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The 1998 SASware Ballot Survey Results
1998 SASware Ballot Results -- out of 1531 total votes
PART I SAS Language
*** General ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
4.0 1.0 676 23 provide the ability to create stand alone
executable programs from base SAS software
9.5 3.5 552 22 allow options on the TITLE and FOOTNOTE
statements to specify bold or underlined
text
11.0 5.0 541 1 provide the ability to display the current
date and time in the SAS LOG and OUTPUT
(not just the date and time the session
began) for an interactive SAS session
18.0 8.0 482 2 provide a system option to control the
number of decimal places printed for any
output
21.0 10.0 453 11 allow complete control of placement and
format of date and page number in SAS
output
27.0 12.0 418 6 allow the use of metacharacters or
wildcards when referencing SAS data set
names, variable names, or character strings
29.0 14.0 415 12 allow separate justification for TITLE and
FOOTNOTE statements
55.0 20.0 340 9 add an option to display a running total of
CPU time, memory usage, and space
utilization after each step
88.0 25.0 266 20 provide a system option similar to the
MISSING option to designate a character to
print for missing character variable values
90.0 26.0 262 3 provide a system option to reset all
options back to the default setting at
initialization of the SAS System
95.0 27.0 251 10 specify the name(s) of the variable(s)
formatted with the BEST. format in the note
issued when any assigned format is
overridden
96.5 28.0 248 15 provide an option to store numbers using
integer representation rather than floating
point
111.5 30.0 226 21 provide a FORMAT/NOFORMAT system option to
indicate whether to use associated formats
in the DATA step or procedures
117.0 32.0 219 5 provide the ability to specify different
linesize values for the log and listing
files
118.0 33.0 216 4 provide a functionality similar to AUTOEXEC
that allows a set of code to be executed at
termination of the SAS session
199.5 51.5 128 13 provide a NOWARN system option to prevent
any WARNING messages from being written to
the SAS LOG
266.0 66.5 93 19 enhance the behavior of the ERRORABEND
system option to pop up a window requesting
whether an interactive SAS session should
be terminated
311.0 70.0 75 18 add a system option to globally set the
default rounding unit to be used in
conditional evaluation
328.0 72.0 67 17 provide an LRECL= system option
356.5 75.5 59 16 provide the ability to retrieve values by
an index in descending order
378.5 80.0 54 7 provide a system option to specify what
currency symbol to use, with the default
being the dollar sign
438.0 85.0 39 8 allow the ERRORS= system option to control
the number of informational messages which
are printed from the MSGLEVEL=I system
option
507.0 92.0 26 14 provide the ability to control the number
of notes generated similar to the ERRORS=
option
*** DATA Step ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
9.5 3.5 552 27 display the "nesting level" for DO-END
blocks in the SAS LOG
12.0 6.0 532 29 provide support for the LIKE, CONTAINS and
BETWEEN-AND operators for the IF statement
26.0 11.0 420 24 provide a note in the SAS LOG that displays
the name, number of observations and number
of variables for a data set on a SET, MERGE
or MODIFY statement
35.0 15.0 390 26 provide a WARNING to indicate that a MERGE
statement has been used without a BY
statement
48.5 17.0 354 25 allow the IN operator to accept expressions
and variable names
52.0 19.0 348 30 add the name of the array to the message:
ARRAY SUBSCRIPT OUT OF RANGE
83.5 24.0 278 31 add a MISSING= option to the INFILE
statement to designate alternate characters
to be read as missing values
107.0 29.0 230 40 provide an option for the MERGE statement
to perform a full join
114.5 31.0 222 38 compute the value for the NOBS= option on
the SET statement after subsetting using
the WHERE= data set option
129.0 35.0 204 50 provide a CENTER option on the PUT
statement to automatically center literal
text
149.5 41.0 177 46 allow the label created with the LABEL=
data set option to be carried over to a
newly created data set
158.5 43.0 167 42 allow the use of the special subscript
asterisk (*) to refer to all elements in
temporary arrays and multidimensional
arrays
183.0 47.0 143 41 provide a system option to control whether
the VARIABLE IS UNINITIALIZED message is a
NOTE, a WARNING, or an ERROR and set the
step condition code appropriately
207.0 53.0 123 28 provide a method for the OR operator to
differentiate between both conditions being
true and one of the conditions being true
227.5 56.5 115 32 allow the KEY= option to take advantage of
a DBMS index
234.0 59.0 113 45 provide the ability to save the source code
