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The 2002 SASware Ballot Survey Results
PART I SAS Language
*** General ***
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7.0 2.0 737 6 add the ability to independently center,
right-justify, or left-justify a TITLE and
a FOOTNOTE statement
10.0 5.0 693 2 provide a system option to control the
number of decimal places that are printed
for any output
13.0 6.0 658 1 provide the ability to use -L, -C, and -R
with formats in a FORMAT statement to
left-align, center, and right-align
29.0 11.0 505 4 provide the ability to set different
LINESIZE and PAGESIZE values for the SAS
log and SAS listing files
30.0 12.0 502 9 provide a method to create temporary TITLE
statements and an option to use temporary
TITLEs for the duration of a single PROC or
DATA step without replacing global TITLEs
36.0 16.0 454 5 add an option to clear all titles after
the first page of output
37.0 17.0 443 12 provide a "duration" variable type that
contains beginning and ending dates,
times, or datetimes
79.0 29.0 312 7 add #BYVAL functionality to the FOOTNOTE
statement
83.0 31.0 298 3 provide a functionality similar to AUTOEXEC
that allows a set of code to be executed at
termination of a SAS session
88.0 33.0 280 11 provide a special missing value that
sorts "high" to complement existing
special missing values that sort "low"
128.0 46.0 185 10 provide the ability to specify referential
integrity constraints and primary and
foreign keys on the same variable in two
tables when there is a one-to-one
relationship between the tables
134.0 47.0 174 8 provide a way to recover logical deletions
*** DATA Step ***
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1.0 1.0 1205 16 provide use of ranges within the IN
operator so that each value does not
have to be specified individually;
for example: if x in(10-25) would
include values of 10 through 25
24.0 9.0 536 13 provide the number of records read or
written to external file(s) as user-
accessible information
33.0 13.0 486 15 provide a data set option to keep or move
labels from the input data set to the
output data set
42.0 20.0 424 17 allow more than one character to be
assigned to the MISSING= option
69.0 26.0 339 14 provide the ability to use the special list
variables _NUMERIC_ and _CHARACTER_ in the
PUT statement
121.0 44.0 201 18 generate a warning or error message when a
numeric value reaches the upper limit of
the exponentiation range of the operating
system
143.5 48.5 153 19 allow integrity constraints for creation
of SAS data sets such as an OUT= on a
PROC or when reading raw data
*** Functions ***
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15.0 7.0 643 20 add an option to the ROUND function to
round down, round up, or truncate values
of the first argument
92.5 34.5 271 21 create a new function similar to INTNX that
would return an exact increment
169.0 53.0 110 22 add the last modified date to the output
from the FINFO function
209.0 58.0 71 23 provide bond yield and price functions
with several day/count basis choices,
including 30/360, actual/actual,
actual/360, and actual/365
*** Informats and Formats ***
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9.0 4.0 703 29 provide a WORDDATEw. informat to read date
values in the form of July 19, 2000
26.0 10.0 533 31 provide an informat and a format to read
and write date values in the form of
yymmmdd or yyyymmmdd, with the option of
including separators
43.0 21.0 417 26 provide a ZIPCODE format to display the
10-character zip code, including the dash
48.5 22.0 394 32 enhance the DATEw. format to allow the
specification of a separator character
50.0 23.0 393 34 provide a format for datetime values where
the date portion is written in the form of
mmddyy or mmddyyyy
51.0 24.0 387 25 provide a format to write time in military
form with leading zeros for times before
10:00 a.m.
