Simulating data is a common tool data scientists and analysts use often.  Model selection can depend on the distribution of the data. Being able to simulate large data sets quickly is a great way to solve this problem. We'll dive deeper into data simulation in SAS Bowl XXXVI.   Game Details The SAS Support Community trivia event, SAS Bowl XXXVI, Data Simulation is scheduled for Wednesday, December 13, 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 Data Simulation SAS enables you to quickly create large data sets drawn from different distributions. Understanding the distribution is key to knowing your data and selecting your best modeling options. But data simulation takes planning. You want to follow best practices and create efficient simulations and avoid programming pitfalls.   Here are a few resources you can review for the game. Simulation SAS blog posts - @Rick_SAS has written a book on the subject; much of the material can be found in his blog posts 10 Tips for Simulating Data With SAS - SAS Ask the Expert Webinar by @Rick_SAS  Use SAS to Quickly Simulate and Graph Data from Different Distributions - Communities article by @BethEbersole  - there's a complimentary video as well Creating Simulated Data Sets - SAS Users blog post by @Ron_Cody - there's a part 2 as well Using SAS Viya to Simulate Data -  a short video on simulating data in SAS Viya   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.   ... View more

We'll take a page out of Julie Andrew's book for SAS Bowl XXXV and highlight: These are a few of my favorite PROCs. SAS procedures are the core of SAS programming and we'd like to introduce you to some of the more popular ones.   Game Details The SAS Support Community trivia event, SAS Bowl XXXV, My Favorite PROCs is scheduled for Wednesday, November 15, 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.   We'll focus on the following PROCs: data step, SQL, freq, means, summary, report, tabulate, http, delete, datasets, options, logistic, reg, ttest, model   Here are some links to a few resources that highlight these PROCs so you can study up for the event. data step articles on the SAS Community proc freq articles on the SAS Community proc http articles on the SAS Community proc sql articles on the SAS Community Feel free to search through articles in the Community for other PROCs   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.   ... View more

We're almost there.....   This session provided an overview of the new SAS® developer portal, developer.sas.com. SAS recognizes the importance of integration with open source technologies and is investing in a world-class developer portal that will help developers work with SAS in new and exciting ways. The updated portal focuses on SAS APIs and use cases. It also provides resources for open source integration with SAS, SAS® Viya® programming, SDKs and other SAS solutions – all focused on the developer's perspective. The session began with an overview of what a developer portal is and what components make up a good portal. We discussed the intended personas for the site and affirm the various audiences who will use the resource. We walked through the site and demonstrate many of the components and functionality discussed earlier. We wrapped up the session with a talk about the site's future as we continue to develop and expand. The new developer portal is a highly anticipated resource, and we can't wait to show it off.   Here's a recording of a tour of the new developer.sas.com.   And here's the new developer portal in action with an API use case.       ... View more

I guess we technically had SAS Bowl XXXIV AT SAS Explore. However, what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. Despite a cyber-security attack at the venue, the conference was a resounding success. While we did have fun, the focus was on software, solving problems, and networking. While all this is still in our recent memory, for this edition of the SAS Bowl, we'll take a look back at SAS Explore 2023.   Game Details The SAS Support Community trivia event, SAS Bowl XXXIV, SAS Explore 2023 Highlights is scheduled for Wednesday, October 18, 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 2023 We did it! As promised, we had four days, thousands of technology peers, 100+ sessions, training, awesome keynotes, and 45 booths in the Innovation Hub. SAS also announced many new initiatives, such as SAS Viya Workbench, SAS App Factory, Enterprise Guide for SAS Viya, continued development and support for SAS9, and advances in generative AI.   For the trivia event, we'll focus on SAS Explore 2023 highlights. Here are a few resources to browse to get familiar with what transpired during SAS Explore as well as a few summaries on announcements: SAS Explore | In-Person | Sept. 11-14 | Las Vegas – Main page for SAS Explore with an On-Demand experience SAS Explore Communities page – Communities hub including presentations, discussions, training, R&D Breakouts, Super Demos, and SAS Hackathon winners SAS Viya Release Highlights – Live from Vegas, the show outlines new SAS innovations announced during SAS Explore SAS Explore presentations page – Communities page with summaries of all breakout sessions.  What's next for SAS 9 and SAS Enterprise Guide? - The SAS Dummy blog post by @ChrisHemedinger  We're still gathering and organizing things from SAS Explore. Please check back as we WILL add to this list.   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. ... View more