as part of the view when creating DATA step
views
238.5 61.0 111 33 add a way for a user to set a warning
condition during execution
252.5 63.0 101 47 allow the use of data set lists in the
DATA, SET, MERGE, UPDATE, and OUTPUT
statements
266.0 66.5 93 43 provide an argument to the ABORT statement
that terminates the current DATA step and
ignores any pending DATA or PROC steps when
running interactively
320.5 71.0 70 49 provide an option to require programmers to
explicitly define all variables used in the
DATA step
341.0 73.0 64 36 add a numeric option to the LEAVE statement
to exit two or more nested loops at once
466.5 88.0 34 35 add a numeric option to the CONTINUE
statement to branch to the return point of
any nested loop
493.0 91.0 29 44 issue a note when only one data set is
specified in a MERGE statement to indicate
that two or more data sets should be used
529.5 97.0 20 48 provide an option to specify that an
external file is in a non-native character
set
533.5 98.0 19 39 provide a data set option to handle
duplicates on the master and transaction
data sets when using the MODIFY statement
with the KEY= option
543.5 100.0 17 37 increase the number of lines available to
the output pointer using the N= option on
the FILE statement
572.5 102.0 10 34 allow index retrieval on a MODIFY with the
BY statement without specifying a
transaction data set
*** Functions ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
17.0 7.0 493 51 implement a MEDIAN function to compute the
median across a group of variables
39.0 16.0 376 53 add an option to the ROUND function to
round down, up, or truncate values
61.0 22.0 310 55 add a function to uppercase the first
letter of each word in a string
65.0 23.0 300 54 allow variable lists like X=SUM(OF A:) to
sum all variables beginning with an 'A'
124.0 34.0 208 58 add a function to return the name of the
variable that contains the minimum or
maximum value for a group of variables
199.5 51.5 128 52 add functions for scientific conversions,
for example: atmospheres to inches of
mercury, metric to English
236.0 60.0 112 56 provide a function to convert a ZIP code to
a county FIPS code
364.0 77.0 57 57 add functions to generate a group of
incremental sums and means for the elements
of an array
366.5 78.0 56 59 create a function to add single quotes to a
data value
*** Informats and Formats ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
50.0 18.0 349 60 provide a date format to display the month
and year in the form: January 1994
137.0 37.0 194 65 provide a SAS format and informat similar
to DATE with the pattern DD-MMM-YY
146.0 39.0 184 61 provide a format to write leading zeros as
well as commas
211.0 54.5 122 78 provide a format to write time in military
form with leading zeros for times before
10:00 am
243.5 62.0 107 64 create a duration format to display a
datetime value as days:hr:mm:ss
269.0 68.0 91 69 provide a significant digits format to
display the significant digits, including
zero
307.5 69.0 76 68 provide an informat like $CHARZB to be used
on ascii systems to read ebcdic data,
convert it to the native format and convert
any byte containing a binary zero to a
blank
351.0 74.0 61 70 add an informat to handle Julian dates in
the form of cyyddd where the c is the
century indicator
371.5 79.0 55 62 provide an informat that considers time or
datetime values with a minute value greater
than 59 as invalid
409.0 81.0 44 66 provide a format, similar to BEST., that
only displays non-zero decimal values and
also aligns all values according to both
the explicit and implicit decimal points
414.5 82.5 43 71 allow the COMMA informat to also remove
single quotes from the input data
414.5 82.5 43 73 add an informat and a format to handle the
conversion of amounts to Euro-dollar
amounts
425.0 84.0 41 77 add a YYMMxw informat
451.5 86.0 37 63 add an informat and format to read and
write dates in the form:
Thu Mar 21 13:59:34 CST 1996
457.0 87.0 36 72 provide an informat similar to S370FZDTw.d
to process native ASCII numeric data with a
trailing sign
511.0 93.5 25 74 provide a format to display a numeric value
in the form of Day Hour Minute
515.0 95.0 24 76 provide an informat similar to the SMFSTAMP
to read datetime values where the date
portion is a packed decimal julian date
with a 4 digit year (yyyydddF)
537.5 99.0 18 75 provide an informat and format like the
VMSZNw for all systems to be able to read
or write zoned decimal values that are
produced by other software on ascii systems
583.0 104.0 5 67 add a $PHEXw format
*** WHERE Statement ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
8.0 2.0 553 80 add a note indicating the number of
observations that meet the WHERE condition
28.0 13.0 417 79 provide the ability to display the WHERE
clause in printed output
177.0 46.0 147 81 allow a WHERE statement to be merged in a
