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SAS 2008 Paper Winners

Future Conferences

Paper 001-2009:

 Wong, Daniel

Achieving High Availability in a SAS^® Grid Environment

Paper 002-2009:

 Tilanus, Erik

Using the DATA Step as a POP3 Mail Client

Paper 003-2009:

 Scocca, David

The Science of Application Debugging

Paper 004-2009:

 Jahn, Dan; Klenz, Brad

Tips and Techniques for Analytic Web Services

Paper 005-2009:

 Leveille, John; Kratz, David

Building Analytic Services with SAS^® Business Intelligence

Paper 006-2009:

 Pratter, Frederick

SAS^® EBI: What Is It, What Will It Do for Me, and Does It Really Work?

Paper 007-2009:

 Truong, Sy

Visual Guide to SAS^® Web Application Development: Techniques and Methodologies for Efficient Web Application Development for SAS^®

Paper 008-2009:

 Gober, John; Sutha, Arumugam

Formats, MP/Connect, and Other Efficiency Techniques to Save Time and Space

Paper 009-2009:

 Vandenbroucke, David A.

An Algorithm for Verifying Contiguity in a Set of Linked Entities

Paper 010-2009:

 Dorfman, Paul M.

From Obscurity to Utility: ADDR, PEEK, POKE as DATA Step Programming Tools

Paper 011-2009:

 Edney, Shawn

Creating Common Information Structures Using Lists Stored in SAS^® DATA Step HASH Objects

Paper 012-2009:

 Chandler, Myron A.

Maximum SAS^®: Analyzing and Increasing Performance

Paper 013-2009:

 Sherman, Paul; Carpenter, Art

Secret Sequel: Keeping Your Password Away from the LOG

Paper 014-2009:

 Zender, Cynthia

CSSSTYLE: Stylish Output with ODS and SAS^® 9.2
Download the example SAS programs (ZIP)

Paper 015-2009:

 Nguyen, Mai; Trahan, Shane

Geospatial Analysis Using SAS^® and the Google Map API

Paper 016-2009:

 Parker, Chevell

A SAS^® Output Delivery System Menu for All Appetites and Applications

Paper 017-2009:

 Lill, Robert M.; Tuttle, Steven R.

Developing Rich Internet Applications (RIA) Using the SAS^® Intelligence Platform

Paper 018-2009:

 Gebhart, Eric

ODS Packages: Putting Some Zip in Your ODS Output

Paper 019-2009:

 Li, Houliang

The SAS^® Terminator: An Ultimate Killer of UNIX Processes

Paper 020-2009:

 Miles, Brian; Zenick, Ben

Custom Calculations Are a Snap When Using MDX and OLAP

Paper 022-2009:

 Chung, Chang Y.; King, John

Is This Macro Parameter Blank?

Paper 023-2009:

 Derby, Nathaniel

Creating Your Own Worksheet Formats in exportToXL

Paper 024-2009:

 Keintz, Mark

A Faster Index for Sorted SAS^® Datasets

Paper 025-2009:

 Benjamin Jr, William E.

So, You've Got Data Enterprise Wide (SAS^®, ACCESS, EXCEL, MySQL, and Others); Well, Let SAS^® Enterprise Guide^® Software Point-n-Click Your Way to Using It

Paper 026-2009:

 Carpenter, Art

Advanced PROC REPORT: Getting Your Tables Connected Using Links Part I Tutorial

Paper 027-2009:

 Molter, Michael

Tips and Tricks for Creating the Reports Your Clients Need to See

Paper 028-2009:

 Nelson, Gregory

Building Your First Dashboard Using the SAS^® 9 Business Intelligence Platform: A Tutorial

Paper 029-2009:

 Kincheloe, Faron

Get Your Data Squeaky Clean with SAS^® Data Quality Server

Paper 030-2009:

 Clover, Lina; Mebane, Cummins

Configuring and Customizing SAS^® Enterprise Guide^® 4.2 in the SAS^® Platform Environment

Paper 031-2009:

 Mason, Philip

Building Interactive Web Applications Using Stored Processes

Paper 032-2009:

 Cochran, Ben

Using SAS^® Arrays to Manipulate Data

Paper 033-2009:

 Williams, Christianna

A Row Is a Row Is a Row, or Is It? Get Comfortable with Transposing Your Data

Paper 034-2009:

 Cody, Ronald

Advanced Features of User-Defined Formats and Informats

Paper 035-2009:

 Lafler, Kirk P.

Exploring PROC SQL Joins and Join Algorithms

Paper 036-2009:

 Foley, Malachy (Mal)

MERGING vs. JOINING: Comparing the DATA Step with SQL

Paper 037-2009:

 Graham, Jody L.; Langston, Rick

Scalability of Table Lookup Techniques

Paper 038-2009:

 Dorfman, Paul M.; Vyverman, Koen

The DOW-Loop Unrolled

Paper 039-2009:

 Wright, Wendi L.

Using PROC TABULATE and ODS Style Options to Make Really Great Tables

Paper 040-2009:

 Theuwissen, Henri

You Need to Consolidate Massive Amounts of Data? Select the Fastest Method or Go for Minimal Memory Requirements to Build Your Result

Paper 041-2009:

 Raithel, Michael; Rhoads, Michael

You Might Be a SAS^® Energy Hog If ...

Paper 042-2009:

 Dhillon, Rupinder ; Droogendyk, Harry

Manipulating OLAP Cubes: Advanced Techniques for SAS^® Programmers

Paper 043-2009:

 O'Connor, Daniel; Huntley, Scott

Breaking New Ground with SAS^® 9.2 ODS Layout Enhancements

Paper 280-2009:

 Coldwell, Ryan

Cabela's Tames Two Wild Animals: Integrating SAS^® and Teradata

Paper 384-2009:

 Sglavo, Udo; Weisz, Jon T.

