and I was asked to send material to them. One of the developers sent me an email while discussing, making sure he had the correct contact information. I will send my suggestions to him, and I am excited to see the outcome.   Moreover, it was possible to speak with various SAS partners. Amongst others, I had the chance to talk to Michelle and Paul from Metacoda. Paul and I had earlier communicated with each other on the SAS® Community, so it was nice for both of us see each other face to face.   There is no doubt that in many organizations, both private and public, it is challenging to send employees to SAS Global Forum. However, we can see that the payoff of attending far outweighs the time and expenses spent.   For this reason, I can only recommend attending if you get the opportunity. Both for the sake of your company and your own professional development and network opportunities.   I Hope to see next year at SAS Global Forum in Dallas, Texas, April 28 – May 1!     Written by guest author Christian Handberg, SAS Administrator at DLR Kredit A/S ... View more

Topdanmark is Denmark's second largest insurance company with 2,400 employees. 1,000 persons use SAS® software, including SAS® Enterprise Guide and SAS® Visual Analytics. They use SAS for analyzing data, marketing solutions and building data warehouses.   Topdanmark uses SAS on mainframe (z/OS) and many Windows servers. SAS Visual Analytics is deployed in a mixed environment comprising of both Windows and Linux.   The insurance company has an internal SAS network group consisting 80 members who are primarily hardcore SAS developers and analysts.   Topdanmark is a member of SAS FANS – and has participated on SAS Global Forum (SUGI), SAS European Users Group International (SEUGI) and SAS Forum in Denmark for many years. Per Andersen who is System Specialist at Topdanmark is also a board member of the Danish SAS Platform Users Group and a frequent speaker at various SAS events.   In addition, the company actively participates in SAS FANS networking activities (e.g. SAS Platform, SAS Programming and SAS Visual Analytics users groups) for knowledge sharing with other SAS customers. At SAS webinars, a group of Topdanmark’s SAS users are gathered locally to discuss the webinar topic during and after the webinar is held, to increase and share the knowledge learned and to discuss how to apply this in the Topdanmark environment.   Would you like to see the benefits of being a FANS member? Maybe you or your organization will find it useful joining us?  Have a look at our member benefits ... View more

Ylva Andersson, Managing Director of Infotrek:   “FANS Network events and competence group are important channels for Infotrek consultants to increase their competences and knowledge regarding SAS products and solutions.   As a SAS and FANS Partner, we find the FANS events an excellent way of meeting our existing customers in a more informal way and to meet new potential customers.   As we are advisors to SAS customers, it is very important to know about SAS News before or at the same time as the customers.    Utilizing the FANS benefits I think the highest value my co-workers get from the FANS membership, would be getting involved in SAS FANS groups specializing within one area, for example SAS® Visual Analytics or SAS® Admin. Here we increase our own knowledge at the same time as we mentor customers as specialists.   Specializations are important. We need to have the edge to evolve as SAS experts. Without the specializations FANS Network events will only be customer-facing events for us.”   SAS® Global Forum This year we are 16 colleagues from Infotrek travelling to SAS® Global Forum, kicking off with Partner Forum the day before. We see Global Forum as a very important event providing us with an opportunity to increase our SAS knowledge and make connections both with customers and within SAS.   Curious about the Nordic User Group, FANS?  See the Membership packages and benefits and fill in the form if you would like to learn more. ... View more

Join the last webinar for Nordic SAS users in 2017 - December 5: Working with SAS® Enterprise Miner   SAS Nordic User Webinar where we will introduce SAS® Enterprise Miner and demonstrate how to work with building models etc.    All webinars starts 11:00 (Finland 12:00) and lasts 45 – 60 minutes.    Sign-up here ... View more

Whether you are interested in physical or online meetings, SAS provides multiple ways for you to stay updated and connected to other users and experts. 2017 has been a great year with many network meetings for us SAS-users. We are now planning the 2018 activities, and would like to invite you to share your thoughts on what you would like to see in the program. We hope to get your feedback on two simple questions. What activities would you like us to offer, and what topics should we address? Looking forward to your feedback! Thank you! PLEASE ANSWER HERE Nordic SAS Users Group FANS is run by the users, for the users. SAS partners with FANS and provides a range of activities. See examples here. ... View more

