Thank you Mam @Cynthia_sas for the detailed note and especially for "(ps I have shared your suggestion with our Customer Service Manager.)" . Basically I am very very keen on learning the concepts using books by some of my favorite authors and then use SAS docs rather for syntax help. Hence the reason, I am trying to find ways to get access to safari-online by any inexpensive means so that I can continue learning using this very approach.
Personally,
1. Reading books and understanding concepts with some reread and redo helps me grip it very well.
2. For syntax,SAS docs are very handy
3. Once the stuff registers in my mind, I tend to leapfrog in speed. It's almost gets to the point, as the requirement narrates to my mind, the code is in the fingers.
One would be wondering, then why not buy the eBooks from SAS press. Well, I enjoyed the safari subscription being a full time student at DePaul but now that I have graduated the thought of not having it is really disturbing but at the same time indiv subscription is very expensive for someone who only cares about SAS+Statistics books. Hence, my wish and idea of SAS Inc having an e-library that charges pay as you go for usage service would be so wonderful.
Don't get me wrong, While I sound so much being concerned about the price, I do value some of the authors and their hard work in being able to launch the book in a particular topic however safari price tag is really frustrating.
Best Regards!
PS I was participant in a discussion about data visulization and was of the impression SAS ODS is losing ground to Tableau/Qlikview etc but was really pleased when somebody pointed to me that ODS is still better and powerful. Apparently, they often refer to your
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Output Delivery System: The Basics and Beyond
By: Lauren E. Haworth; Cynthia L. Zender; Michele M. Burlew
Publisher: SAS Institute
Pub. Date: October 01, 2009
Print ISBN-13: 978-1-59994-660-3
Pages in Print Edition: 636
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