Data-Driven Story-Telling: Showcasing Visualization and Analytic Techniques with SAS^® and JMP^®

Paper 385-2009:

 Kincaid, Charles

Revolutionary BI: A Vision for Business Intelligence

Paper 386-2009:

 Zhao, Daqing

The University of Phoenix Wins Big with SAS^® Grid Computing

Paper 387-2009:

 Pillalamarri, Shyam; Bailey, Chris; Ambati SriSatish

Massively Scaling Concurrent Users of SAS^® Financial Management

Paper 388-2009:

 Davis, John

Branding SAS^® Web Applications for Your Enterprise

Paper 389-2009:

 Davis, Susan

Real-Time Business Decisions

Paper 390-2009:

 Henderson, David; Alexandre, Sean

Integrating SAS^® Business Intelligence with Microsoft SharePoint

Paper 391-2009:

 Chitale, Anand V.; Choy, Justin

BI User Roles: Managing and Integrating your BI Environment

Paper 418-2009:

 Clover, Lina; Mebane, Cummins

A Look into the Future: SAS^® Enterprise Guide^®, SAS^® Add-In for Microsoft Office

Paper 419-2009:

 Styll, Rick

What�s New in SAS^® Web Report Studio 4.2

Paper 420-2009:

 Thomas, Michael

Adobe Flash & SAS: Intelligent Interactivity

Paper 044-2009:

 Quinn, Gerard

Implementing a BI Reporting Environment: Making Dashboards More OLAP-Friendly

Paper 045-2009:

 Wei, Jifa; Gao, Emily Y.; Wang, Frank J.; Chu, Robert

Dashboard Reports for Predictive Model Management

Paper 046-2009:

 Nicklin, Clare A.

Identifying Complications and Overcoming Problems Using SAS^® Enterprise BI Server

Paper 047-2009:

 Power, Emilio J.; Edney, Shawn

Interrogate the Interrogator: Presenting SAS^® Usage Information Using BI Tools

Paper 048-2009:

 Weisensee, Debbie; McInnis, Anne; Hult, Lars

Integrating Financial and Non-Financial Information to Enhance Strategic Decision-Making Capabilities at McMaster University

Paper 049-2009:

 Mens, Janus

Roles in Business Intelligence

Paper 050-2009:

 Christenson, Paul; Trelstad, Susan

Information Maps That Rock: How to Design for Optimal Performance While Balancing Cost and Other Business Requirements

Paper 051-2009:

 Beese, Tim; Smith, Casey; Smith, Lynne

What's New in SAS^® Add-In 4.2 for Microsoft Office

Paper 052-2009:

 Langston, Rick

Creating SAS^® Data Sets from HTML Table Definitions

Paper 053-2009:

 Zeng, Xu

Variable Names Don't Begin with the Same Characters? No Problem: How to Create Variable List without Copying, Pasting or Excel Intervention

Paper 054-2009:

 Fehd, Ronald

Using Functions SYSFUNC and IFC to Conditionally Execute Statements in Open Code

Paper 055-2009:

 Tian, Yunchao (Susan)

LAG: The Very Powerful and Easily Misused SAS^® Function

Paper 056-2009:

 Grant, Paul

Using IN:( ) to code Character Comparisons with Criteria Having Different Lengths

Paper 057-2009:

 Holland, Philip R.

The Pros and Cons of PROC DOCUMENT

Paper 058-2009:

 Suhr, Diana

Selecting a Stratified Sample with PROC SURVEYSELECT

Paper 059-2009:

 Murphy, William C.

PROC REPORT: Titling It Right, with Footnotes to Boot

Paper 060-2009:

 Zirbel, Douglas

Learn the Basics of PROC TRANSPOSE

Paper 061-2009:

 Teng, Christine

Let SQL Write SQL Scripts for You � Counts Report

Paper 062-2009:

 Mendez, Lisa A.; Dunn, Toby

A Propaedeutics for PROC SQL Joins

Paper 063-2009:

 Lafler, Kirk P.

Exploring the Undocumented PROC SQL _METHOD Option

Paper 064-2009:

 Milum, Jenine

PROC FORMAT, A Speedy Alternative to Sort Sort Merge

Paper 065-2009:

 Sharma, Hitesh

Effectiveness and Cost of SAS^® Compression

Paper 066-2009:

 Koopmann, Jr., Richard

%LibDoc: A Library Documentation Macro

Paper 067-2009:

 Thompson, Stephanie R.

Another Way to Make Use of Variable Labels

Paper 068-2009:

 McDonald, Paul D.

Backup from the Startup: Keep a Constant Backup of Your SAS^® Logs and Listing Output from SAS Display Manager in Microsoft Windows

Paper 069-2009:

 Elliot, Collin; Morris, Eli

�Excel�lent SAS^® Formulas: The Creation and Export of Excel Formulas Using SAS

Paper 070-2009:

 Hettinger, Patricia

SCL Is Gone: How Do I Get Variables from My Users into SAS^® Enterprise Guide^®?

Paper 071-2009:

 Liang, Qingfeng

Choosing the Right Technique to Merge Large Data Sets Efficiently

Paper 072-2009:

 Osborne, Anastasiya M.

Let Me Look At It! Graphic Presentation of Any Numeric Variable.

Paper 073-2009:

 Ceranowski, Elizabeth

SAS^® Abbreviations Are Your Friends; Use a Template Method to Code!

Paper 074-2009:

 Landry, Leonard

The Perils of End-of-File Processing When Subsetting Data

Paper 075-2009:

 Weng, Vincent; Feng, Ying

Renaming in Batches

Paper 076-2009:

 Droogendyk, Harry

Which SASAUTOS Macros Are Available to My SAS^® Session?

Paper 077-2009:

 Grant, Paul

Creating Code Templates in the SAS Enhanced Editor using Abbreviations and User Defined Keywords

Paper 078-2009:

 Shan, Jingjing

Time Travel: How to Easily Create, Loop Through and Manipulate Data with Names Containing YYYYMM

Paper 079-2009:

 Wong, Eric C.