59.0 25.0 369 30 provide a format to display dates in the
form of year/quarter, such as 2000/Q1
146.5 50.0 147 28 add a format and an informat for latitude
and longitude data in the form of
dddmmsN where ddd stands for degrees
(positive or negative), mm is minutes,
and sN is seconds in BESTw. format
163.5 52.0 121 24 provide an informat and format to read or
write zoned decimal values that are
produced on ASCII systems by other software
vendors such as Micro Focus COBOL
177.0 55.0 98 33 provide a format for euro values to be
represented in European decimal notation
such as the COMMAXw.d format, except
for the EUROTO format
214.0 60.0 62 27 provide formats such as WORDFw. and WORDSw.
to convert numeric values to words for
languages other than English
*** WHERE Statement ***
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122.0 45.0 200 35 add an option to control whether a NOTE
appears in the SAS log when there is a
WHERE statement
*** Display Manager System(Including Text Editor) ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
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8.0 3.0 730 52 allow editing of a program while SAS does
its processing
16.0 8.0 638 45 add special color coding for DO and END
statements in the Enhanced Editor window
34.0 14.0 465 46 add special color coding for macro variable
references in the Enhanced Editor window
35.0 15.0 460 40 provide a menu item to clear out all memory
and the SAS log
40.0 18.0 429 53 provide the ability to run a job against a
data set being viewed in an Explorer window
41.0 19.0 428 59 allow the ability in the Enhanced Editor
window to highlight lines of code, click a
"disable" button, and comment out the code
71.0 27.0 334 37 provide a utility for searching catalog
entries using keywords
78.0 28.0 316 47 add a column ruler to the Enhanced Editor
window, similar to the COLS line command in
the Program Editor
80.0 30.0 305 36 add a warning dialog box to prompt whether
to replace, append, or cancel every time
the FILE==>SAVE menu item is chosen to save
a file in the Program Editor
85.5 32.0 293 54 allow the ability to search for any option
in the SAS System Options window instead
of having to drill down through multiple
folders to find what you are looking for
92.5 34.5 271 60 provide the ability to COPY and PASTE the
column names from VAR to a clipboard under
View Columns
94.5 36.0 269 49 provide the ability to print text with
color attributes in color when the text is
sent to a color printing device
96.0 37.0 261 39 extend the 256 single-line character limit
in the Program Editor to allow raw text
file editing using the Text Editor commands
102.0 38.0 243 51 add the ability to find a variable name
from among many while in the VAR window of
a data set
103.0 39.0 239 44 add a SUBMITBLOCK command to submit all
code from the current cursor position up to
the start of the next PROC or DATA step
108.0 40.0 224 41 provide an "ALTSAVE" option to
automatically save the contents of the
Editor, Log, and Output windows to a
specified location
113.0 41.0 213 38 allow a file that is saved by using the
FILE command on the command line of the
Program Editor window to appear in the list
of recently used files
117.0 42.0 205 42 provide an option to disable the Save
command, allowing only Save As to be used,
to eliminate the possibility of
inadvertently overwriting an existing file
118.5 43.0 204 43 provide the ability to hide lines of code
so that commands and line commands will not
apply to them
143.5 48.5 153 63 change ERROR: Limit set by ERRORS= option
reached to NOTE: Limit set by ERRORS=
option reached
154.0 51.0 141 61 provide the ability to resize the File Open
window
175.0 54.0 102 55 provide the ability to the Keys File so
that users can mimic their favorite Text
Editor such as Notepad or a UNIX Editor
(Linux System VI)
179.0 56.0 97 48 provide a method to override the default
action of bringing the Output window to the
top of all SAS windows, to allow output
such as HTML to bring the HTML window to
the top
185.0 57.0 93 62 add a way to print the Enhanced Editor
Key's list
210.0 59.0 70 56 increase the number of redefinable keys
224.5 61.0 53 50 increase the number of characters saved in
the DMS command PREVCMD from 128 characters
to 32,767 characters
249.0 62.0 32 58 provide the ability in the Enhanced Editor
window to use a different programming
scheme
250.0 63.0 29 57 allow the UNIX commands in the Keys window
to be longer than on the PC
PART II Base SAS Procedures
*** All Procedures ***
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3.0 2.0 984 66 provide the ability to label each page of
output from an individual procedure as
"Page x of n"
14.0 5.0 646 65 provide an option to allow the page number
to be reset when a BY value changes