DATA step or PROC SQL view of a SAS data
set at execution time
*** Text Editor(DMS, SAS/FSP, SAS/AF Software) ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
19.0 9.0 481 86 add an option to reset the SAS session by
deleting temporary data sets, updating the
date and time, resetting page and line
numbers, cancelling unmatched quotes, and
correcting missing %MEND errors
56.5 21.0 334 82 provide a syntax checking utility
133.0 36.0 197 85 add a source code formatter
141.0 38.0 188 89 provide the ability to click on a statement
in the PROGRAM EDITOR and receive context-
sensitive help when pressing F1
147.0 40.0 181 98 enhance the FIND command so it highlights
the found string instead of positioning the
cursor on the first character
154.0 42.0 171 97 include a list of recently used files under
the FILE pull down menu
167.5 44.0 157 105 provide the ability to choose whether to
view data using FSVIEW, FSEDIT, or
VIEWTABLE
175.0 45.0 148 104 provide a confirmation window to verify
that the entry name a program is being
saved to is the desired entry name
186.0 48.5 141 91 provide the ability to SAVE or SAVE AS from
a list of the last 5 files included into
the PROGRAM EDITOR
186.0 48.5 141 95 provide a command to insert templates of
selected SAS procedure steps into the
PROGRAM EDITOR
195.0 50.0 130 83 add an FMTLIB window to display the format
values for a given entry in a FORMAT
catalog, similar to the information given
by the FMTLIB option in PROC FORMAT
211.0 54.5 122 103 provide the ability to change the colors of
designated lines of code in the PROGRAM
EDITOR and save these color changes with
the program file to make it easier to find
frequently edited sections of code
227.5 56.5 115 102 provide the ability to choose colors or
bold text for key words like DATA, SET, RUN
when the source lines are displayed in the
LOG
231.0 58.0 114 87 allow the selection of more than one
program to include into the PROGRAM EDITOR
from the pop-up file selection window
260.0 64.5 97 90 add the capability to the PROGRAM EDITOR to
exclude one line or a block of lines
(similar to the MVS ISPF Editor line
command X)
260.0 64.5 97 96 modify the behavior of the PROGRAM EDITOR
such that when an arrow key is depressed
for navigation, any marked text is unmarked
356.5 75.5 59 88 allow different fonts for different windows
473.0 89.0 33 100 provide an option to reset the line numbers
in the LOG window to a specified value
488.5 90.0 30 101 allow "SAVE AS" and "FILE > OPEN" to work
with filenames directly for data sets and
graphics
511.0 93.5 25 84 add an option to choose the placement of a
page eject at the beginning or the end of
the output
523.0 96.0 22 94 allow the title bar to reflect the catalog
entry name if the text has been saved to an
object rather than a file
554.0 101.0 14 99 prompt only to quit SAS, not for each
window that contains unsaved information
581.0 103.0 6 93 provide the ability to modify the Ctrl-S
and Ctrl-O keys
585.5 105.0 4 92 provide a command to invoke a Windows help
file, similar to the SCL WINHELP() function
PART II Base SAS Procedures
*** All Procedures ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
36.0 8.0 385 114 provide the ability to specify more than
one data set as input to all procedures
37.0 9.0 384 112 provide an option to allow the page number
to be reset when a BY value changes
38.0 10.0 382 109 provide the ability to use -L, -C, and -R
with formats on a FORMAT statement to left
align, center, and right align
41.5 11.0 374 115 implement wizards for more difficult
procedures such as TABULATE
52.0 15.0 348 108 provide the ability to order categorical
variables by a user-defined ordering scheme
56.5 16.0 334 111 provide the SPLIT= functionality in all
procedures that allow labeling
67.0 22.0 297 107 provide the ability to display all format
ranges for a categorical variable, whether
or not the values in the range actually
occur in the input data set
77.5 26.0 282 106 provide the ability to compute weighted and
unweighted statistics in the same step for
all applicable procedures
138.5 39.0 190 110 provide an option to produce a header line
when the input data set contains no
observations
153.0 43.0 172 116 provide an option to seperate columns in
the OUTPUT window with tabs instead of
spaces
186.0 50.0 141 113 provide the ability to access BY-groups
that are ordered by formatted values
*** New Procedures ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
43.0 12.0 372 117 provide a procedure to analyze multiple-
response data
*** PROC CHART ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
64.0 21.0 302 118 add an option to allow uniform axis scaling
across BY groups
*** PROC CIMPORT ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
158.5 44.0 167 119 provide the ability to select specific data
