SAS Formats

The SAS formats are a type of SAS language element that applies a pattern to or executes instructions for a data value to be displayed or written as output.  Types of SAS formats: numeric, character, date, time, or timestamp.  The ability to create user-defined formats is also supported. The examples of SAS formats are BINARY, … Read more

How To Change Encoding (WLATIN1 to UTF-8) In SAS

SAS reads and writes external files using the current session encoding. SAS assumes that the external file has the same encoding as the session encoding. But sometimes you get some weird characters because of the encoding mismatch of the systems.  UTF-8 is part of the Unicode coded character set. UTF-8 is the preferred and most-used … Read more

SAS Viya Integration With SingleStore

SAS began partnering with Microsoft earlier to integrate Azure cloud platform with SAS. Now they have established a strategic partnership with the SingleStore, a multiple-cloud database,  as well.  Analytics leader SAS (Statistical Analytics Software) has joined forces with SingleStore to help you remove barriers to data access, maximize performance and scalability, and uncover key data-driven … Read more

Top 5 Reasons Why You Should Use SAS Viya With SingleStore For Data Dominance

The strategic partnership between SAS and SingleStore gave the new edge to the modern, cloud-based analytical technology. SAS has dominated data analytics for many decades and it continues to do so by partnering with the key cloud technology leaders such as Microsoft Azure and SingleStore (formerly MemSQL). What is SAS (Statistical Analysis Software) ? SAS … Read more