Playing Favorites: How to Manage Date Conflicts When Some Date Ranges Are Preferred Over Others

Paper 080-2009:

 Burnham, Robert A.

Keeping Up to Date: Using Build Tools with SAS^®

Paper 081-2009:

 Brucken, Nancy

One-Step Change from Baseline Calculations

Paper 082-2009:

 Bininger, Chuck

Proper Housekeeping: Developing the Perfect �Maid� to Clean Your SAS^® Environment

Paper 083-2009:

 Wei, Xin

Dynamically Allocating Exported Data Sets by the Combination of Pipes and X Statement

Paper 084-2009:

 Hoyle, Larry

Implementing Stack and Queue Data Structures with SAS^® Hash Objects

Paper 085-2009:

 Harper, Jennifer S.

Mission Possible: Putting a Table and Multiple Graphs on a Single-Page.pdf with ODS and Basic GOPTIONS

Paper 086-2009:

 Thacher, Clarke

Could You Remind Me? Creating Calendar Events from SAS^®

Paper 087-2009:

 Massengill, Darrell; Odom, Ed

PROC GEOCODE: Creating Map Locations from Your Data

Paper 088-2009:

 Styers, John

Targeting in Three Dimensions

Paper 089-2009:

 Ogden, David C.

Customer Lifetime Value Methodology: A Step-by-Step Approach to Quantifying and Optimizing Economic Returns

Paper 090-2009:

 Crocker, Rett; King, Jay; Phillips, Richard

Demo to Purchase: Using Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis to Improve Downloadable Game Conversion Rates

Paper 091-2009:

 Acebo, Alicia; Dey, Supra

Getting Ready for Harry Potter

Paper 276-2009:

 Peterson, Eric

Competing on Web Analytics

Paper 277-2009:

 Brown, Mark; Mouton, Dwight

SAS^® Marketing Automation and SAS^® Marketing Optimization: Take Your Marketing Campaigns to the Next Level

Paper 278-2009:

 Pruitt, Rex

Using Base SAS^® and SAS^® Enterprise Miner� to Develop Customer Retention Modeling Strategies

Paper 279-2009:

 Lawrence, Darryl

You Wanted It When? Case Study of a Successful Installation of SAS^® Customer Intelligence 5.1 in Two Weeks

Paper 092-2009:

 Stander, Jeff

For Base SAS^® Users: Welcome to SAS^® Data Integration!

Paper 093-2009:

 Hunley, Eric; Mehler, Gary; Rausch, Nancy

What's New in SAS^® Data Integration Studio 4.2

Paper 094-2009:

 Frank, Lisa

At the Controls: An Approach to Security via SAS^® Management Console

Paper 095-2009:

 Morton, Steve

Useful by Association: Adding Practical Value by Analyzing SAS^® 9 Data Integration Metadata

Paper 096-2009:

 Junk, Soeren

Innovation, Implementation, and Integration: Building a DataWarehouse with SAS^® Data Integration Studio and MS SQL Server

Paper 097-2009:

 Muriel, Elena

Exploring the Metadata Family Tree

Paper 098-2009:

 Doninger, Cheryl; Mehler, Gary; Rausch, Nancy

Data Integration in a Grid-Enabled Environment

Paper 099-2009:

 Cai, Jun

How to Leverage Oracle Bulkload for Performance

Paper 100-2009:

 Olinger, Chris; Baker, Stephen

Customizing SAS^® Data Integration Studio with Plug-Ins to Turn Off Automap

Paper 101-2009:

 Kiasi, David M.

Using SAS^® Data Integration Studio as a Computer-Aided Software Engineering (CASE) Tool

Paper 102-2009:

 Collado, Evangeline

Parameter-Driven Data Integration Using SAS^® Stored Processes

Paper 103-2009:

 Graas, John; Mitchell, Brian; Petrova, Tatyana; Simmons, Mary; Wilkie, Michelle

Using SAS^® OLAP Server for a ROLAP Scenario

Paper 104-2009:

 Brobst, Stephen; Kent, Paul

Changing the Game: Technology and Analytics

Paper 105-2009:

 Gann, Russell

BioSense and the Federated Data Environment

Paper 106-2009:

 Cerrito, Patricia

The Problem of Regression Assumptions and the Use of Predictive Modeling

Paper 107-2009:

 Wang, Xiao

Using SAS Enterprise Guide 4.1 to Reduce the Cost of Diabetic Outpatients in Medicare

Paper 108-2009:

 Moskowitz, Howard J.; Rafiee, Dana

Rule Development Experimentation: Determining the Best Marketing Message

Paper 109-2009:

 DeVille, Barry

Discover and Drive Brand Activity in Social Networks

Paper 110-2009:

 Knafl, George J.

A SAS^® Macro for Adaptive Regression Modeling

Paper 111-2009:

 Lee, Taiyeong; Duling, David; Latour, Dominique

Predictive Models Based on Reduced Input Space

Paper 112-2009:

 Sarma, Kattamuri

Variable Selection and Transformation of Variables in SAS^® Enterprise Miner� 5.3

Paper 113-2009:

 Liu, Wensui; Cela, Jimmy; Vu, Chuck

Generalizations of Generalized Additive Model (GAM): A Case of Credit Risk Modeling

Paper 114-2009:

 Duling, David; Thompson, Wayne

The Next Generation: SAS^® Enterprise Miner� 6.1

Paper 115-2009:

 Leveille, John; Levin, Wayne J.