Hi Developers, Registration is now open for SAS Explore 2023. This is a must-attend for SAS enthusiasts. The three-day event will be held live, in Las Vegas, on September 11-14, 2023. We've scheduled over 100 breakout sessions, dozens of super demos, training, and hands-on workshops.   Attendance is a no-brainer. But what sessions should you attend? Well, it's ultimately up to you, but I've perused the list and come up with a list of must-sees from a developer's perspective.   Some of the sessions overlap, so you make the call. I'll also add a plug here for my session, developer.sas.com 2.0: The Relaunch of the SAS Developer Portal, Wednesday, at 1:30. I'll also be in the Innovation Hub throughout the conference. Please find me and say hello.   See you there!   Title Description Speaker Type & Time Building SAS Studio Flows in SAS Viya This course is for users who do not have SAS programming experience but need to access and prepare data and present summarized results. This course focuses on using flows, a point-and-click tool in SAS Studio that visualizes data transformation processes. SAS Instructor Training Mon, 1 - 6 Developing Custom Steps with SAS® Studio Analyst This course teaches you how to develop custom steps to create a user interface on top of your own code that can be shared, reused and executed in SAS Studio flows. SAS Instructor Training Mon, 1 - 6 SAS Viya and Python Integration Fundamentals In this course, you'll learn to use the Python SWAT (SAS Wrapper for Analytics Transfer) package to take advantage of the SAS Cloud Analytic Services (CAS) engine in SAS Viya for massively parallel processing (MPP) using familiar Python syntax.  SAS Instructor Training Mon, 1 - 6 Optimizing Your SAS Jobs When Working With Snowflake Learn how to optimize SAS jobs for Snowflake. We'll delve into advanced techniques to enhance performance and efficiency. SAS Instructor Super Demo Tues, 11:30 - 11:55 Discover the Power of App Factory We'll guide you step-by-step on how to craft a cutting-edge, robust, high-speed progressive web app (PWA), leveraging top-tier standards and practices tailored to any SAS® function or model.  SAS Instructor Super Demo Tues, 12 - 12:25  Integrating SAS Studio With Apache Airflow With SAS Provider for Airflow, it's possible to create Airflow tasks to execute SAS Studio Flows, aka data pipelines, jobs and other assets. SAS Instructor Super Demo Tues, 12 - 12:25  App Factory: A Comprehensive Solution for Efficient SaaS Applications We will demonstrate how – with App Factory – you can easily turn your ideas into standard API-fronted cloud compute functions that can be consumed by the rest of your organization – whether you're working with SAS code or Python. SAS Instructor Super Demo Tues, 12:30 - 12:55  SAS Viya Workbench: On-Demand Developer Environments Learn about SAS Viya Workbench and the convenience of spinning up a personal development environment on demand. SAS Instructor Super Demo Tues, 12:30 - 12:55  SAS Viya Tour: What Makes SAS Viya Special Let SAS be your research analyst extraordinaire! From SAS Visual Analytics to Model Studio to SAS Studio, we'll show you how no-code and low-code tools on the SAS Viya platform speed up your analysis and increase your time to value. Lincoln Groves Breakout Tues, 1:30 - 2:15 SAS Viya Unleashed: Scalable and Performant Algorithms Across Coding Languages and Environments Explore the cutting-edge capabilities of SAS Viya Workbench, a lightweight and fast-deployment environment that empowers users of SAS, Python and R to harness the full potential of SAS algorithms. Udo Sglavo & Brett Wujek Breakout Tues, 1:30 - 1:50 Using a Git Repository with SAS Studio Learn how to effectively use Git with SAS Studio on the SAS Viya platform Stephen Foerster Hands-on Workshop Tues, 2:45 - 3:30 Learn SAS Event Stream Processing Open Source Integration With Git and Grafana on Azure Marketplace Learn how to package and store streaming projects in Git to facilitate distribution and enhance version control. Steven Allan & Daniele Cazzari Breakout Tues, 2:45 - 3:35 Unlocking Actionable Intelligence at Scale: Streamlining Delivery of SAS Visual Analytics Insights Publish insights at scale through your custom-designed web apps using familiar cloud, developer and DevOps technologies. In this session, you’ll see how to use SAS Visual Analytics and the SAS Viya SDK for JavaScript to deploy your insights at scale. Brad Morris Breakout Tues, 2:45 - 3:35 Unlock Your Data with Python and SAS Viya Learn how to use Python and the SAS Viya platform to turn complex questions into understandable, actionable insights using the SAS Cloud Analytic Services (CAS) engine on the platform for massively parallel processing. Peter Styliadis Hands-on Workshop Tues, 4 - 4:45 Customize Your Way to Success: Using Custom Steps From the SAS GitHub Repository in SAS Studio SAS Studio Custom Steps enable you to create a user interface for users at your site to complete a specific custom task. There is a public GitHub repository of these custom steps designed by both SAS employees and other customers that you can import and use at your site. MK Queen Breakout Tues, 4 - 4:20 SAS Visual Forecasting Open Source Modeling Node SAS Visual Forecasting software, which offers an open environment for large-scale automatic modeling and forecasting, now supports running programs written in Python or R in its new open source modeling node. Mahesh Joshi Breakout Tues, 4 - 4:20 Developing Purpose-Built Applications With SAS Caesars Entertainment is using SAS® Viya® for charter flight scheduling analytics to more strategically schedule flights to maximize profitability.  