sets or catalogs from a transport file when
importing
*** PROC COMPARE ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
332.5 64.5 66 122 provide the ability to list only the base
and comparison values without the
difference and percent difference
446.0 76.0 38 120 provide the ability to print the variable
labels either in place of, or in addition
to, the variable names when using the
TRANSPOSE option
473.0 79.0 33 121 provide the ability to print the variables
in the order they are specified in the VAR
statement when using the TRANSPOSE option
*** PROC CONTENTS ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
58.0 17.0 328 124 provide the ability to suppress the
alphabetical listing of variables when
requesting the POSITION option
80.5 27.0 281 123 add a variable to the OUT= data set that
contains the size of the data set in bytes
or megabytes
*** PROC COPY ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
105.0 33.0 234 125 provide the ability to copy SAS data sets
without changing the Created and Last
Modified dates
188.5 51.0 139 127 provide the ability to copy an index rather
than recreate it
446.0 76.0 38 126 provide an option to only copy data sets
with observations to the OUT= data library
*** PROC CORR ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
351.0 66.0 61 128 allow pairwise deletion of missing values
in VAR or WITH variables when a PARTIAL
statement is used
*** PROC CPORT ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
151.0 42.0 176 131 provide a way to display contents
information for a transport file
269.0 56.5 91 129 provide the ability to maintain data set
compression when a data set is transported
378.5 68.0 54 132 provide a way to maintain read passwords on
data sets when transporting
479.5 81.5 32 130 provide the ability to transport KEYS
entries between different operating systems
*** PROC DATASETS ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
311.0 62.0 75 134 allow the use of the WHERE statement with a
SELECT statement
473.0 79.0 33 133 provide the ability to age all data sets on
the AGE statement even when the first data
set does not exist
*** PROC FORMAT ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
62.0 19.0 307 135 provide the ability to prevent an existing
format from being overwritten
298.5 61.0 80 136 change the NOTE issued when trying to
create a format with the same name as a SAS
supplied format to an ERROR
*** PROC FREQ ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
30.0 5.0 411 137 provide the ability to output information
from more than one table request to a
single data set
109.0 34.0 228 139 add the ability to format the cell
statistics
113.0 35.0 224 138 add an option to output the number of
unique values for a variable in the TABLES
statement
127.5 37.0 206 142 provide an exact confidence interval for
the relative risk
180.5 48.0 145 140 provide Monte Carlo methods for tables too
large for exact methods
249.0 54.0 103 141 provide the variance estimator due to
Robins, Breslow, and Greenland (1986) for
the Mantel-Haenszel odds ratio estimator
*** PROC MEANS/PROC SUMMARY ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
71.0 24.0 288 143 provide the ability to compute geometric
means and variances
*** PROC PLOT ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
69.0 23.0 294 144 provide a UNIFORM option to uniformly scale
axes across BY-groups
72.5 25.0 285 145 provide the ability to connect points on a
plot
*** PROC PRINT ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
14.0 3.0 516 146 provide explicit control of the number of
observations that can be printed on a page
32.0 6.0 396 147 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
44.0 13.0 366 150 allow the OBS column header and the N
statistic to be labeled
45.0 14.0 358 149 provide the ability to explicitly control
where output will wrap
59.0 18.0 321 155 provide an option to allow every nth
observation to be printed
63.0 20.0 305 152 allow the label of the BY variable to be
printed on the subtotal line when using
the BY and SUM or BY and SUMBY statements
89.0 28.0 265 148 provide the ability to control the number
of blank lines to print between
observations and between BY groups
104.0 32.0 235 153 provide an option to choose whether or not
to print the grand total when using SUM or
SUMBY
121.5 36.0 210 154 provide an option to print headers only
once at the top of the first page
142.0 40.0 187 151 provide an option to suppress printing any
variables that have only missing values
*** PROC PRINTTO ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
100.0 30.5 244 156 provide an option to send output to both
the specified file or printer and the
default output location simultaneously
217.5 52.0 120 157 provide an option to remove the carriage