Optimizing Product Formulation with JMP� and SAS^® Enterprise Miner�

Paper 116-2009:

 Schleicher, Andreas

Benchmarking Internationally: The Need Confronts the Reality

Paper 117-2009:

 Chakraborty, Goutam; Petlick, Julie

The Increased Utilization of Analytics and How Academic Programs Are Responding to Job Market Demands by Leveraging Predictive Modeling with SAS^® Enterprise Miner� Certification

Paper 118-2009:

 Yale, Amanda

Using a Portal Environment to Strategically Manage Enrollment: The Integration of People, Relationships, and Information

Paper 119-2009:

 Borden, M. Paige

IR Reporting Portal: One-Stop Shopping for Business Intelligence

Paper 392-2009:

 Munagala, Subrahmanyam

Solvency II

Paper 393-2009:

 Lowman, Marie

Emerging Markets

Paper 415-2009:

 Hornby, Jonathan

Sustainability the Smart Way

Paper 121-2009:

 Rifkin, Jeremy

Leading the Way to the Third Industrial Revolution

Paper 122-2009:

 Hamilton, David ; Carothers, Craig

Quantifying Energy Risk Exposure Using SAS^®: Analyzing the Impact of the Weather and the Economy during Volatile Time

Paper 123-2009:

 Crow, Brian; Bolen, Bob

Optimal Data Management for Utility AMI: Smart Grid Data

Paper 124-2009:

 Krawiec, Ellen

Building a Data Repository Using Base SAS^®

Paper 125-2009:

 Whittier, Sarah J.

Wholesale Electric Energy Market Analysis with Electronic Quarterly Reports Data

Paper 126-2009:

 van der Westhuizen, Chris

Distribution Interruption Performance Reporting: A Complete Solution

Paper 127-2009:

 Chen, Wei

Risk-Based Portfolio Optimization Using SAS^®

Paper 128-2009:

 Mens, Janus

Data Warehouse and SOA: Using Web Services in the Insurance Industry

Paper 129-2009:

 Ellingsworth, Marty

Going from Good to Great: The Value of an Analytic Grid Platform at ISO

Paper 130-2009:

 Abrahams, Clark; Zhang, Sunny

A Comprehensive Credit Assessment Framework: Overview and Implications for the Subprime Crisis

Paper 131-2009:

 Miller, Rick

CIBC Case Study: Risk Management and SAS^® Tools

Paper 132-2009:

 Ptacnik, Petr

The Path to Profitable Analytics: Via Predictive Analytics to Marketing Automation

Paper 394-2009:

 Gorman, Mark B.

Beyond the Apprentice Model: The Challenge for Business Analytics in Insurance

Paper 395-2009:

 Ling, Daymond

Winning The BI Contest

Paper 133-2009:

 Fecht, Marje

THINK Before You Type� Best Practices Learned the Hard Way

Paper 134-2009:

 Jolley, Linda; Stroupe, Jane

Fifty Ways to Lose Your Data (And How to Avoid Them)

Paper 135-2009:

 Tilanus, Erik

ODS 101+

Paper 136-2009:

 First, Steven

Understanding the SAS^® DATA Step and The Program Data Vector

Paper 137-2009:

 Gilsen, Bruce

Tales from the Help Desk 3: More Solutions for Common SAS^® Mistakes

Paper 138-2009:

 Derby, Nathaniel

A Little Stats Won't Hurt You

Paper 139-2009:

 Plemmons, Howard

SAS/ACCESS^® to PC Files Data Access Demystified

Paper 140-2009:

 Theuwissen, Henri

SAS^® and Microsoft Excel: Two Extreme Worlds. Learn How SAS Works with Excel Data and How Excel Exploits the Power of SAS

Paper 141-2009:

 Rhoads, Michael

Avoiding Common Traps When Accessing RDBMS Data

Paper 142-2009:

 Kuligowski, Andrew

The Ins and Outs and Ups and Downs of Sorted Data

Paper 143-2009:

 Repole, Warren

Don't Be a SAS^® Dinosaur: Modernizing Programs with Base SAS^® 9.2 Enhancements

Paper 144-2009:

 Morgan, Derek

The Essentials of SAS^® Dates and Times

Paper 145-2009:

 Schreier, Howard

Simple Applications of SQL

Paper 146-2009:

 Westerlund, Earl

SAS/GRAPH� for the Timid

Paper 147-2009:

 Eberhardt, Peter

A Cup of Coffee and PROC FCMP: I Cannot Function without Them

Paper 148-2009:

 Clover, Lina

SAS^® Enterprise Guide^® for the Business Analyst

Paper 149-2009:

 Fu, I-Kong; Thompson, Wayne; Porter, Mike

Ad Hoc Data Preparation for Analysis Using SAS^® Enterprise Guide^®

Paper 150-2009:

 Villacorte, Renato

SAS^® Fundamentals for Survey Data Processing

Paper 396-2009:

 Zenick, Ben

Doing More with Less

Paper 397-2009:

 Hornby, Jonathan

Doing More with Less: SAS^® Response

Paper 398-2009:

 Baganz, Janna

The Wisconsin Department of Revenue Case Study Data Warehousing: Finding Efficiencies

Paper 399-2009:

 Johnson, Calvin C.

CSOSA Case Study: Doing More with Less

Paper 401-2009:

 Stultz, John

�Trends in Government Health Information Technology�

Paper 402-2009:

 Gann, Russell

The BioSense - BioSurveillance to Improve Early Event Detection

Paper 416-2009:

 Moreno, Ph.D., Manuel

Using Integrated Data Systems to Maximize Public Resources

Paper 151-2009:

 Lafler, Kirk P.

SAS^® Macro Programming Tips and Techniques

Paper 152-2009:

 DelGobbo, Vince

More Tips and Tricks for Creating Multi-Sheet Microsoft Excel Workbooks the Easy Way with SAS^®
Download the example SAS programs (ZIP)

Paper 153-2009:

 Dorfman, Paul M.; Vyverman, Koen

The SAS^® Hash Object in Action

Paper 154-2009:

 Carpenter, Art

Advanced PROC REPORT: Getting Your Tables Connected Using Links Part II Practicum

Paper 155-2009:

 Waller, Jennifer

How to Use ARRAYs and DO Loops: Do I DO OVER or Do I DO i?

