About the Book

Saving Time and Money Using SAS By: Philip Holland ISBN: 978-1-59047-574-4 Pages: 248 Order this book from our online bookstore

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, this guide will increase your understanding of SAS and help you get the full value from your SAS software!

Podcast

• Phil speaks with Shelly Goodin at the 2008 SAS Global Forum