• Uses for PROC FCMP
• A procedure for writing functions with DATA step source
• Secure stored macros
• Small, yet significant additions to DATA step
• The pre-production DATA step/ODS interface for custom reporting

Tips and tricks presentation
Panning for Gold: Nuggets of Helpful SAS^® Code

 

 

• use of a colon modifier to delete temporary datasets,
• special use of the sum function for contiguous variables,
• importing of a Microsoft Excel worksheet through use of DDE, a many to many merge that is performed using a data step
• a method of printing placeholder output to the output window when a dataset has no values.

What else will this meeting offer?

• PROC TRIVIA as presented by our very own GVSUG Vice-Chair, Michael Tomb (you’ll love this audience participation game)
• Door prizes courtesy of SAS and NESUG
• Appetizers and soft drinks provided by GVSUG

Directly after the meeting …
Join us for a SAS ‘n SUDS informal gathering at TGIF Restaurant located on the corner of East Henrietta and Crittenden Roads, directly across from Corporate Woods Complex.

Registration and Membership
Advance registration will begin immediately.  Please send an email to Joseph_Guido@urmc.rochester.edu or to the website at GVSUGreply@gmail.com

 

Dear GVSUGers,

I am sorry to inform you but our Fall 2009 meeting has been CANCELLED due to our keynote speaker being ill.  We plan to reschedule for January 2010.  Stay tuned for more information.  Thank you for your understanding.

Joseph Guido, Chair

GVSUG

Our Fall Meeting is set for Thursday, November 5, 2009 from 3-6pm (registration at 2:30pm).  The VENUE has CHANGED for THIS MEETING!!!  We will be meeting at the Chair’s workplace (120 Corporate Woods, Suite 350 (behind Phillip’s European Restaurant).  It should be a great meeting as we have Jason Secosky giving us PART DEUX - A SAMPLER OF WHAT’S NEW IN SAS^® 9.2 — This presentation will highlight new features in DATA step, Macro, and ODS, and show how coding with SAS is easier than ever with SAS 9.2. Key topics include:

• Uses for PROC FCMP
• A procedure for writing functions with DATA step source
• Secure stored macros
• Small, yet significant additions to DATA step
• The pre-production DATA step/ODS interface for custom reporting

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Our own Bill Csont (GVSUG executive committee member) will give a talk entitled  “Panning for Gold: Nuggets of Helpful SAS^® Code”

Examples in this presentation include:

• use of a colon modifier to delete temporary datasets,
• special use of the sum function for contiguous variables,
• importing of a Microsoft Excel worksheet through use of DDE, a many to many merge that is performed using a data step
• a method printing placeholder output to the output window when a dataset has no values.

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Additional Details to follow next week ………………… Stay tuned …………………………………….

Joseph Guido, Chair

This is a quick post to let everyone know that we will be holding our usual, informal SAS’n'Suds event immediately after the Spring Meeting on Thursday, May 14th, 2009. We’ll be meeting in the bar/lounge area at the front of the RIT Inn & Conference Center around 6pm.

Everyone is welcome. Come join us in toasting our new members, conference speakers, and the continuing excellence of all things SAS.

Joe Guido,
GVSUG Chair

This is a quick post to let everyone know that we will be holding the 2009 GVSUG Winter Social on Thursday, February 26th at the Tap & Mallet Pub (voted “Best New Restaurant” in City Newspaper’s ‘Best Of’ Awards for 2008).

Festivities will be getting under way around 5:00 pm and GVSUG, courtesy of our generous sponsors, will be covering the costs of snacks, so bring your family, friends, and prospective members. (More details and registration info after the jump) (more…)

Here is a quick reminder that we’ll be having our usual, and highly informal, SAS’n'Suds gathering right after the Fall Meeting breaks up (around 6pm Tuesday). We’ll be meeting up in the lounge/bar at the front of the RIT Inn and Conference Center.

All are welcome. Come join us in toasting our new members, conference speakers, and the continuing excellence of the SAS system.

Joe Guido,
GVSUG Chair

It’s official…the annual GVSUG summer picnic is scheduled for Thursday, July 31, 2008 at Ellison Park in Rochester, NY.

Hots & Hamburgs, Chips & Beverages are included for a nominal fee:
Preregistered: $3-Single $6-Family of two or more (Such a Deal!)
Otherwise on Day of Picnic: $5-Single $10-Family

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Note from the Chair:

Dear GVSUG Members (and our distinguished sponsors),

I am inviting you to a social get together at a City of Rochester establishment called the “Tap and Mallet“, recently reviewed in City Magazine. I must say that your Executive Committee had our monthly meeting there the other night and thought it would be an excellent place for our group to have a social. (more…)