Quick Tips for Searching
- Search the appropriate site:
Customer Support Center for technical and usage information
www.sas.com for corporate, overview, and introductory information
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Specify as many words as possible:
forecasting econometrics ets
This search returns all pages that have "forecasting" or "econometrics" or "ets" in the text. This type of search often returns a large number of pages. However, the pages are ranked such that the pages at the top have the greatest number of occurrences of all three words.
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To ensure that a word is included all the resulting pages,
use a plus sign:
+data +mining +seminar
This search returns only those pages that have all three words.
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Enclose phrases in quotations:
"Integration Technologies"
This search returns all pages that contain this phrase. Note that case is significant!
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When searching for SAS products by name, it is best
to use UPPERCASE, for example:
SAS/GRAPH
Help with Browsing and Filtering
The following demostration videos provide help for using the browse and filtering features of search.
- Browsing Content by Topic
This short video explains how to browse for content using topic categories. This feature is available for SAS 9.2 documentation, SAS 9.2 Install Center, and for all SAS samples and usages notes. The topic selections may vary for each section of the site. The demonstration shows how to browse for a topic in the documentation.
View the video | Read the script - Filtering Search Results
This short video explains how to filter, or narrow, your search results. This feature is available for SAS 9.2 documentation, SAS 9.2 Install Center, and for all SAS samples and usages notes. The filter selections may vary for each content type. The demonstration shows how to filter results from the Samples & SAS Notes section of the site.
View the video | Read the script - Refining Your Search Results
This short video explains how to refine your search results by adding terms to your search query. The demonstration also highlights useful sections of the search results page that many users miss when working with searches.
View the video | Read the script - Saving Your Search Results
This short video explains how to use the toolbar items to save, print and e-mail the results of your searching efforts. The toolbar is available on every page of support.sas.com, but this demonstration shows you how to use it to save and share refined searches.
View the video | Read the script
