Business Intelligence Platform
This section contains papers which relate to the Enterprise Data Integration and Enterprise Business Intelligence platform from SAS Institute.
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Customising SAS OQ to Provide Business Specific Testing of SAS Installations and Updates- Date:
- 04 November 2011
This paper describes a simple method that allows the SAS Operational Qualification tool to be customised to execute additional SAS code in order to provide a robust method for regression testing a new SAS installation using business specific SAS programs. This paper is aimed at SAS users and administrators wishing to upgrade or update their SAS installation whilst comprehensively ensuring the consistency of their results.
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New Light though Old Windows - Delivering Real Time Information with Windows 7 Desktop Gadgets
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- 14 April 2011
In this paper the author demonstrates how to deliver SAS information directly to the information consumer’s desktop with Microsoft Windows 7 Desktop Gadgets. Displaying headline analytics from continually updating data, such as an active marketing campaign, or simply the status of your SAS server are just two possibilities for exploiting the Gadget feature.
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Metadata for SAS9 Programmers
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- 02 March 2010
This paper introduces the fundamental concepts of metadata. These concepts include details on metadata location, structure and how to query and exploit it. The investigation will deliver an overview of key concepts and also provide a basis for further exploration of this important SAS9 resource.
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Exploring the Metadata Family Tree
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- 26 February 2010
The paper will explain how to use the metadata functions available in the data step environment and highlight different uses of the information that can be extracted. It will also describe the basics of writing metadata queries via the Metadata Utility within the SAS Management Console. This paper is for SAS programmers who wish to learn how the information is stored in the metadata server and how this can be extracted.
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From Tiers to Intelligence
- Date:
- 26 February 2010
This paper is aimed at those of us whose answer to any of the above is ‘yes’. It seeks to summarise and clarify the terminology associated with the SAS9 Business Intelligence offering. The paper will contain a general overview of what the SAS Enterprise Intelligence Platform is. It will discuss the SAS9 multi-tiered environment and give an overview of the various SAS®9 applications, including SAS® Management Console, SAS® Data Integration Studio and SAS® Web Report Studio.
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Migrating 4GL SAS Code
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- 26 February 2010
For many organisations, the decision to migrate from 4th Generation SAS code represents not only a considerable financial investment but also typically requires the migration of existing code. This paper explores the challenges and opportunities presented by this process; it describes a practical approach to the overall process; and provides an example of some of the tools developed by Amadeus to help facilitate the process.