SAS Intro Tour - Get an overview of the SAS platform    At this workshop, participants are given an overview of the SAS Platform in a helicopter view. The workshop is aimed at new SAS software users who need an introduction to the role-based applications in the SAS platform. However, experienced SAS users can also participate and benefit from getting insight on the latest technology in the SAS platform and see it all in action.     During the workshop, we introduce and demonstrate some of the following applications:       SAS Enterprise Guide, SAS Studio, SAS Stored Processes SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office, SAS Visual Analytics, SAS Visual Statistics SAS Data Integration Studio, SAS Data Management Studio, SAS Federation Server SAS Management Console, SAS Environment Manager, The modern grid enabled SAS Platform    SAS Enterprise Miner, SAS Forecast Studio SAS in the future We spend the majority of the time on this workshop demoing SAS software. Use this workshop for new SAS software users. It will provide an understanding of how all these applications exchange information, and which are relevant for who in your organization. In addition, use this workshop as your starting point when learning SAS. Then you will know where to start, and you will have an overview of all the possibilities.   This workshop is designed for FANS members. FANS is Four Associations of Nordic SAS users. Become a member, read more here.   Back to FANS Event Series page and registration ... View more

SAS-platformsnetværket beskæftiger sig med ibrugtagning af den nyeste SAS-teknologi og faciliterer erfaringsudveksling mellem netværkets medlemmer og SAS-eksperter. Deltagere i denne gruppe har ansvar for installationen af SAS-software og/eller ansvar for brugen af SAS-software i deres organisation. Deltagerne i netværket har til opgave at udvikle deres SAS-platform således, at den fremstår tidssvarende og værdiskabende.   Præsentationer fra mødet er vedlagt nedenfor.   Dato: 28. november 2017 Tid:    Kl. 9:30 - 16:00 (morgenmad fra kl 8:30)   Sted:  IDA Mødecenter, Kalvebod Brygge 31-33 • 1780 København V    Deltagelse kræver medlemskab af FANS - netværket for nordiske SAS brugere. Du kan læse mere om medlemskab her. Dagsorden er udarbejdet af Per Andersen, Topdanmark, Bjørn Lange, BEC, Jan Zilstorff, Knowit og følgende medarbejdere fra SAS: Christian Christensen, Gert Nissen og Georg Morsing.   Dagsorden er udarbejdet ud fra input fra netværkets deltagere på mødet i september måned.       Dagsorden  8:30 - 9:30 Morgenmad 9:30 - 10:40 Velkomst og introduktion til dagens program, Georg Morsing, SAS SAS Platform: SAS-platformen - før, nu og i fremtiden, Georg Morsing, SAS SAS Platform: Mit liv som SAS udvikler gennem tre årtier, Per Andersen, Topdanmark SAS Platform: Standard eksempler på arkitektur med SAS 9 og SAS Viya, Thomas Damgaard, SAS 10:40 - 11:00 Pause 11:00 - 12:00 SAS Platform: SAS 9 & SAS Viya Road Map, Gert Nissen, SAS Integration: Brugen af SAS sammen med SAS Stored Processes & Web Services, Martin Durafour, BRFKredit SAS Platform: Kør dine SAS programmer mod CAS (oplæg til Breakout), Gert Nissen, SAS Få hjælp til en opgave, få hjælp til at finde en ny medarbejder, Anne Olesen, SAS Opsamling af emner til kommende netværksmøde, Georg Morsing, SAS 12:00 - 13:00 Frokost 13:00 - 13:50 SAS Platform: Demo of the new SAS Viya web based applications for data preparation, data exploration & visualization, model development, deployment, monitoring and reporting. All in one web browser session. Mathias Lanner, SAS Breakout sessions, 14:00 - 15:00 SAS Platform: Kør dine SAS programmer mod CAS (ny SAS Viya teknologi) i SAS 9.4 M5. Hvor udnyttes den nye in-memory parallel teknologi automatisk? Hvor skal man tænke på en ny måde for at udnytte det nye optimalt? Gert Nissen, SAS GDPR: Gennemgang af QKB (Quality Knowledge Base) til brug for scanning efter personoplysninger. Hvad søger man efter og hvordan gør man? Rune Nordtorp, SAS 15:00 - 15:20 Pause 15:20 - 16:00 Tips: Administration af SAS Licenser, Gedion Sand, SAS Tips: Hvordan kan du se hvad der er installeret? Gedion Sand, SAS Tips: SAS Learning Conference 13. december i København, Georg Morsing, SAS 2018: FANS aktiviteter og FANS medlemskab 2018, Georg Morsing, SAS 2018: SAS Global Forum 8-11 april 2018, Georg Morsing, SAS   Back to FANS Event Series page   Præsentationer fra mødet er vedlagt nedenfor. ... View more