19.0 6.0 582 64 provide an option to produce a header line
when the input data set contains no
observations
97.0 26.0 258 67 provide an option such as USEFMT for all
procedures to permanently associate
variable formats to the output data set
when using a FORMAT statement in a
procedure
*** PROC COMPARE ***
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55.0 16.0 376 68 provide an option to include a variable in
the output data set that lists variables
that are found to be unequal
*** PROC CORR ***
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54.0 15.0 382 69 provide an option to output correlations
and p-values in a list structure rather
than in a matrix structure
*** PROC FORMAT ***
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60.0 18.0 367 71 provide JUSTIFY and UPCASE functionality
for the VALUE statement to avoid having to
alter the stored values using the DATA step
67.0 20.0 341 72 provide a front end to simplify the
creation and editing of user-written
formats
111.0 30.0 215 70 enhance the FMTLIB option so that
information on all format libraries listed
in the FMTSEARCH= option will be printed
139.0 35.0 161 73 provide the ability to determine if a
format is located in the libraries that are
referenced by the FMTSEARCH= option, the
LIBRARY libref, or both
*** PROC FREQ ***
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6.0 4.0 783 74 add an option to the TABLES statement to
output the number of unique values for a
variable
118.5 31.0 204 75 implement the PRELOADFMT option to preload
all formats for the variables in the TABLES
statement, as in PROC MEANS
*** PROC MEANS/PROC SUMMARY ***
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20.0 7.0 581 77 provide the ability to include a warning
message in the log that indicates how many
observations were dropped due to missing
values when the MISSING option is not used
21.0 8.0 575 76 provide an option to specify a width for
the column that contains the variable
labels so that the labels can wrap within
that width
*** PROC PMENU ***
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183.5 45.0 94 78 add the ability to use icons
*** PROC PRINT ***
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32.0 9.0 491 80 provide an option to insert a blank line
after every nth line
39.0 10.0 431 82 provide the ability to display the label
of the BY variable on the summary line
52.0 14.0 386 79 provide an option to force a page eject if
all observations in the current BY group
will not fit on the remainder of the page
104.5 28.0 233 81 provide an option to exclude variables
from the BY line if they are listed both
in the BY statement and in the ID statement
109.0 29.0 222 83 allow for a default split character for
labels
*** PROC REPORT ***
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56.0 17.0 375 87 provide the ability to print the word
CONTINUED when a report spans pages, and
to print END on the last page
77.0 23.0 319 84 provide the ability to suppress summary
lines when there is only one observation
for a group
101.0 27.0 245 98 provide an option to keep groupings from
splitting across pages
120.0 32.0 202 86 provide the ability to group by computed
columns
148.0 37.0 146 89 provide the ability to use the break
options SKIP, OL, UL, DUL, and DOL when
requesting ODS output
150.5 38.5 144 93 allow a spanned header over more than one
ID variable
157.5 42.0 135 85 add the ability to dynamically align text
from LINE statements with report columns
165.0 43.0 119 90 provide the ability to execute conditional
LINE statements in a compute block instead
of the LINE statement always being printed
181.5 44.0 95 88 provide the ability to define labels or
column names instead of column numbers in
an output data set that was created using
an ACROSS variable
190.0 46.0 90 95 change the ODS table grid so that the
ORDER/GROUP variables are in one box
instead of blank rows with horizontal lines
per row, something similar to PROC TABULATE
output in ODS
197.0 47.0 79 96 provide the ability to autopopulate
computed variables under ACROSS, based on
the number of ACROSS values so that the
exact number of columns does not need to be
determined prior to PROC REPORT
207.5 48.0 72 91 provide a method to have an ORDER/GROUP
variable value populate every row when a
DISPLAY is to the left in the COLUMN
statement, as in previous releases
218.5 49.0 57 97 allow placement control of values in the
LINE statement when using PROC REPORT and
ODS output destinations
232.0 50.0 46 92 provide the ability to print output from
the REPORT window in a left-to-right and
top-to-bottom method in the same way that
output from the OUTPUT window is printed
239.5 51.0 38 94 allow the assignment of values to specific
columns when using LINE statements