control characters on the first page of the
output to prevent printing a blank page
438.0 74.0 39 158 add a FORM= option to provide forms support
for rerouted output in both batch and
interactive mode
*** PROC RANK ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
332.5 64.5 66 159 add a ROUND option to specify the number of
decimal places to consider when ranking
values
371.5 67.0 55 160 provide an option to allow tied values to
be assigned unique ranks and to be placed
into different groups when using the
GROUPS= option
*** PROC REPORT ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
134.5 38.0 196 161 provide an option to specify a "Continued"
message between pages of a report
143.0 41.0 186 162 provide the ability to suppress summary
lines when there is only one observation
for a group
184.0 49.0 142 164 provide the ability to conditionally insert
page breaks
256.5 55.0 98 166 provide the ability to group by computed
columns
269.0 56.5 91 168 provide the ability to stack variables one
above the other within a single column
281.5 59.0 87 172 provide the ability to display cumulative
frequencies, sums and percentages
394.5 70.0 48 176 provide the ability to summarize
information across all BY groups
414.5 71.0 43 167 provide the ability to add multiple
variables to a report in the REPORT window
and give them all the same definition
attributes without having to define each
one individually
425.0 72.5 41 177 enhance the REPORT window to allow the
scrollbar to be used to scroll from one
page to the next
446.0 76.0 38 163 add the ability to dynamically align text
from LINE statements with report columns
479.5 81.5 32 171 provide the ability to wrap groups of
observations, rather than one observation
at a time, similar to the way PROC PRINT
wraps
497.0 83.0 28 170 provide a NOPRINT option on the PROC
statement to suppress any printed output
from being generated when the OUT= option
is also specified
519.5 85.0 23 175 modify the REPORT window to use the SQL
Query Window WHERE builder
554.0 86.0 14 165 provide the ability to select the panel(s)
that a LINE statement is written under
572.5 87.0 10 169 provide the ability to add a description
when saving the report template in batch
576.5 88.0 9 174 provide the ability to return to the same
page rather than the first page after
making a change in the REPORT window
583.0 89.0 5 173 allow the ITEMHELP option in the DEFINE
window to default to the column name
*** PROC SORT ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
6.0 1.0 610 181 provide the ability to sort multiple data
sets in one step
7.0 2.0 604 178 allow the KEEP and DROP statements
20.0 4.0 463 180 add an option to output deleted
observations to a data set
91.0 29.0 260 179 provide the ability to specify a function
in the BY statement and sort by its result
*** PROC SQL ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
163.5 45.0 160 183 allow the automatic conversion of variables
from character to numeric when performing
arithmetic expressions in a query
271.5 58.0 90 182 implement an IN operator construct in which
the column value on the left of the
operator can contain more than one column
to be compared to multiple columns in the
subquery on the right of the operator
295.0 60.0 81 188 allow a conversion method similar to the
ACCESS products in SQL Passthrough to
rename DBMS column names to SAS variable
names
387.0 69.0 50 185 allow a WHERE statement to be merged into
an ACCESS or DATA Step view to filter the
amount of data processed
425.0 72.5 41 184 provide an option to suppress the warning
message issued when duplicate variables are
found while creating a SAS data set using
the CREATE TABLE statement
473.0 79.0 33 186 implement a dictionary table containing
graphics option settings
515.0 84.0 24 187 allow all concatenated directories
allocated to a FILENAME fileref to be
retrieved from the dictionary table
DICTIONARY.EXTFILE
*** PROC TABULATE ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
100.0 30.5 244 189 provide an option to suppress the ALL line
if the group being summed only has one
level
*** PROC TRANSPOSE ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
169.0 46.0 153 190 create a macro variable to contain the
number of COLn variables written to the
output data set
*** PROC UNIVARIATE ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
34.0 7.0 391 191 provide standard errors and confidence
intervals for all of the computed
statistics
170.0 47.0 152 193 add an EXTREMES=n option for specifying the
number of largest and smallest values to
output
247.5 53.0 104 192 use all of the ID variables for labeling
extreme observations
316.0 63.0 73 194 support SAS time formats on the analysis
variable
PART III SAS Macro Facility
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