Paper 156-2009:

 Kincheloe, Faron

Get Your Hands Dirty Cleaning Your Data with SAS^® Data Quality Server

Paper 157-2009:

 Fecht, Marje; Dhillon, Rupinder

A �SAS^® Programmer�s Guide^® to SAS^® Enterprise Guide^®

Paper 158-2009:

 Delwiche, Lora; Slaughter, Susan

Using PROC SGPLOT for Quick High-Quality Graphs

Paper 159-2009:

 Cochran, Ben

A Gentle Introduction to SAS/GRAPH� Software

Paper 160-2009:

 Wilson, Steve

HL7, CDISC, and the FDA�Moving on Down the Path to Data Standards

Paper 161-2009:

 Villiers, Peter

Supporting CDISC Standards in Base SAS^® Using the SAS^® Clinical Standards Toolkit

Paper 162-2009:

 Minjoe, Sandra

Implementing CDISC When You Already Have Standards: A Case Study

Paper 163-2009:

 Molter, Michael

A SAS^® Programmer�s Guide to Generating Define.xml

Paper 164-2009:

 Goldsmith, Jeff

Keynote Presentation, Digital Medicine: The Future of Information Technology in Healthcare

Paper 165-2009:

 Nelson, Gregory

Data Convergence in Life Sciences and Healthcare: Overview and Implications

Paper 166-2009:

 Thompson, Scott C.; Thompson, Stephanie R.

Talking Past Each Other? How to Communicate with Medical Writers When Preparing Clinical Research Manuscripts for Journal Submission

Paper 167-2009:

 Shiralkar, Parag

Clinical SAS^® Programming: Analysis and Mitigation of Risk

Paper 168-2009:

 Kilhullen, Michael

Using SAS^® Clinical Data Integration Server to Implement and Manage CDISC Standards

Paper 169-2009:

 Doyle, Mary; Liang, Qingfeng; Ciocco, Gretchen; Mesiano, Michele; Wang, Shouqiang

Using SAS^® to Build the Managed Care Data Warehouse at Community Care Behavioral Health Organization

Paper 170-2009:

 Groeneveld, Jim

MedDRA Data as SAS^® Formats

Paper 171-2009:

 Fleming, Ian; Steffens, Gregory

The Second CDISC Pilot Project: Standards for Integrating Databases

Paper 172-2009:

 Brown, Rachel; Fulton, Jennifer K.

Backpacking Your Way through CDISC: A Budget-Minded Guide to Basic Concepts and Implementation

Paper 173-2009:

 Gupta, Sunil

Practice Makes Perfect: Training and Performing in the Pharmaceutical Industry

Paper 174-2009:

 Schwartz, Susan L.

Clinical Trial Reporting Using SAS/GRAPH� SG Procedures

Paper 175-2009:

 Peters, Amy

What�s New in SAS^® Training for SAS^® 9.2

Paper 176-2009:

 Axelrod, Elizabeth

Boot Camp for Programmers: Stuff You Need to Know That's Not in the Manual�Best Practices to Help Us Achieve

Paper 177-2009:

 Srinivasan, Shiva; Robinson, Fabian

The Many Hats of the SAS^® Administrator

Paper 178-2009:

 Varney, Brian

Realizing Value Quickly from a Newly Installed SAS^® Enterprise BI Platform

Paper 179-2009:

 Hall, Angela

Supporting a SAS^® Server Architecture

Paper 180-2009:

 Milum, Jenine

Assessing SAS^® Skill Level during the Interview Process

Paper 181-2009:

 Mitchell, Rick; Noga, Stephen

Obtaining, Growing, and Retaining Your Professional SAS^® Staff: A Panel Discussion

Paper 182-2009:

Panel Discussion: sasCommunity.org

Paper 183-2009:

 Schneider, Barbara; Schneider, Kristan

A Discussion of Various Possibilities for Data Entry Using SAS^®: An Evergreen

Paper 184-2009:

 Anderson, Paul

Automating Your SAS^® Jobs

Paper 185-2009:

 Hadden, Louise S.

Behind the Scenes with SAS^®: Using Custom Graphics in SAS^® Output

Paper 186-2009:

 Cheng, Edmond

Better, Faster, and Cheaper SAS^® Software Lifecycle

Paper 187-2009:

 Dickinson, Wendy; Hall, Bruce; Hines, Constance

Bubble, Bubble: Less Toil, No Trouble

Paper 188-2009:

 McQuown, Gary; Zheng, John

Combining Pieces and Parts to Create a Comprehensive Program

Paper 189-2009:

 Musitano Jr., Neal

E-Mail z/OS CICS Exception Reports in Plain Text Format Using DATA _NULL_ and MXG� Software

Paper 190-2009:

 Van Loon, Mollie; Shingler, John

Evolution of the Investigator Satisfaction Ranking Report: The Advantage of Using the PROC REPORT Procedure/ODS Excel versus a CROSSTAB Output or CROSSTAB/ODS Excel

Paper 191-2009:

 Jackson, Kirby; Moneyham, Linda; Tavakoli, Abbas S.

Examining Mediator and Moderator Effect Using Rural-Women HIV Study

Paper 192-2009:

 Watts, Perry

Generate a Customized Axis Scale with Uneven Intervals in SAS^® Automatically

Paper 193-2009:

 Patel, Himesh

Graphs in Flash, using Graph Template Language (GTL)

Paper 194-2009:

 Ribble, James L.

Create State and County Plots Easily Using a Set of SAS/GRAPH� Utility Macros

Paper 195-2009:

 Tsang, Rita

Mapping CDISC Metadata Attributes: Using DATA _NULL_ and PROC DATASETS in SAS^®

Paper 196-2009:

 Jaffery, Tariq S.; Liu, Shirley X.