*** PROC SORT ***
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2.0 1.0 1198 99 add an option to output observations that
are deleted by the NODUP or NODUPKEY option
to an alternate data set
4.0 3.0 842 100 provide the ability to sort by formatted
values
152.0 40.0 143 101 create an option that would cause NOTSORTED
"BY" variables not to be sorted when only
the second variable needs to be sorted
*** PROC SQL ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
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44.0 11.0 416 102 allow the automatic conversion of variables
from character to numeric when performing
arithmetic expressions in a query
74.0 21.5 327 108 allow PROC SQL to create multiple output
tables from a single query
74.0 21.5 327 110 add a method for specifying a range of
variables in the select clause
81.0 24.0 304 106 provide a MEDIAN summary function
126.0 33.0 191 107 trim the trailing blanks in the macro
variable that were created by the INTO
:macvar syntax
131.5 34.0 181 103 allow calculated columns to inherit the
default format of the column that is used
in the calculation (for one-column
calculations)
141.0 36.0 159 109 add an option to cause SAS to enter 'syntax
check mode' when an error occurs in SQL
Pass-Thru
150.5 38.5 144 105 add SORTEDBY information to
DICTIONARY.TABLES
153.0 41.0 142 104 add a variable to the DICTIONARY.TABLES
dictionary table that gives the size of the
data set in bytes or megabtyes
*** PROC TABULATE ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
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48.5 13.0 394 113 provide the ability to automatically scale
the column width to the length of the data
values
65.0 19.0 345 112 provide the ability for column widths to
be independent of the format widths with a
WIDTH= option
91.0 25.0 276 111 add a SPLIT= option
*** PROC TRANSPOSE ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
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47.0 12.0 401 114 add an option such as EACHROW to transpose
each row of data into one COL1 variable,
without requiring a UNIQUE BY variable
PART III SAS Macro Facility
OVERALL PART # ITEM
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11.0 1.0 683 117 allow the IN operator to be used in a macro
12.0 2.0 681 120 allow %DO loops to iterate using a list of
constants such as %DO i=a,b,c;
28.0 3.0 512 115 add line numbers to MPRINT output so that
line numbers are continuous in the SAS log
38.0 4.0 433 122 provide the ability to globalize all macro
variables without having to specify each
one individually
76.0 5.0 321 118 issue a note confirming the successful
compilation of a macro
100.0 6.0 249 119 enhance the MPRINT output to show the
nesting of macros, such as MPRINT(C.B.A)
sourceline;
114.0 7.0 209 121 provide a %abort statement that will
abort SAS within a macro
183.5 8.0 94 116 add a SOURCE option to use with the STORE
option to cause the source code to be saved
to the same catalog as the compiled macro
PART IV Output Delivery System (ODS)
OVERALL PART # ITEM
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69.0 1.0 339 123 add a RENAME= or REORDER option to the ODS
OUTPUT statement so that the ODS output
data set can be reordered
84.0 2.0 297 128 add a Base.Freq.Crosstabs table so that
an output data set can be created with
all variables invloved in the crosstab
from PROC FREQ
85.5 3.0 293 125 add the ability to generate a table of
contents with the RTF destination
87.0 4.0 292 124 add the ability to use style sheets with
the RTF destination
89.0 5.0 278 129 provide the ability to remove the "="
within the BY values in the table of
contents
142.0 6.0 157 127 enhance ODS with Remote Library Services
so that PROC DOWNLOAD is not needed to
create a true HTML file on the local
session
157.5 7.0 135 126 provide the ability to control the Results
Viewer programmatically
PART V SAS/GRAPH Software
*** New Procedures ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
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72.0 3.0 332 130 provide a procedure to generate a Venn
diagram
*** Global Statements(AXIS, LEGEND, SYMBOL, etc.) ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
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62.0 2.0 365 131 provide the ability to specify only the
start point, the end point, or the BY
increment when specifying the order in an
AXIS statement
94.5 6.0 269 132 provide the ability to order axis values
that are based on the order in which the
data is read
99.0 7.0 253 133 provide an option to allow the dynamic
specification of uneven intervals between
tick marks on a sequential axis range
110.0 9.0 220 134 provide the ability to control the height
of the symbols for each entry in the
LEGEND and have the default symbol height
