It was a great opportunity to attend user forum and interact with the other SAS users. Many topics were shared and discussed during the breakout tracks session. Data Warehouse, 7 Effective Tips from SAS Users and Integrated Business Intelligence Platform were some of the talks i attended.
In Data Warehouse-an enabler talk, it can’t further reinforce the importance of understanding the organization and ownership of data, the needs of its users’ and the different functions in the organization. With the SAS security framework, the organization is able to control who accesses what data and at what period of time.
A couple of tips were shared amongst the SAS users. Tricks like cleaning up work area, storing processes and variables you need, IF statements, Macros- SYMBOLGEN, MLOGIC, MPRINT, PROC SQL Processing feedback methods are some ways to running more efficient processes. Data quality checks have to be performed at the beginning of the process.
A scenario in banking on an Integrated Business Intelligence Platform was also being shared. It showed how SAS provides an integrated solution with office tools, scheduled processes to prepare the data for report generation and dashboard and analysis.
Of course, the event doesn’t end here. We were introduced to the new SAS 9.2 with newer features and interesting add-ons like color-coded codes, debugging capabilities, KPIs, reverse impact analysis etc. We also saw a presentation by Singapore Pools on analyzing Singapore betting behaviors using SAS tools.
And the long awaited SAS Scholarship presentation.
Presenting the SAS 2009 Scholarship recipients from SMU (left to right): Jonathan Khoo Kay Chin, Su Mon Kywe, Ji JunYao, Aditya Hridaya Misra, Jeetesh Karthik.
Congratulations! 
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