13.0 1.0 529 195 add line numbers to MPRINT output, so line
numbers are continuous in the SAS LOG
23.0 2.0 440 196 provide the ability to delete macro
variables
47.0 3.0 355 197 provide the ability to retrieve the
original source code for a stored compiled
macro
86.0 4.0 269 203 enhance the %PUT statement to allow text to
be displayed in different colors in order
to generate messages that look like SAS-
generated NOTE, WARNING, and ERROR messages
109.0 5.0 228 202 provide the ability to determine the
autocall library from which a macro was
invoked
241.0 6.0 110 201 provide a macro function to return the
position of a word based on a delimited
list
281.5 7.0 87 199 provide a macro function to remove a token
from a string
507.0 8.0 26 200 allow NO$RESERVEDB1 to free the MPRINT file
within the same SAS session it was created
543.5 9.0 17 198 provide an option to detect macro triggers
in CALL EXECUTE routines
PART IV SAS/GRAPH Software
*** All Procedures ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
48.5 3.0 354 204 provide an option to label reference lines
92.0 10.0 254 209 provide the ability to close the GRAPH
window without viewing all the graphs
generated by submitted statements
134.5 20.0 196 205 provide the ability to number graphics
output and specify the starting page number
177.0 27.0 147 206 provide the ability to use variable values
as part of the NAME and DESCRIPTION of a
graph when BY-processing is used
195.0 28.0 130 207 provide the ability to save a graph in the
GRAPH window into a given catalog without
using the GRAPHICS EDITOR
227.5 33.0 115 208 add an option to allow procedures to
replace GRSEG entries if an entry by that
name already exists
*** New Procedures ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
41.5 2.0 374 210 provide the ability to automatically
overlay bars and plot lines
225.0 32.0 116 213 add a graphics procedure comparable to
PROC TIMEPLOT
289.0 37.0 85 212 provide a procedure to produce "wind rose"
or "radar" charts
405.0 44.0 45 211 provide the ability to create ternary plots
*** Global Statements(AXIS, LEGEND, SYMBOL, etc.) ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
66.0 6.0 299 221 provide the ability to specify a 'break'
symbol (double slashes or double lightning
bolt) to signify an axis break
75.0 7.0 283 217 provide superscripts and subscripts in
fonts
80.5 8.0 281 214 provide the ability to specify just axis
end points or just an increment value, and
let the procedure fill in the other
elements
98.0 12.0 247 215 provide options to produce horizontal axes
on the top and bottom, and vertical axes on
both the right and left sides of the graph
119.0 16.0 211 220 provide the ability to specify uneven
intervals between tickmarks
125.5 17.0 207 226 provide more patterns than just cross
hatching, solid, empty, and leaning lines
130.0 19.0 202 219 provide the ability to order axis values
based on the order the data are read in
158.5 23.0 167 218 provide options to create and customize
boxes of text on graphics output, including
rounded corners, drop shadows, block
effects, and stacks
163.5 25.0 160 216 provide a GOPTIONS window
165.5 26.0 159 222 provide a LEGEND statement option to allow
reordering of legend entries
197.0 29.0 129 224 add true dotted lines to the list of dashed
line styles
250.5 35.0 102 223 add options to control the widths of all
bars and boxes in SYMBOL statements when
using the STD and BOX interpolation methods
364.0 41.0 57 225 add an option to the LEGEND statement to
control the number of symbols that display
for each legend value
502.0 50.0 27 227 provide an option on the LEGEND statement
to draw a box around each individual entry
in the legend
*** Annotate Facility ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
109.0 14.0 228 228 provide a function to produce arrows
318.5 39.0 71 229 provide the ability to return the actual
(X,Y) coordinate from text that was
positioned with relative move coordinates
*** DATA Step Graphics Interface ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
549.0 55.0 16 230 provide the ability to place values on a
GRSEG entry using the data coordinate
system that the annotate facility uses
*** Fonts ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
138.5 22.0 190 231 provide the ability to easily integrate
user-supplied hardware and system fonts
into the SAS system for use across products
*** Graphics Editor ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
277.0 36.0 88 232 provide an option to change the background
color of the graph
519.5 52.0 23 233 provide the ability to edit a pre-existing
paragraph as a paragraph instead of on a
line-by-line basis
*** Graphics Devices ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
33.0 1.0 392 234 provide a "fit to page" printing option
