BASUG

The Boston Area SAS® Users Group

www.basug.org

 

 

WHAT:              The Boston Area SAS® Users Group Quarterly Meeting Announcement

 

WHEN:              Friday, October 10, 2003, 8:30AM to 12:00PM

 

TOPIC:             ODS, ODS, and more ODS!

 

WHERE:           Holiday Inn, Newton

                                Riverside Room

                        399 Grove Street

                        Newton, MA 02462

                        617-969-5300

 

HOW:                INDIVIDUAL, ON-LINE REGISTRATION REQUIRED. NO EMAIL!

 

                                To register for this meeting, please visit: http://www.basug.org/register.php3

 

CONTACT:        If you have questions about the meeting contact:

                        Kimball Lewis (klewis@pharmetrics.com)

 

AGENDA:

 

8:30 - 8:45         Sign in and Coffee Break

 

8:45 - 9:00         Meeting Announcements and Introductions

 

9:00 -10:15        "Using ODS to Extract Data from SAS Statistical Procedures" by Jack Shoemaker, WellCare Health Plans

 

10:15 - 10:30     Coders Corner:  "From Here to There: Getting Numbers into pre-made Word Tables: an Alternative to Brute Force", by Elizabeth Axelrod, Abt Associates Inc.

 

10:30 - 10:45     Break

 

10:45 - 12:00     "Tips & Tricks for sending SAS PROC Output to Microsoft Excel Using ODS" by David Shamlin, SAS Institute

 


ABSTRACTS AND BIOS:

 

"Using ODS to Extract Data from SAS Statistical Procedures" by Jack Shoemaker, Wellcare  Health Plans

 

The Output Delivery System (ODS) separates the results or data produced by various SAS procedures from the mechanism used to render those results.  One advantage of this approach is that it provides the user complete control over the final presentation and format of the data.  Another advantage is that all of the wonderful statistics produced by the statistical procedures are available as SAS data.  In other words, with ODS, every procedure essentially has an OUTPUT= option.  This presentation will provide the details on how to use ODS to extract these data from SAS statistical procedures.   

 

Jack Shoemaker has been an active member of the SAS community for over two decades. He has worked on a variety of large-scale data projects in the health, finance, and energy industries, where he has used SAS to manipulate, analyze, and surface information to key decision makers. Jack is presently a Vice President at WellCare Health Plans, Inc., a multi-state HMO based in Tampa, Florida.

 

Coders Corner:  "From Here to There: Getting Numbers into pre-made Word Tables: an Alternative to Brute Force", by Elizabeth Axelrod, Abt Associates Inc.

 

This paper presents a solution to a problem from the field, using ODS output

destinations, HTML, Excel, and WORD.

 

Elizabeth Axelrod is a Lead Programmer Analyst at Abt Associates Inc.  She has been using SAS for over 20 years, and she's been a SAS fan(atic) for almost that long!  She is currently the Chairperson for the Boston Area SAS Users Group (BASUG).

 

"Tips & Tricks for sending SAS PROC Output to Microsoft Excel Using ODS" by David Shamlin, SAS Institute

 

Presenting reports in Excel spreadsheets is often highly desirable in today's workplace. ODS provides some quick and easy ways to do this for a majority of cases. In addition there are some tricks that can help you scratch those hard to reach places. In this talk we'll review the basics of turning tabular PROC output into Excel files with ODS's HTML destination. We'll follow that up with a survey of some additional techniques for customizing your output. For the grand finale, we'll demo the new SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office that makes integration with Excel a snap!

 

David Shamlin joined SAS® in 1987 as a member of the VMS Host Group, where he helped develop low-level file systems. He also did a tour of duty with the SAS® IO development team, becoming a pioneer in industry standard data access interfaces to SAS® data stores. David brings these experiences to his current role as Research and Development Director for Base Table Services, where he leads the development of fundamental SAS® technology related to the data step, BASEPROCs, the LIBNAME supervisor, data set and catalog IO, SAS/SHARE and other client/server components related to SAS® data access. David holds a bachelor's degree in computer science from North Carolina State University.

 


DIRECTIONS TO THE HOLIDAY INN

 

Holiday Inn, Newton

Riverside Room

399 Grove Street

Newton, MA 02462

617-969-5300

 

 

DRIVING:

 

From Boston: Take I-90 West to Exit 15, then take Route 128 South (I-95) 1/4 mile to Exit 22. When you exit, stay right and bear right at the fork onto Grove Street. Hotel is on your left.

 

From South of Boston: Take Route 128 North (I-95) to Exit 22. When you exit, stay right and bear right at the fork onto Grove Street. Hotel is on your left.

 

From Western Mass: Take I-90 East to Exit 14, then take Route 128 South

(I-95) 1/4 mile to Exit 22. When you exit, stay right and bear right at the fork onto Grove Street. Hotel is on your left.

 

From New Hampshire: Take I-93 South to Route 128 South (I-95), follow for approximately 15 miles to Exit 22. When you exit, stay right and bear right at the fork onto Grove Street. Hotel is on your left.

 

From Rhode Island:  Take I-95 North to Route 128 North (I-95). Follow to Exit 22. When you exit, stay right and bear right at the fork onto Grove Street. Hotel is on your left.

 

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

 

The hotel is adjacent to the Riverside T Station. From Kenmore Square take the Green Line - D (Riverside) to the Riverside stop.  The hotel is adjacent to the T Station.

 

The hotel is also accessible from downtown Boston via Express Bus #500 (EXPRESS BUS Riverside - Downtown Via Mass. Turnpike.).

 

See http://www.mbta.com/schedmaps/bus/index.cfm for detailed bus route and schedule. Bus drops off at Riverside T Station. Hotel is adjacent to the T Station.

 


BASUG

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

BASUG is a local volunteer users group begun to further the interests of users of The SAS System in eastern New England. BASUG is one of the groups that comprise the regional NorthEast SAS Users Group (NESUG).

 

Our meetings are held quarterly, typically at the Holiday Inn in Newton, Massachusetts.  This location is accessible by public transportation and is just off route 128/I95.  Meetings consist of technical presentations (tutorials, applications, and new features of The SAS System), as well as solutions to your programming problems. We enlist speakers from our own and other user groups, as well as SAS Institute.  We also provide two training sessions per year at a very reasonable cost to our members.

 

Membership: First-time attendees are always welcome at our meetings. Payment of $25 and completion of an application form are required for permanent retention on the group mailing list. Alternate corporate membership is available ($125) for all users at one site (see attached membership form.) 

 

BASUG's Mailing Address:

 

BASUG

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Boston Area SAS Users Group

New / Renewal Membership Application and Invoice

2003

 

Payment of membership dues ($25) and completion of the application form below is required for retention on the group mailing list.  Alternate corporate membership is available ($125) for all SAS users at that site.

 

Invoice

Individual Membership Dues for 2003 --------------------   $25.00 

or

Corporate Membership Dues for 2003 -------------------- $125.00 

 

(BASUG’s Federal tax ID# is 04-2964625)

 

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