Updated What's New Now Available from the Web
The latest version of the What's New documentation is available from support.sas.com. The following files were updated:
The following free product documentation was added or updated at
http://support.sas.com/documentation/onlinedoc/91pdf/index_913.html
(Titles that have been updated or added have 03APR06 by their entries.):
Base SAS 9.0, 9.1, and 9.1.3 Language Reference
Base SAS 9.0, 9.1, and 9.1.3 Procedures
SAS/ACCESS 9.0, 9.1, 9.1.2, and 9.1.3 Interfaces to Relational Databases
SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office 2.1
SAS Data Integration Studio 3.3
SAS Enterprise Guide 4.1
SAS Information Delivery Portal 2.0
SAS Information Map Studio 3.1
SAS Integration Technologies 9.0, 9.1, 9.1.2, and 9.1.3
SAS 9.1.3 Intelligence Platform
SAS/IntrNet 9.0 and 9.1: Application Dispatcher
SAS 9.1 and 9.1.3 Metadata LIBNAME Engine
SAS OLAP Server 9.1 and 9.1.3
SAS Open Metadata Architecture 9.0, 9.1, 9.1.2, and 9.1.3
SAS/OR 9.1.3, Release 2
SAS 9.0, 9.1, and 9.1.3 Output Delivery System
SAS Web Report Studio 3.1
Newest Title from SAS Press
Title: SAS for Mixed Models, Second Edition
Authors: Ramon Littell, George Milliken, Walter Stroup, Russell Wolfinger, and Oliver Schabenberger
Description:
The indispensable, up-to-date guide to mixed models using SAS. Discover the latest capabilities available for a variety of applications featuring the MIXED, GLIMMIX, and NLMIXED procedures in this valuable edition of the comprehensive mixed models guide for data analysis, completely revised and updated for SAS®9.
SAS products addressed: Base SAS, SAS/STAT
Available for these SAS software releases: 9.1.3, 9.1.2, 9.1, 9.0, 8.2, 8.1, 8.01, 8.0
Selling price: 89.95 USD
ISBN: 1-59047-500-3
Page count: 840
To learn more about this title or to purchase a copy:
http://www.sas.com/apps/pubscat/bookdetails.jsp?pc=59882
Newest Documentation Available from SAS Publishing's Online Bookstore
Title:Base SAS 9.1.3 Procedures Guide, Second Edition, Volumes 1-4
ISBN: 1-59047-754-5
To learn more: http://www.sas.com/apps/pubscat/bookdetails.jsp?pc=60522
Title: SAS 9.1.3 Intelligence Platform: Security Administration Guide
ISBN: 1-59994-007-8
To learn more: http://www.sas.com/apps/pubscat/bookdetails.jsp?pc=60962
Title: SAS 9.1.3 Language Reference: Dictionary, Fourth Edition, Volumes 1-4
ISBN : 1-59047-813-4
To learn more : http://www.sas.com/apps/pubscat/bookdetails.jsp?pc=60834
Title: SAS 9.1.3 Metadata LIBNAME Engine: User's Guide, Second Edition
ISBN : 1-59047-822-3
To learn more : http://www.sas.com/apps/pubscat/bookdetails.jsp?pc=60848
Title: SAS 9.1.3 OLAP Server: Administrator's Guide, Fifth Edition
ISBN : 1-59047-841-X
To learn more : http://www.sas.com/apps/pubscat/bookdetails.jsp?pc=60797
Title: SAS 9.1.3 OLAP Server: MDX Guide, Third Edition
ISBN : 1-59047-820-7
To learn more : http://www.sas.com/apps/pubscat/bookdetails.jsp?pc=60861
Title: SAS 9.1.3 OLAP Server: User's Guide, Second Edition
ISBN : 1-59047-821-5
To learn more : http://www.sas.com/apps/pubscat/bookdetails.jsp?pc=60860
Title: SAS 9.1.3 Output Delivery System: User's Guide, Volumes 1 and 2
ISBN : 1-59047-839-8
To learn more : http://www.sas.com/apps/pubscat/bookdetails.jsp?pc=60820
Title: SAS Information Map Studio 3.1: Creating Your First Information Map
ISBN : 1-59994-003-5
To learn more : http://www.sas.com/apps/pubscat/bookdetails.jsp?pc=61072
Title: SAS Information Map Studio 3.1: Tips and Techniques
ISBN : 1-59994-004-3
To learn more : http://www.sas.com/apps/pubscat/bookdetails.jsp?pc=60854
Title: SAS/ACCESS 9.1.3 for Relational Databases: Reference, Third Edition
ISBN : 1-59047-824-X
To learn more : http://www.sas.com/apps/pubscat/bookdetails.jsp?pc=60843
Title: SAS/ACCESS 9.1.3 Supplement for DB2 under UNIX and PC Hosts (SAS/ACCESS for Relational Databases), Second Edition
ISBN : 1-59047-865-7
To learn more : http://www.sas.com/apps/pubscat/bookdetails.jsp?pc=60943
Title: SAS/ACCESS 9.1.3 Supplement for DB2 under z/OS (SAS/ACCESS for Relational Databases)
ISBN : 1-59047-805-3
To learn more : http://www.sas.com/apps/pubscat/bookdetails.jsp?pc=60742
Title: SAS/ACCESS 9.1.3 Supplement for MySQL (SAS/ACCESS for Relational Databases)
ISBN : 1-59047-924-6
To learn more : http://www.sas.com/apps/pubscat/bookdetails.jsp?pc=61059
Title: SAS/ACCESS 9.1.3 Supplement for Teradata (SAS/ACCESS for Relational Databases), Second Edition
ISBN : 1-59047-823-1
To learn more : http://www.sas.com/apps/pubscat/bookdetails.jsp?pc=60844
New Certification Prep Guide Now Available!