FANS Network Meeting SAS Institute, Stora Frösunda, Stockholm 15. November 14:00 - 17:00   See Presentations from the meeting attached to this post.   Agenda: 14:00-14:15        Kaffe 14:15-15:00        SAS® Visual Analytics – VA på riktigt. Nu är den här - 8.2                            (Carl-Olow Magnusson, SAS Institute) 15:00-15:20        Kaffepaus 15:20-15:50        Design i SAS® Visual Analytics – Best Practice                            (Fredrik Englund, Infotrek) 15:50-16:00        Kort bensträckare 15:00-16:15        SAS, Excel och alternativ till uppdatering med DDE                            (Daniel Ringqvist, SAS Institute) 16:15-16:30        Macro ett bra hjälpmedel, en introduktion och användning                            (Georgios Karagiannis, SAS Institute) 16:30-16:45        Bygga Custom Tasks i SAS Studio. Lättare än du tror                            (Alexander Danielsson och Anders Nilsson, SAS Institute) 16:45                  Avslutning och FANS information                            Programmeringstävling (Kahoot) 17:10                  Mingel, öl, vin och tilltugg   Deltagande kräver medlemskap i FANS. Är du nyfiken på detta nordiska nätverk för SAS användare men ännu inte medlem, då är du varmt välkommen att delta och utvärdera om det kan vara något för dig.   Val av FANS- styrelse NU är det dags att välja en styrelse för FANS i Sverige som ska vara på plats med början av 2018. OM du är intresserad att vara med, anmäl ditt intresse till marie.lienzen@sas.com   Välkommen! Marie Lienzén User Group Manager, SAS Sweden   See Presentations from the meeting attached to this post.   Back to FANS Event Series page ... View more

SAS Intro Tour - Get an overview of the SAS platform    At this workshop, participants are given an overview of the SAS Platform in a helicopter view. The workshop is aimed at new SAS software users who need an introduction to the role-based applications in the SAS platform. However, experienced SAS users can also participate and benefit from getting insight on the latest technology in the SAS platform and see it all in action.     During the workshop, we introduce and demonstrate some of the following applications:       SAS Enterprise Guide, SAS Studio, SAS Stored Processes SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office, SAS Visual Analytics, SAS Visual Statistics SAS Data Integration Studio, SAS Data Management Studio, SAS Federation Server SAS Management Console, SAS Environment Manager, The modern grid enabled SAS Platform    SAS Enterprise Miner, SAS Forecast Studio SAS in the future We spend the majority of the time on this workshop demoing SAS software. Use this workshop for new SAS software users. It will provide an understanding of how all these applications exchange information, and which are relevant for who in your organization. In addition, use this workshop as your starting point when learning SAS. Then you will know where to start, and you will have an overview of all the possibilities.   This workshop is designed for FANS members. FANS is Four Associations of Nordic SAS users. Become a member, read more here.   Back to FANS Event Series page and registration ... View more

Mer informasjon og agenda kommer.    Samlingen er fra klokken 14.00-17.00, og holdes i SAS Institute sine lokaler i Parkveien 55.   Velkommen!   Back to FANS Event Series page ... View more

SAS Intro Tour - Get an overview of the SAS platform    At this workshop, participants are given an overview of the SAS Platform in a helicopter view. The workshop is aimed at new SAS software users who need an introduction to the role-based applications in the SAS platform. However, experienced SAS users can also participate and benefit from getting insight on the latest technology in the SAS platform and see it all in action.     During the workshop, we introduce and demonstrate some of the following applications:       SAS Enterprise Guide, SAS Studio, SAS Stored Processes SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office, SAS Visual Analytics, SAS Visual Statistics SAS Data Integration Studio, SAS Data Management Studio, SAS Federation Server SAS Management Console, SAS Environment Manager, The modern grid enabled SAS Platform    SAS Enterprise Miner, SAS Forecast Studio SAS in the future We spend the majority of the time on this workshop demoing SAS software. Use this workshop for new SAS software users. It will provide an understanding of how all these applications exchange information, and which are relevant for who in your organization. In addition, use this workshop as your starting point when learning SAS. Then you will know where to start, and you will have an overview of all the possibilities.   This workshop is designed for FANS members. FANS is Four Associations of Nordic SAS users. Become a member, read more here.   Time: 9:00-12:00   Back to FANS Event Series page and registration ... View more