Measuring Campaign Performance by Using Cumulative Gain and Lift Chart

Paper 197-2009:

 Franklin, David

Merging Data Eight Different Ways

Paper 198-2009:

 Matange, Sanjay

ODS Graphics Designer

Paper 199-2009:

 Bell, Bethany A.; Owens, Corina M.; Kromrey, Jeffrey; Ferron, John

Parsimony vs. Complexity: A Monte Carlo Investigation of Hierarchical and Cross-Classified Modeling Using SAS^® PROC MIXED

Paper 200-2009:

 Huang, Louie

PROC SQL and SAS^® Macro: Beyond the Basics

Paper 201-2009:

 Foster, Gary; Goldsmith, Charles; Thabane, Lehana

SAS^® Magic Squares

Paper 202-2009:

 Zlupko, Taras

SAS^® in Financial Research: Embracing Data

Paper 203-2009:

 Chaurasia, Ashok K.

SAS^® Macros Toolkit for Graphical Representation of Complex Data

Paper 204-2009:

 Mohamed, Ismail E.

Simulating Time Series Analysis: Examining the Long-Run Relationships (Cointegration) � Part II

Paper 205-2009:

 Mohamed, Ismail E.

Simulating Time Series Testing: The Augmented Dickey Fuller (ADF) Test � Part I

Paper 206-2009:

 Kushnir, Arkady M.

Source of Nitrogen in Q-BOP Steel (Statistical Analysis)

Paper 208-2009:

 Schiro, Sharon

Testing your SAS^® Code against Known Data

Paper 209-2009:

 Franklin, David

Using SAS^® System and Dataset Options to Control Your Data

Paper 210-2009:

 Helwig, Chris

Using SAS^® to Analyze System Performance Metrics

Paper 211-2009:

 Ribble, James L.

Using SAS/GRAPH�, JavaScript, and ODS to Create Interactive HTML Output

Paper 212-2009:

 Okerson, Barbara

Using SAS^® to Explore the Impact of a Care Management Maternity Program

Paper 213-2009:

 Avrunin-Becker, Sharon; Alexander, Marie

Wandering Cross-Reference Lines in PROC GPLOT

Paper 214-2009:

 Choy, Murphy

Why Is SAS^® Certification Helpful in Enhancing Your Career as an Analyst and SAS Programmer?

Paper 215-2009:

 Hadden, Louise S.; Zdeb, Mike

Wow! You Did That Map with SAS/GRAPH�?

Paper 216-2009:

 Watts, Perry

Using SAS^® Software to Generate Textbook-Style Histograms

Paper 217-2009:

 Li, Shiqun (Stan)

Using SAS^® to Create Proportional Venn Diagrams

Paper 218-2009:

 Holland, Philip R.

GTL (Graphics Template Language) in SAS^® 9.2

Paper 219-2009:

 Wainwright-Zimmerman, Andrea

SAS^® Graphs in Small Multiples

Paper 220-2009:

 Bessler, LeRoy

Show Them What�s Important with Communication-Effective SAS^® Graphs: Solutions for a Finite Work Day in an Era of Information Overload

Paper 221-2009:

 Lund, Pete

Make Your Tables Pop: Adding Micrographics to PROC REPORT Output

Paper 222-2009:

 Gebhart, Eric

Inline Formatting with ODS Markup

Paper 223-2009:

 Hadden, Louise S.

Turn the Tables on Boring Reports with SAS^® 9.2 and RTF Tagset Options

Paper 224-2009:

 Beardsley, Mark; Kolln, Barbara; Palanca, Ronald; Zhang, Hong

Building Drill-Down Capabilities Dynamically in SAS^® Output Using Base SAS^®

Paper 225-2009:

 Cascagnette, Paul

Automatic Generation of Titles, Footnotes, and Superscripts for Tables with Macros and PROC REPORT

Paper 226-2009:

 Wei, Xin

A Framework to Customize Frame: Building an Interactive Report Web Portal by ODS

Paper 227-2009:

 Zender, Cynthia

Tiptoe through the Templates

Paper 228-2009:

 Bond, Turner

Power You Didn�t Know You Had: Using PSAX to Create Self-Generating Web Libraries with SAS^®

Paper 229-2009:

 Hoyle, Larry

Visualizing Two Social Networks Across Time with SAS^®: Collaborators on a Research Grant vs. Those Posting on SAS-L

Paper 230-2009:

 Massengill, Darrell; Phillips, Jeff

Tips and Tricks IV: More SAS/GRAPH^® Map Secrets
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Paper 231-2009:

 Corliss, David J.

Enhancements to Maps Using the Annotate Data Set

Paper 232-2009:

 Sekar, Devi

Cool Maps with Custom Areas

Paper 233-2009:

 Martell, Carol

Notes from an Intersection: Google Earth @ SAS^®

Paper 403-2009:

 Ramsey, Bryan

Welcome to SAS Retail User Group and SAS Global Forum

Paper 404-2009:

 Warmath, Dee

Navigating through Informed Intuition

Paper 405-2009:

 Berman, Rob; Cano, Aaron; Wermerson, Todd

Customer Intelligence Panel

Paper 406-2009:

 Flaks, Richard

Assortment Planning

Paper 407-2009:

 Hunter, Chris; Schafer, Bob; Stewart, Wes

Reporting Panel

Paper 408-2009:

 Schneider, Kevin

Markdown Optimization

Paper 409-2009:

 Kizer, Todd; Wilson, Mike

User Adoption Projects

Paper 410-2009:

 Kommareddi, Shiva; Kumar, Deva

Annual SAS Update to Retail Merchandise Intelligence Users

Paper 411-2009:

 Timme, Dr. Stephen

Building a Better IT Business Case

Paper 412-2009:

 Hunter, Dave

Forecasting

Paper 413-2009:

 Clouse, Amy; Ferguson, Ann; Richie, Kelly

Admin functions in SAS Merchandise Planning and Intelligence

Paper 414-2009:

 Ramsey, Bryan

SAS Retail User Group Discussion

Paper 417-2009:

 Bickford, Tad; Sakowski, Mark

Asked and Answered -- How to Overcome the 10 most common challenges in MI Implementation/Use

Paper 301-2009:

 McNeill, Bill

Test-Driving the Improvements to the INFOMAPS Procedure and LIBNAME Engine
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Paper 302-2009:

 Dodson, Lisa; Herbert, Pat

Improving the Trust Factor: What�s Your Reporting IQ?