Malorie Robinson & Pavan Kapur Breakout Tues, 4:30 - 4:50 SAS Viya Workbench: The Programming Experience Learn about SAS Viya Workbench through the lens of the programmer, whether SAS or Python. We'll focus on the programming experience and how we make driving SAS analytics easier and more intuitive. SAS Instructor Super Demo Tues, 5 - 5:25 Increase Your Productivity With the SAS Extension for Visual Studio Code The official SAS Extension for Visual Studio Code combines the power of the SAS analytics platform with the convenient and incredibly popular Visual Studio Code development environment.  SAS Instructor Super Demo Wed, 11:30 - 11:55 Performant Python Model Batch Execution Deploy Python models using SAS® Model Manager into our container optimized for scoring batch data. Using this container, we can see up to a 10x improvement in execution time. SAS Instructor Super Demo Wed, 12:30 - 12:55 MLOps for Pirates: R SASCTL A demonstration of R SASCTL. It will introduce R SASCTL and show how to leverage the package to bridge the gap between data scientists and MLOps engineers for R models. SAS Instructor Super Demo Wed, 1 - 1:25 Developer.sas.com 2.0: The Relaunch of the SAS Developer Portal This session provides an overview of the new SAS® developer portal, developer.sas.com. SAS recognizes the importance of integration with open source technologies and is investing in a world-class developer portal that will help developers work with SAS in new and exciting ways. Joe Furbee Breakout Wed, 1:30 - 2:20 Embracing and Enhancing Open Source Algorithms in SAS Viya 4 We will discuss some high-performance methods that Viya 4 has incorporated and will showcase the improvements we've made in these methods from their open source beginnings. Aishwarya Sharma & Xin Hunt Breakout Wed, 1:30 - 2:20 SAS, SQL, R, and Python: We're All Friends In this workshop, you learn how easy it is to use SAS, SQL, R, and Python within Jupyter. It's (almost always) better together - so learn how to leverage the cloud architecture to better integrate your projects and speed up your time to value! Lincoln Groves Hands-on Workshop Wed, 2:45 - 3:30 Using JSON Data With SAS You will learn what JSON is and how it is used, how to use the JSON libname engine to read JSON into SAS data sets, how to use JSON maps to control how SAS reads and interprets the raw JSON data, and how to use PROC JSON to create JSON output in SAS. Chris Hemedinger Breakout Wed, 2:45 - 3:05 More Goodies in the SAS Extension for Visual Studio Code  This presentation will highlight features and enhancements recently added to the extension. These include greatly simplified authentication, support for SAS 9.4 servers, working with SAS content, navigating SAS libraries, viewing data sets, a notebook experience and more. Casey Smith Breakout Wed, 3:15 - 3:35  Leveraging SAS Information Catalog REST APIs: Programmatically Discovering Data We will showcase how utilizing these REST APIs, accessible from SAS, Python or shell scripts, can unlock the potential of programmatically discovering data. Bogdan Teleuca Breakout Wed, 4 - 4:20 Discover the Power of App Factory we'll guide you step-by-step on how to craft a cutting-edge, robust, high-speed progressive web app (PWA), leveraging top-tier standards and practices tailored to any SAS® function or model.  SAS Instructor Super Demo Wed, 5:30 - 5:55 Using SAS to Extract Data From the Census Data API This session will demonstrate the reusable collection of SAS programs and macros that can run from SAS® 9.4 M4 on both Linux and Windows platforms. Extract data from the Census Data API to create SAS datasets in as little as three steps. Ahmed Al-Attar Breakout Thurs, 10:15 - 11:05 Unleashing Potential: Join the SAS Hackathon 2024 We'll delve into the thrilling world of the SAS Hackathon. Gain invaluable insights from past use cases, learn from successful teams and discover the compelling reasons to participate – like gaining access to the state-of-the-art SAS® Viya® in the cloud and the guidance of a seasoned SAS mentor. Einar Holvorsen & Peter Lundqvist Breakout Thurs, 10:45 - 11:05 Developing Lightweight, Cloud-Native Applications Powered by SAS AI This session will introduce the concept of developing lightweight, cloud-native apps underpinned by SAS' industry-leading AI, using SAS® Viya® App Factory.  Saurabh Mishra Breakout Thurs, 11:15 - 11:35 MLOps Uncoiled: Python’s Path on SAS Viya® With SAS Model Manager Using our open source package, python-sasctl, SAS Model Manager, containers and more, we will demonstrate how to create an end-to-end MLOps process for Python models on SAS Viya. Anthony Kan &  Sophia Rowland Breakout Thurs, 11:15 - 11:35 Unlock Your Data with Python and SAS Viya Learn how to use Python and the SAS Viya platform to turn complex questions into understandable, actionable insights using the SAS Cloud Analytic Services (CAS) engine on the platform for massively parallel processing.  Peter Styliadis Hands-on Workshop Thurs, 11:15 - 12       ... View more

SAS Explore 2023 is scheduled for September 11-14 in Las Vegas. In the video below @AlexSchwalm covers all there is to do during the four days at SAS Explore.     Register for SAS Explore 2023 ... View more

SAS Explore 2023 is scheduled for September 11-14 in Las Vegas. In the video below @joeFurbee explains all you'll find in the SAS Explore Innovation Hub.     Register for SAS Explore 2023 ... View more