reflect the symbol size from the plotted
data points defined in the SYMBOL statement
*** PROC GCHART ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
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58.0 1.0 370 135 implement a UNIFORM option to uniformly
scale axes across BY groups
90.0 5.0 277 136 provide an option to allow the user to
specify the order of subgroup bars
104.5 8.0 233 137 provide an option to position axes on both
sides of the chart
*** PROC GPLOT ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
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82.0 4.0 300 138 provide the ability to create horizontal
box plots
*** PROC G3D ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
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130.0 10.0 183 139 provide the ability in the AXIS statement
to specify an axis range for the X/Y/Z axis
of a G3D surface or scatter plot
PART VI SAS/FSP Software
*** PROC FSVIEW ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
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25.0 1.0 534 140 provide the ability to cut and paste from
the FSVIEW window
PART VII SAS Component Language
OVERALL PART # ITEM
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64.0 1.0 355 141 provide the ability to maintain the sort
order unless requested to be changed
PART VIII AppDev Studio
OVERALL PART # ITEM
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197.0 1.0 79 144 provide the ability to specify formats
for a column via the DataSetInterface
203.5 2.0 75 145 provide a better means for controlling
component sizing within webEIS when
displayed within a browser
224.5 3.0 53 143 provide the ability to customize the text
of the Overlay label in the webAF
Chart component
229.0 4.0 49 142 provide the ability to create a chart
in the same section of a webEIS document
that is independent of the
MultidimensionalTableView Row or Column
Axis specifications
245.5 5.0 36 146 create a webAF component that will allow
the user to locate the defined ACL groups
and respective users
PART IX SAS/MDDB Server
OVERALL PART # ITEM
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133.0 1.0 178 147 enhance the Open OLAP Server to allow a
given category variable to exist in more
than one display dimension
PART X SAS/STAT Software
*** All Procedures ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
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5.0 1.0 834 148 calculate confidence intervals for all
appropriate parameters
17.0 2.0 631 150 provide power analysis and sample-size
determination in applicable hypothesis
tests
27.0 4.0 529 149 provide more extensive nonparametric
statistics and tests, including multiple
comparisons
63.0 6.0 356 151 provide one-tailed tests where appropriate
*** New Procedures ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
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45.0 5.0 409 152 provide a procedure for multivariate
outlier detection that is based on robust
methods
*** PROC BOXPLOT ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
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107.0 7.0 225 153 add options to clip extreme outliers so
that box plots are more readable when
outliers are present
*** PROC GLM/PROC ANOVA ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
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145.0 8.0 149 154 provide multiple comparisons using the
SLICE= option
*** PROC LIFEREG ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
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169.0 11.0 110 155 add the ability to fit frailty models
(random effects models)
*** PROC LIFETEST ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
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171.0 12.0 108 158 add the ability to perform pairwise and
multiple comparisons of homogeneity among
strata
193.0 14.0 84 157 include additional tests of homogeneity of
the survival curves across strata
213.0 15.0 64 156 add the ability to produce cumulative
incidence plots
*** PROC PHREG ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
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159.0 9.0 131 160 add the ability to compute survival
estimates for models that include
time-dependent covariates
166.0 10.0 114 162 add an option to the TEST statement to
perform a likelihood ratio test
191.5 13.0 89 159 add a WEIGHT statement for incorporating
case weights
218.5 16.0 57 161 add the ability to model "transient
effects," time-dependent covariates that
cease to exist as time progresses
221.0 17.0 55 163 add the ability to produce cumulative
incidence plots
*** PROC REG ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
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23.0 3.0 559 164 provide a test for lack of fit
