MSUG - Michigan SAS Users
Group
Welcome to MSUG
Michigan SAS Users Group!
We hope you'll approve of the changes that we are making and improvements that are yet to come.
Join us for our NEXT MEETING!
Date: Thursday, February 4, 2010
Time: 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Place: Detroit SAS Training Center
2000 Town Center, Suite 650
Southfield, MI 48075Cost: Free!
Agenda:
The February meeting will be a Hands-On SAS Data Integration Workshop; instructor is Kari Richardson from SAS.
This workshop introduces the platform for SAS Business Analytics and provides hands-on experience using SAS Data Integration Studio and dfPower Studio to create quality data.
Learn how to:
- define library information, source table information, and target table information
- join data sources
- profile/analyze data
- build a standardize rule
- apply the standardize rule
- load a target table.
Who should attend: Data Integration developers who want a hands-on overview of SAS Data Integration Studio and dfPower Studio
Prerequisites:
- log on and off a computer and use a keyboard or mouse
- use Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel to open and save documents, use the menus and toolbars to accomplish tasks, and navigate Word documents and Excel spreadsheets
- use a Web browser to access information
Due to the small size of the SAS office training room, attendance will be limited to the first 20 people who register. To register for the workshop, please send your name, email address and phone number to info@misug.org.
If you are interested in speaking at a future MSUG meeting, please contact us at info@misug.org. We also welcome reviews of SAS Press books- please see our new Book Review Process.
SAVE THE DATE!!! -- ONE-DAY SAS CONFERENCE
MSUG will once again host a One-Day SAS Conference. The 2010 event has been set for Tuesday, April 27, at the Schoolcraft College VisTaTech Center in Livonia. Art Carpenter, author of "Carpenter's Complete Guide to the SAS Macro Language" and "Carpenter's Complete Guide to the SAS REPORT Procedure" will be the featured speaker, and will also conduct training classes on Monday, April 26 and Wednesday, April 28. More details will be posted as they become available.
We are currently looking for additional presenters for the April 1-Day Conference. If you are interested in presenting something, please contact us at info@misug.org.
We will also be awarding up to 3 student scholarships, which will cover the cost of the conference registration. If you are a student and would like to take advantage of this opportunity, please download a scholarship application form.