Paper 303-2009:

 Barkaway, David

Change Data Capture and the Benefits to the Modern Enterprise Data Warehouse

Paper 304-2009:

 Budlong, Adam

The SAS^® OLAP Server: Understanding and Solving Common Problem Situations

Paper 305-2009:

 Anderson, Billie; Haller, Susan ; Siddiqi, Naeem

Reject Inference Techniques Implemented in Credit Scoring for SAS^® Enterprise Miner�

Paper 306-2009:

 Selukar, Rajesh S.

Structural Analysis of Time Series Using the SAS/ETS^® UCM Procedure

Paper 307-2009:

 Prabhu, Sharad; Tobias, Randall; Balan, Tonya

Experimenting Outside the Box: Using SAS/QC^® for Modern Applications of Experimental Design

Paper 308-2009:

 Barkaway, David; Stander, Jeff

How SAS^® Data Integration and Data Quality Tools Can Be Applied to Solve the Data Migration Paradox

Paper 309-2009:

 Plemmons, Howard

Top Ten SAS^® DBMS Performance Boosters for 2009

Paper 310-2009:

 Crevar, Margaret; Brown, Tony

How to Maintain Happy SAS^® 9 Users

Paper 311-2009:

 Yuan, Yang C.

Group Sequential Analysis Using the New SEQDESIGN and SEQTEST Procedures

Paper 312-2009:

 Etri, Abdel

The SAS^® Scalable Performance Data Server� � Controlling the Beast!

Paper 313-2009:

 O'Connor, Daniel

The Power to Show: Ad Hoc Reporting, Custom Invoices, and Form Letters

Paper 314-2009:

 Taylor, Dan; Hayes, Keefe

z/OS SAS^® Deployment: This Isn't Your Father's Install Anymore!

Paper 315-2009:

 Kiefer, Manfred

New Language Features in SAS^® 9.2 for the Global Enterprise

Paper 316-2009:

 Sglavo, Udo

Statistics and Samples: Judging Time Series Models Automatically

Paper 317-2009:

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Exploring System Performance with SAS^® Simulation Studio

Paper 318-2009:

 Zender, Cynthia

Have It Your Way: Rearrange and Replay Your Output with ODS DOCUMENT
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Paper 319-2009:

 Simmons, Mary; Wilkie, Michelle

Best Practice: Optimizing the Cube Build Process in SAS^® 9.2

Paper 320-2009:

 Chitale, Anand V.; Hemedinger, Chris

What's New in SAS^® Enterprise Guide^® 4.2?

Paper 321-2009:

 Boozer, Forrest; Hatcher, Diane

Using SAS^® 9.2 Metadata Security Reporting and Auditing Features

Paper 322-2009:

 Weisz, Jon T.

Exploring JMP� 8 Integration with SAS^® 9.2: A Rich Set of Development Tools for the Analytic/Dynamic Report Application Developer

Paper 323-2009:

 Kuhfeld, Warren

Modifying ODS Statistical Graphics Templates in SAS^® 9.2

Paper 324-2009:

 Heath, Dan

Secrets of the SG Procedures

Paper 325-2009:

 Park, Heesun; English, Brian

SAS^® Business Intelligence Web Application Security Configuration Primer

Paper 326-2009:

 Hatcher, Diane; Choy, Justin

Keeping Things Going with SAS^® Reporting: A Look at Various SAS^® 9.2 Server Options for Performance Considerations

Paper 327-2009:

 Ihnen, Leigh; Jones, Michael R.

Improving SAS^® I/O Throughput by Avoiding the Operating System File Cache

Paper 328-2009:

 Chastain, Scott; Dodson, Lisa; Herbert, Pat

How to Leverage DataFlux� and SAS^® for Operational Empowerment

Paper 329-2009:

 Fraley, Jessica; Kalich, Tanya

Metadata Reporting Using the SAS^® Configuration Troubleshooter: A Best Practice

Paper 330-2009:

 Flynn, Joe M.

SAS^® Stored Processes: Going beyond the Current Capabilities of the Stored Process Wizard
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Paper 331-2009:

 Matange, Sanjay

ODS Graphics Designer: Your Tool of Choice for Interactive, Batchable Graphics

Paper 332-2009:

 Fernandez, Alec

The SAS^® 9.2 Software Deployment: A Deployment Experience Your Mother Would Love

Paper 333-2009:

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Troubleshoot Your Performance Issues: SAS^® Technical Support Shows You How

Paper 334-2009:

 Brown, Tony; Crevar, Margaret

Running SAS^® on Windows 32-Bit Systems: Ceilings, Limitations, and Realities

Paper 335-2009:

 Stokes, Maura; Rodriguez, Robert; Balan, Tonya

Methods, Models, and More: New Analyses Available with SAS/STAT� 9.2

Paper 336-2009:

 Jolley, Linda; Stroupe, Jane

Dear Ms. SAS^® Answers: A Guide to Efficient PROC SQL Coding

Paper 337-2009:

 Shamlin, David; Duling, David

In-Database Procedures with Teradata: How They Work and What They Buy You

Paper 338-2009:

 Bailey, Jeffrey; Bostic, Pat

Publish SAS^® Formats in Your Teradata Server; Impress Your Friends

Paper 339-2009:

 Ray, Robert S.; Thompson, Wayne

SAS^® and Teradata: Accelerating the Power to Know

Paper 287-2009:

 Goel, Atul

Time Series Prediction Using Neural Networks

Paper 359-2009:

 Pamir, Reyzi D.