PART XI SAS/ETS Software
*** New Procedures ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
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106.0 1.0 229 166 provide a general modeling procedure for
fitting stochastic processes with Markov
chain models
205.5 6.5 73 165 provide a Maximum Entropy procedure
*** Time Series Forecasting System ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
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149.0 2.0 145 167 provide the ability to fit general ARIMA
models, including general, factored, and
subset models
200.0 4.0 77 171 create cross-correlation plots to improve
identification of transfer function models
203.5 5.0 75 169 provide an option for restricting the range
of possible forecast values for variables
with a known maximum or minimum value using
series transformation heuristics
207.5 8.0 72 168 provide a means to interrupt the automatic
model-fitting process
226.5 11.5 52 170 attempt estimation by using methods such as
CLS whenever maximum likelihood estimation
fails for ARIMA models
*** PROC ARIMA ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
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177.0 3.0 98 174 support a TREND= option in the ESTIMATE
statement to automatically build and
include a time-trend variable in the model
205.5 6.5 73 172 allow restrictions to be imposed on the
model parameters
245.5 19.0 36 173 support an option to compute and output
additional statistics of fit, such as MAPE
R-square, and Theil statistics
*** PROC AUTOREG ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
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235.5 14.0 41 175 provide an INEST= option to name an input
data set that provides starting values for
any or all parameters in a model
242.5 17.5 37 177 provide a BOUNDS statement to impose
inequality constraints on parameter
estimates
247.0 20.0 35 176 support the specification of the GARCH or
autoregressive parameters in the RESTRICT
and TEST statements
*** PROC EXPAND ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
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248.0 21.0 34 178 provide an option to allow processing when
a BY group has only a single observation
*** PROC MODEL ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
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222.5 10.0 54 179 support BY-group processing with the
PARMSDATA= and ESTDATA= data sets so that
different starting values can be specified
for each BY group
*** PROC SPECTRA ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
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237.0 15.0 40 180 provide the ability to compute p-values or
critical values for the test statistics
that are computed by the WHITETEST option
*** PROC SYSLIN ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
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226.5 11.5 52 181 compute the value of the log-likelihood
function and associated statistics of fit,
including AIC and SBC
*** PROC TSCSREG ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
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216.0 9.0 58 183 provide tests for autocorrelation
234.0 13.0 42 186 provide estimation of dynamic panel data
models
239.5 16.0 38 182 provide the ability to identify fixed-
effects model parameters by the actual
levels of the time series and cross-section
ID variables
242.5 17.5 37 185 provide an autocorrelation model for
unbalanced panel data
252.0 22.0 26 184 provide a RESTRICT statement
PART XII SAS/OR Software
*** New Procedures ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
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131.5 1.0 181 187 provide an Internet-based client/server
application for scheduling and project
management
PART XIII SAS/QC Software
*** New Procedures ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
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160.0 1.0 127 188 provide a procedure for analysis of means
*** PROC CAPABILITY ***
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218.5 2.5 57 189 provide overlaid and comparative versions
of all graphical displays
218.5 2.5 57 190 allow multiple distributions from the same
family to be plotted on one histogram
PART XIV SAS/IML Software
OVERALL PART # ITEM
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135.0 1.0 167 195 support multidimensional matrices (beyond
two dimensions)
155.0 2.0 138 194 implement BY-group processing
156.0 3.0 136 191 support sparse matrices
161.5 4.0 123 197 provide more flexibility in formatting
matrices in PRINT and PUT statements
173.5 5.0 104 193 add a function to create an upper or lower
triangular matrix directly from another
