Review
"Efficient software means reduced costs and maximum return on an organization's investment. The SAS System provides a myriad of tools to solve business problems, but the most efficient techniques are seldom obvious and often overlooked. What the programmer needs is a detailed reference manual, an efficiency tutorial, and a friendly mentor all rolled into one. That's what this book provides in superb fashion. Philip Holland has taken several of the key issues, explained the problems, suggested solutions, and even provided sample code. Keep this book on your desk!"
Peter Bennett
Director, I.T. Training Services Limited, UK
"At first glance I thought that this might be just another book of SAS coding examples. Not so! A closer inspection shows that this book is all about the problems and issues, some big and some small, that are sure to cause heartburn when they are encountered. It provides both standard and nonstandard solutions to a wide variety of production situations. Before you pull your hair out, grab this book…it will save you both time and money. "
Art Carpenter
California Occidental Consultants
Product Description
Get the most from your SAS software!
In this expert collection of strategic and tactical solutions, author Philip Holland shows you how to save time and money by making the most of your SAS software. You'll gain a deeper knowledge of your existing SAS components, improve your coding efficiency, and learn how to develop applications that are easier to maintain. Filled with invaluable tips and hints and with coding examples that can be adapted to your specific projects, this book is the ultimate reference source that you will reach for again and again as you develop your business processes.
You'll learn how to perform many tasks, including the following:
- access SAS data by using the SAS ODBC Driver, DDE, and SAS Integration Technologies
- make productive use of available space in mainframe, Windows, and UNIX environments
- produce portable graphic report formats by using SAS/GRAPH
- import data from and export data to external databases and spreadsheets without using SAS/ACCESS
- read specific data types from flat files into SAS data sets
- develop SAS applications by using SAS Enterprise Guide
Whether you're a beginner or an advanced SAS programmer, Saving Time and Money Using SAS will increase your understanding of SAS and help you get the full value from your SAS software!