Translating DNA of Customers into Business Value through Analytics

Paper 360-2009:

 De Saer, Frank

BI Strategy at the Belgian Federal Government Economy

Paper 361-2009:

 Steinmann, Dieter

BI as a Management Tool to Drive Frankfurt Airport

Paper 362-2009:

 Bruno, Giuseppe

SAS^® Enterprise BI Client Components in the Research Area of the Bank of Italy: First Experiences

Paper 363-2009:

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Paper 365-2009:

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ART (Advanced Reporting Tools)

Paper 366-2009:

 Andersson, Mattias; Moberg, Robert

Active Use of Data Mining in the Customer Life Cycle Management Process of a Telecom Operator

Paper 367-2009:

 Tezic, Kerem

Prevention of Work-Related Accidents with Text Mining

Paper 368-2009:

 Lantin, Renato B.

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Paper 369-2009:

 Zailan bin Shaari, Ahmed; Azmi Omar, Mohd

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Paper 370-2009:

 Ahola, Kalle

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Paper 371-2009:

 Utkueri, Hasan O.

Puzzle Completed by Eureko Sigorta

Paper 372-2009:

 Lapierre, Yves

Transitioning to a Business Analytics Environment

Paper 373-2009:

 Collins, Keith; Robinson, Anne; Williams, Eric

Panel Discussion: How to Roll Out a Powerful, Effective Business Analytics Framework

Paper 374-2009:

 Russell, Allan

The Five Faces of Business Intelligence

Paper 281-2009:

 Biltgen, Patrick T.

Filtered Monte Carlo Simulation for Inverse Design Using JMP 8

Paper 282-2009:

 Meintrup, David

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Paper 283-2009:

 von Borries, George

SAS^® and JMP� Integration for Implementing a Clustering Algorithm for High Dimension Low Sample Size Data

Paper 284-2009:

 Figard, Steve

The Basics of Experimental Design for Multivariate Analysis

Paper 285-2009:

 Wingate, Vincent; Regan, Jeff; Dickey, Lynn

Use of DOE to Determine the Critical Parameters and Design Space for Production of Biotherapeutic Proteins

Paper 286-2009:

 Chu, Tzu-Ming; Doninger, Cheryl; Horton, Glenn; Martin, Stan; Tan, Pei-Yi; Wolfinger, Russ

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Paper 340-2009:

 Edds, Tom; Statt, Ron

Using SAS^® OnDemand for Academics to Meet Changing Student Needs, Reduce Software Access Barriers, and Grow SAS^® Skills

Paper 341-2009:

 Henderson, Greg; Zilka, Joe

The Platform for SAS^® Business Analytics as a Centrally Managed Service

Paper 342-2009:

 McGuire, Kelly A.; Pinchuk, Steve

The Future of Revenue Management

Paper 343-2009:

 Renison, Keith

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Paper 344-2009:

 Adkins, Tony

SAS^® Profitability Management and SAS^® Activity-Based Management: What's All the Buzz about?

Paper 345-2009:

 Foley, Richard; Kent, Paul

The XML Super Hero: An Advanced Understanding of Manipulating XML with SAS^®

Paper 346-2009:

 Lieble, Frank

SAS^® IT Intelligence for VMware: Resource Optimization and Cost Recovery

Paper 347-2009:

 Fisher, Karl; Thacher, Clarke

Virtualization: What Does It Mean for SAS^®?

Paper 348-2009:

 Weller, Kimberly R.

Mainstreaming Web Data with SAS^® Web Analytics

Paper 349-2009:

 Lever, Brent

Adaptive Contact Planning

Paper 350-2009:

 Bober, Andy; Tsuboi, Toshi

Event-Driven Marketing Using SAS^® Customer Intelligence

Paper 351-2009:

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Paper 352-2009:

 Georges, Jim; Arangala, Sanjay; Jung, Jin-Whan; King, Jay; Brocklebank, John

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Paper 353-2009:

 Shipway, John A.; Wolff, Mark

Intelligently Targeting Physicians Using SAS^® Enterprise Miner�

Paper 354-2009:

 Wilson, Kim M.

If I Only Had a Map. Getting from Here to There: Common Approaches to Solving Data Step Logic Issues

Paper 355-2009:

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Dynamic Prompts Make Data Cascading Easy: Introducing New Features in SAS^® 9.2 Prompt Framework

Paper 356-2009:

 Hays, Martha

SAS^® Tile Charts: Thousands of Business Tips with One Click

Paper 357-2009:

 Roche, Emmanuel

Sentiment Analysis in Context

Paper 358-2009:

 Schabes, Yves

Web Crawling and Search as a First Step to Textual Data Gathering

Paper 297-2009:

 Oliveira, Ivan; Dulaney, Charles; Pratt, Rob

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Paper 298-2009:

 Archer, Sandra; Armacost, Robert; Pet-Armacost, Julia

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Paper 299-2009:

 Bhattacharya, Patralekha

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Paper 300-2009:

 Hughes, Ed; Kearney, Trevor

New Features in Optimization with SAS/OR�

Paper 375-2009:

 Richardson, Kari; Rossland, Eric

SAS^® Workshop: SAS^® Business Intelligence

Paper 376-2009:

 Richardson, Kari; Rossland, Eric

SAS^® Workshop: SAS^® Business Intelligence

Paper 377-2009:

 Richardson, Kari; Rossland, Eric

SAS^® Workshop: SAS^® Business Intelligence

Paper 378-2009:

 Richardson, Kari; Rossland, Eric

SAS^® Workshop: SAS^® Business Intelligence

Paper 381-2009:

 Richardson, Kari; Rossland, Eric

SAS^® Workshop: SAS^® Business Visualization

Paper 382-2009:

 Richardson, Kari; Rossland, Eric

SAS^® Workshop: SAS^® Business Visualization

Paper 383-2009:

 Richardson, Kari; Rossland, Eric

SAS^® Workshop: SAS^® Business Visualization