matrix or vector
212.0 6.0 67 192 implement a method to name and access
matrices x1, x2, x3, and so forth, without
having to use CALL EXECUTE
215.0 7.0 61 196 allow modules or functions to call
themselves recursively
253.0 8.0 22 198 provide a function to simulate
multivariate GARCH time series data
PART XV SAS/INSIGHT Software
OVERALL PART # ITEM
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125.0 1.0 193 200 provide the ability to add legends to
charts and plots
127.0 2.0 186 199 provide the ability to record and replay
all user actions
146.5 3.0 147 201 provide statistics and plots for
multivariate outlier detection
222.5 4.0 54 202 provide the ability to freeze the work
PART XVI SAS/LAB Software
OVERALL PART # ITEM
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129.0 1.0 184 203 add nonparametric statistics
PART XVII Data File Management
*** General ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
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18.0 1.0 621 204 provide the ability to establish a
secondary SASWORK area to allow the program
to continue processing when the current
WORK location runs out of space
74.0 3.0 327 205 provide the ability to append in PROC
EXPORT
235.5 4.0 41 206 support overlapping keys functionality for
primary and foreign key referential
integrity constraints
*** Import/Export Wizard ***
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57.0 2.0 374 207 add an option for specifying that all
fields are numeric or character
PART XVIII Remote Library Services
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124.0 1.0 194 208 provide the ability to handle short
numerics across cross-architecture host
types
PART XIX SAS/SHARE Software
*** General ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
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197.0 2.0 79 209 provide a Perl DBI interface to SQL
queries against SAS data via a multiuser
server
*** PROC SERVER ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
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123.0 1.0 197 210 add the ability to disconnect a user from a
SAS server after a specified period of
inactivity
PART XX SAS/ACCESS Software
*** All Interfaces ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
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112.0 4.0 214 212 provide the ability to display all tables
for all the schemas in the Explorer window
when using a SAS/ACCESS LIBNAME engine, as
the SQL Query Window does
139.0 5.5 161 211 support "commit and roll back" transaction-
level processing verbs within DATA step
MODIFY processing when used against
relational databases such as ORACLE or
SYBASE
180.0 7.0 96 213 create indexes and constraints on the DBMS
table that is created from a SAS data set
that contains indexes and constraints
200.0 8.0 77 215 create an option that would return missing
values in the DBMS in the same order as
missing values in SAS
238.0 9.0 39 214 provide an option to show only tables in
the Explorer window (currently both tables
and queries are shown)
*** Interface to ADABAS ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
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254.0 11.0 11 216 enhance the ADABAS engine to be
able to read a record directly by
the ISN
*** Interface to PC File Formats ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
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22.0 1.0 573 217 provide the ability to specify a worksheet
name when creating Excel files from SAS
data sets
46.0 2.0 403 218 display a warning message when there is
data in an Excel field, but SAS reads it as
missing data
61.0 3.0 366 219 add a SHEET= statement to the EXPORT
procedure
139.0 5.5 161 221 allow DDE and XLS files to be read with
the SAS/ACCESS Interface to PC File
Formats on UNIX
242.5 10.0 37 220 allow labels (instead of names) of the
variables in the file created by a DIF
procedure on UNIX
PART XXI SPD Server
OVERALL PART # ITEM
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172.0 1.0 105 223 add a method of interrupting a long-running
query
229.0 2.0 49 222 implement SAS Version 8 integrity
constraints for the SPD Server
PART XXII SAS/Warehouse Administrator
OVERALL PART # ITEM
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194.5 1.0 83 225 provide the ability to use the same table
as both input and output for a single
process
229.0 2.0 49 224 allow the ability to change the order of
columns displayed on the columns tab of
mapping properties
251.0 3.0 27 226 provide the ability to use the DB2 add-in
tools to register and load DB2 tables on
UNIX platforms
PART XXIII SAS/IntrNet Software
*** Application Dispatcher ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
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173.5 1.0 104 229 provide a secure and effective way to pass
