Excel-FAQ 3 -Last Day Of a Month
Finding the last date of a Month Q: What formula can be used to get the last date for a given month and year in Excel? Or Q: How do I find the number of days in a month in Excel? Answer: This is a...
View ArticleSAS-Clearing and Reassigning Work Library
MANAGE YOUR WORK LIBRARY Deleting your SAS Temporary (work) files If you click File>Exit or click the X in the upper-right corner of the SAS window, the session ends normally and the SAS automatic...
View ArticleSAS-Executing SAS in batch mode in Windows and Unix
Executing SAS in batch mode Windows CALLING SAS PROGRAM TO RUN UNDER WINDOWS Submitting a SAS program from a Windows script has two phases, one is to call first a SAS exe program to invoke SAS system...
View ArticleXCELSIUS FORMATTING TRICK6-Any Image to Map Type Component
XCELSIUS FORMATTING TRICK-6 Here I am trying to convert an image (any image as long as it has specific hot spots or regions which have been clearly divided into different parts) to a “map type”...
View ArticleXCELSIUS FORMATTING TRICK 7-SPECIAL EFFECTS IN XCELSIUS
CREATING SPECIAL EFFECTS IN XCELSIUS I have always liked the Special effects feature of Excel control tools. The components in Xcelsius however do not have these Special Effects feature. In this...
View ArticleXCELSIUS-FORMATTING TRICK-5 CUSTOM MAP-ICON COMPONENT
CUSTOM MAP WITH FLICKERING ICONS In this formatting Trick we will learn how to make a custom map with Flickering icons (as shown below). In this dashboard the default icon starts flickering as the...
View ArticleSAS:DATE TIME FUNCTIONS
IS THIS A GOOD TIME..? FUNCTIONS :1. DATE 2. WEEKDAY 3. QTR 4. DHMS5. MONTH 6. DATEPART 7. HMS 8. INTCK 9. INTFMT 10. YEAR11. TIMEPART 12....
View ArticleSAS- Connecting and Getting SAS datasets directly from oracle
What do you need? 1. A machine which has an oracle client or the capability to connect to an oracle server. 2. Details required – User Name, Password and the host name. 3. Proper version...
View ArticleXCELSIUS-PASSWORD PROTECTION OF XCELSIUS DASHBOARDS
(Un) LOCK & LOAD Some time back I got a mail from my superiors saying that the company was trying to get an ISO certification and everyone was required to "conform" to the standards and be...
View ArticleXCELSIUS-DIFFICULTIES IN EXPORTING TO SWF
Unable to Export to Flash? You will find this post useful if: You have had problems in exporting your dashboard to SWF (even though the preview is available) Or You are using the...
View ArticleXCELSIUS: MIND READER IN XCELSIUS
Can Xcelsius read your mind? Try this.. DOWNLOAD XCELSIUS SAMPLE FILE FROM HERE Here:The Crystall Ball is an Icon Chart is Spread sheet Table A label is placed ocer the icon to display the symbol Try...
View ArticleXCELSIUS-ADDING FLASH TO XCELSIUS-FORMATTING TRICK 8
Any Flash in Flash Dashboards.. There is this interesting feature of the Image component which is not very well known, Image component lets you import flash files (.swf extenton). This property lets...
View ArticleXcelsius Basics-Map component with Alerts
XCELSIUS MAPS: Mapping makes understanding and visualizing data much easier, much easier than showing it on an Excel sheet.I have always loved this component of Xcelsius, Map component in Xcelsius...
View ArticleSAS-KEYBOARD MACROS AND ABBREVIATIONS
KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS FOR SASThe Enhanced Editor in SAS allows you to save a series of keystrokes as keyboard macros. A special form of these macros is keyboard abbreviation. The abbreviation allows you...
View ArticleXcelsius Basics-Introduction to Xcelsius
Why do I need Xcelsius? (This is how we made a case for Xcelsius, in our company)It’s a tough crowd. You have to present business data to your Clients/colleagues, but you know audiences are easily...
View ArticleWeb Analytics Concepts-Cookies
What is a cookie? Cookies are small, often encrypted text files used by web developers to help users navigate their websites efficiently and perform certain functions. Cookies are created when a user's...
View ArticleWeb Analytics Concepts-Comparative Search Engines (CSE)
Comparative search engine What is comparative search engine?Comparative search engine websites provide information about products for online sale. Comparative search engine is price comparison service....
View ArticleR Basics: Introduction to 'R' Analytics Tool
-What is it? Learning R? To some people R is just the 18th letter of the alphabet. To others, it’s the rating on racy movies, a measure of an attic’s insulation or what pirates in movies say. R is...
View ArticleXcelsius Basics-Scorecard Component
Using the Scorecard Component? In this post I will show you how to use the Scorecard Component of Xcelsius 2008. The Scorecard Component was added in Xcelsius SP3 and provides an easy way to integrate...
View ArticleCognos Basics- Introduction to Cognos
Why do I need COGNOS? Cognos satisfies all BI needs, with a platform that reduces the complexity of BI environment, increases ROI and ultimately lowers the total cost INTEGRATION-Cognos’ native...
View ArticleSocial Media Analytics- Twitter text mining using SAS
Can SAS be used to gather sentiments from Twitter? The answer to that would be 'Yes'. The huge growth in mineable text on the web offers a wide range of opportunities for Analytics. One such platform...
View ArticleAnalytics Concepts- Product Affinity or Market Basket analysis
What does your customer's basket look like? Product Affinity Analysis helps one identify the products which have a high probability of being purchased together. The analysis also helps us determine the...
View ArticleWeb Analytics Concepts & Terms- Doubleclick Data & Reporting
What is Doubleclick?There has been an exponential growth in ad technology and Google's DoubleClick™ is one of the top companies that develops and provides Internet ad serving services. It does so by...
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