Title: SAS Certification Prep Guide: Base Programming for SAS9
Description:
Prepare for the SAS Base Programming for SAS9 certification exam with the official guide by the SAS Certified Professional Program. New and experienced SAS users who want to prepare for the SAS Base Programming for SAS9 certification exam will find this guide an invaluable, convenient, and comprehensive resource that covers all of the objectives tested on the exam.
SAS product addressed: Base SAS
Available for these SAS software releases: 9.1.3, 9.1.2, 9.1, 9.0
Selling price: 124.00 USD
ISBN: 1-59047-922-X
Page count:848
To learn more about this title or to purchase a copy:
http://www.sas.com/apps/pubscat/bookdetails.jsp?pc=61034
New Title Distributed by SAS Press
Title: Case Studies in Performance Management: A Guide from the Experts
Author: Tony Adkins
Description:
A compilation of eight case studies in Activity-Based Costing (ABC) and Performance Management (PM), with a foreword from Gary Cokins about their tie into a PM framework, Case Studies in Performance Management features contributions from an anonymous perspective to respect the customer's confidentiality with follow-up reports on their success and/or failure.
SAS product addressed: SAS Strategic Performance Management
Selling price: 45.00 USD
ISBN: 0-471-77659-9
Page count: 208
To learn more about this title or to purchase a copy:
http://www.sas.com/apps/pubscat/bookdetails.jsp?pc=60781
Save 20% on This Month's Featured Book from SAS Press!
Featured books are available at a 20% discount through April 30th! To ensure that you receive this discount, please reference the tracking code "YN" in the comments field for online orders. Be sure to reference this code in fax and phone orders, too.
Title: Performance Management: Finding the Missing Pieces (to Close the Intelligence Gap)
Author: Gary Cokins
Description:
Performance Management (PM) is the process of managing an organization's strategy through a fully integrated system of business improvement methodologies supported by technology. PM encompasses the methodologies, metrics, processes, software tools, and systems that manage the performance of an organization. Written by a leading thinker and pioneer in cost and performance management, Performance Management shows corporations how to implement PM tools--or refine the ones they already have--to make better executive and operational decisions that will achieve greater results.
SAS product addressed: SAS Strategic Performance Management
Selling price: 38.95 USD
ISBN: 0-471-57690-5
Page count: 304
To learn more about this title or to purchase a copy:
http://www.sas.com/apps/pubscat/bookdetails.jsp?pc=59791&promo=YN
Train to Become a SAS Certified Professional with Self-Paced e-Learning
One of the most valued certifications in the business world is SAS programming. With Self-Paced e-Learning, you can prepare for the SAS Base Programming and/or the SAS Advanced Programming Certification exams with the only courses authorized by the SAS Certified Professional Program.
Course content is tailored to exam preparation. Each course includes a Practice Exam that tests the same knowledge and skills as the official certification exam. The practice exams are also available separately.
A SAS Self-Paced e-Learning course and Practice Exam are also available for SAS Base Programming for SAS9 certification. This certification exam is not yet available.
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Kurt Lafler's Upcoming Webinar
SAS Press is hosting a free, live Webinar with Kirk P. Lafler on Tips and Techniques for Producing Quick Results with PROC SQL on Thursday, April 20, from 12:30-1:15 p.m. EDST. Kirk is a long-time SAS user, consultant, and popular speaker, as well as the author of PROC SQL: Beyond the Basics Using SAS.
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Self-Paced e-Learning Adds New Data Integration Lesson to Its Award-winning Curriculum
Creating an ETL Process Flow Using SAS Data Integration Studio
SAS Data Integration Studio is a visual design tool that enables you to consolidate and manage enterprise data from a variety of source systems, applications, and technologies. Data can be managed and consolidated for traditional processes such as extracting, cleansing (data quality), transforming, and loading, or for other data integration purposes such as migration, synchronization, replication/promotion, and data management.
In this lesson, you learn how to use SAS Data Integration Studio to create an ETL process flow--a sequence of steps for the extraction, transformation, and loading of data.
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JMP User Conference
June 20-21, Cary, NC
Dive in and Discover! Learn new ideas from insightful speakers and other exciting activities to maximize your use of JMP software.
www.jmp.com/juc06
New Multilevel Modeling Course
Learn a variety of basic and advanced techniques for modeling multilevel data. Multilevel Modeling of Hierarchical and Longitudinal Data Using SAS, presented by Daniel Bauer and Patrick Curran , professors at the University of North Carolina, debuts April 19-21.
http://support.sas.com/training/us/crs/bhlnm.html
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http://support.sas.com/training/us/take3.html
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