authentication credentials so that they
are available for each request, especially
for connecting or reconnecting to a DBMS
or SAS/SHARE server
188.5 2.0 91 227 provide an option for the Application Load
Manager to display a list of requests that
are awaiting execution
191.5 3.0 89 231 provide the ability to save LIBNAME
definitions with user-specific parameters
for use across requests within a session
211.0 4.0 69 230 provide the ability when using the
AUTH=HOST option to permit client users to
execute SAS programs only through the
Application Server, and deny read access
to external applications
233.0 5.0 43 228 provide the ability for administrators to
specify site-specific BROKER error
messages
PART XXIV SAS System for Mainframes
*** SAS System under OS/390 ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
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136.0 1.0 164 232 provide a check to see if a file is
already allocated to a libref before
allowing a FILENAME statement, FILE
command, or anything else to reference it
as an external flat file
188.5 3.0 91 233 add a REPLYTO= option to the EMAIL access
method to allow a reply to be sent to
someone other than the person running the
job
202.0 5.0 76 234 add the ability within the URL access
method to access and read Secure Sockets
Layer (SSL) Web pages into SAS data sets
*** PROC PDSCOPY ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
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194.5 4.0 83 235 allow the INDD parameter to process a
fileref for a list of concatenated files
in a FILENAME statement
*** PROC SOURCE ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
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161.5 2.0 123 236 provide the ability to read and write
records that are longer than 80 bytes
*** PROC TAPELABEL ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
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231.0 6.0 47 237 handle an A13 abend in a way that is
similar to handling an 813-04 abend, to
enable SAS to recover
PART XXV IT Service Vision Software
OVERALL PART # ITEM
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163.5 1.0 121 238 provide the ability to create values at the
summary level similar to the MINID and
MAXID statistics in PROC MEANS
PART XXVI SAS System under OpenVMS
*** General ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
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186.5 1.0 92 239 provide transparent access of catalogs and
catalog entries between OpenVMS for VAX and
Alpha host systems
PART XXVII SAS System for UNIX
*** General ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
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115.0 1.0 208 241 add an option to allow a local SAS help
system (that does not require a Web
browser) to be used
137.0 2.0 163 240 add a system option to limit the amount of
workspace that is used by a SAS process
177.0 3.0 98 243 add a -WORKPERM option to specify the
permissions to assign to the SASWORK
library
181.5 4.0 95 245 port SAS to Linux on the Itanium Platform
Family
186.5 5.0 92 242 add the ability to save the size attribute
of the Open window
200.0 6.0 77 246 port SAS to Linux on the mainframe
242.5 7.0 37 244 provide a silent install
PART XXVIII SAS System for PCs
*** General ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
31.0 1.0 497 247 implement an option to specify the
directory to which all saved files should
reside, regardless of where a file was
last opened
53.0 2.0 385 252 add the ability to copy the list of column
names of a SAS data set from the View
Columns drop-down list in the SAS Explorer
window
66.0 3.0 342 254 to allow the colors in the SAS log to
print in color for printed output, and to
retain color for the SAS log that is saved
to a file
69.0 4.0 339 248 add cut-and-paste capabilities on the
command lines and in the FSEDIT window
98.0 5.0 256 249 allow the SAS System Viewer to display
values using user-defined formats
116.0 6.0 206 251 add a push button control to the Find
window to switch to the Replace window
167.0 7.0 113 253 add a DM command to close the SAS Explorer
window and a DM command to open the
Explorer window in the left window pane
169.0 8.0 110 250 provide an option to specify the line feed
as the end of record marker for output
files being ported to UNIX
Distribution of Respondent Job Functions:
19% Manager/Staff End User Department 11% SAS Software Representative
43% Applications Programmer 15% SAS Software Consultant
23% Systems Analyst 3% SAS Software Training Coordinator
7% Systems Manager 44% Statistician
6% Manager/Staff Information Center
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