Præsentationer fra mødet er vedlagt nedenfor.   Temaet er ”Explorations & Analytics”.   Deltag hvis du vil inspirere og inspireres af andre virksomheder, der benytter SAS Visual Analytics, samt holde dig orienteret om de nyeste opdateringer.   Vi afholder to identiske møder i    København 9. oktober, kl. 9-12 Skanderborg 10. oktober, kl. 9-12   Du finder dagsorden nedenstående.   08:30 - 09:00 Indskrivning og morgenmad 09:00 - 10:15 "Introduktion" ved Jeppe Deigaard, SAS Institute   ”Data Explorerings demo – find den skjulte viden i data”, ved Gert Nissen, SAS Institute   "Data Explorering i plenum" ved Jais Tindborg, TDC &Torben Skov, SAS Institute (Jais præsenterer kun i Kbh.) 10:15 - 10:30 Pause 10:30 - 12:00 “Competing at a data science competition - To Die or Not To Die”, ved Petri Roine, SAS Institute   "Gruppe diskussion: Hvad er dine planer og tanker om brugen af data eksplorationer og analytics" (plenum)   "Afrunding, herunder nyheder i SAS Visual Analytics", ved Jeppe Deigaard, SAS Institute 12:00 - 13:00 Netværk og sandwich   Tilmelding finder du HER.   Emnet er valgt af planlægningsgruppen baseret på spørgeskemabesvarelserne fra netværksmødet d. 13. oktober 2016. Tak for de mange gode input. Planlægningsgruppen består af Jais Tindborg (TDC), Henrik Obling (Jyske Bank) og Jeppe Deigaard (SAS Institute).   Du finder en oversigt over årets netværksmøder og webinare HER.   Hvis du har en god idé til et oplæg, feedback eller spørgsmål til dette møde eller netværket generelt, er du velkommen til at kontakte mig på jeppe.deigaard@sas.com   Venlig hilsen   Jeppe Deigaard      Back to FANS Event Series page   Præsentationer fra mødet er vedlagt nedenfor. ... View more

  Præsentationer og SAS programmer fra mødet er vedlagt nedenfor.     Klog på SAS-programmering 5. oktober 2017 IDA Mødecenter, Kalvebodbrygge 31-33, 1780 København V     8:30 - 9:00 Kaffe og registrering 9:00 - 10:00 Nyheder i SAS 9.4 M5 - ny version som er tilgængelig ultimo september SAS programmeringskonkurrence PROC REPORT og ODS EXCEL - eksempel for styrring af output til Excel   Pause 10:20 - 11:00 PROC EXPAND og INTNX funktionen - eksempel på generering af datoer i en tidserie Pseudonymering og anonymisering - hvad betyder disse to begreber og hvorfor er de vigtige lige nu? Vi viser et simpelt SAS kode eksempel.   Pause 11:20 - 12:00 Fem måder hvorpå du kan danne en macro variabel Parallel udførsel af kode - forskellige metoder Vinder af SAS programmeringskonkurrencen Afslutning 12:00 Let frokost - sandwich   Dagsorden revideres forud for mødet.       Netværksmødet er for FANS medlemmer. Er din virksomhed ikke medlem er du velkommen til at deltage for at se om dette er noget for dig i fremtiden.   Back to FANS Event Series page   Præsentationer og SAS programmer fra mødet er vedlagt nedenfor. ... View more

  SAS Platform Network meeting 28 September, 12:00 – 16:00 SAS Institute, Espoo   Notice: Presentations from the meeting attached below in two zip files.    Agenda: 12:00 Welcome and introduction of all participants Pietari Koskela The SAS Platform Network: why, what and how Georg Morsing FANS - Nordic SAS User Group Pietari Koskela FANS Status 2017 FANS Plans 2018 Break 13:30 News Gert Nissen SAS Roadmap for SAS9 and SAS Viya News in SAS 9.4M5 Update from SAS customers present at the meeting Pietari Koskela Input/status/questions from each SAS customer (5 min) Break 15:00 SAS Platform Administration Gert Nissen Administration of SAS Licenses Adminstration of capabilities in the SAS Platform Gert Nissen Logging in SAS - possibilities & customer example Georg Morsing Input for next meeting - 7 December 2017 Pietari Koskela Conclusions The SAS Platform Network deals with the usage of the latest SAS technology and facilitates the exchange of experience between network members and SAS experts. Participants in this group is responsible for the SAS software environment and/or responsibility for the use of SAS software in their organization. Participants in the network are tasked with developing their SAS platform in such a way that it appears modern and value-adding to their organization.   The meeting is for FANS members. If you not yet are a member of FANS you are still welcome to participate to see if this is interesting for you in the future.     Back to FANS Event Series page   Notice: Presentations from the meeting attached below in two zip files. ... View more