*** PROC GCHART ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
52.0 4.0 348 235 provide the ability to specify ranges for
bar values, rather than midpoints
93.5 11.0 253 236 provide an option to place values and
labels inside bars when doing vertical or
horizontal bar charts
111.5 15.0 226 237 provide the ability to have more than one
variable charted on the same set of axes
136.0 21.0 195 239 implement a UNIFORM option
332.5 40.0 66 240 provide the ability to change the label of
the statistics on an HBAR graph
414.5 46.0 43 238 add an option to the BLOCK statement to
allow the width of the block to be
determined by a variable's value
451.5 48.0 37 241 provide notes in the LOG with recommended
solutions when the bars are not wide enough
for the statistics to print on top
*** PROC GCONTOUR ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
488.5 49.0 30 242 provide the ability to create an output
data set that contains the coordinates for
the lines that are drawn for the contour
levels
*** PROC GIMPORT ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
378.5 42.0 54 243 provide the ability to import PDF files
*** PROC GMAP ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
394.5 43.0 48 245 provide the ability to create dot-density
maps
431.5 47.0 40 244 provide the ability to specify a pattern
for an area when the ID value is not in the
response data set
526.0 53.0 21 247 provide an option to specify the line style
for map unit areas
543.5 54.0 17 246 provide WEMPTY and WOUTLINE options to
enable specification of line widths for
boundary outlines
*** PROC GPLOT ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
60.0 5.0 314 248 provide an option to automatically label
plot points on the graph with the
corresponding (x,y) coordinate values
85.0 9.0 272 249 provide an option to label X axes in
groups, such as months within years
106.0 13.0 233 250 increase the number of plot symbols
available, including more filled symbols
127.5 18.0 206 255 add an option to automatically place the
horizontal axis at zero on the vertical
axis when there are positive and negative y
values
161.5 24.0 163 252 provide the ability to label the points
with a frequency value that represents the
number of observations with the same x-y
coordinates
211.0 31.0 122 251 provide an option to draw confidence
ellipses for the data and centroid
295.0 38.0 81 253 add a MISSING option to allow observations
with a missing value for the dependent (Y)
variable to be considered valid for
determining the horizontal axis range on
the plot
409.0 45.0 44 254 add an option to force axis ranges to
include the entire line when the SPLINE
interpolation method is used
*** PROC GREPLAY ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
199.5 30.0 128 257 provide the ability to create a template
containing a certain number of panels and
have GREPLAY calculate the coordinates for
the panels automatically
234.0 34.0 113 256 provide the ability to specify TITLE and
FOOTNOTE statements to be applied to
replayed graphs
515.0 51.0 24 259 provide the ability to distinguish a group
entry from an individual entry when using
the REPLAY _ALL_ statement
580.0 56.0 7 258 provide an option in the fullscreen window
to allow a list of the selected GRSEG
entries to be stored in a SAS data set
PART V SAS/GIS Software
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
366.5 1.0 56 261 provide the ability to use alternate
(non-US) postal codes in the geocoding
facility
446.0 2.0 38 260 provide the ability to digitize raster data
into vector data
457.0 3.0 36 265 provide the ability to create dot-density
maps
473.0 4.0 33 264 provide the ability to create surfaces as a
GIS layer (isopleth mapping)
493.0 5.0 29 263 provide the ability to perform routing and
minimum distance analysis
559.5 6.0 13 266 allow the thematic ranges to be predefined
according to the theme variable's format
563.0 7.0 12 262 provide options to perform quality and
buffering analysis
PART VI SAS/SPECTRAVIEW Software
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
318.5 1.0 71 267 provide the ability to specify a data set
on the PROC statement
519.5 2.0 23 268 add the ability to 'brush' data points in
a scatterplot
PART VII SAS/ASSIST Software
*** General ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
116.0 1.0 221 269 provide an option to include the WHERE
subset in the title of reports
193.0 2.0 132 271 include user-defined formats in the
selection list of formats
217.5 3.0 120 279 provide the ability to reset the PAGENO=
option
274.5 5.0 89 275 provide the ability to specify options in
the LIBNAME and FILENAME statements for
local and remote execution
281.5 6.0 87 270 provide the ability to define formats for
variables in all reporting windows
295.0 8.0 81 273 provide one window for specifying all
titles and footnotes
325.5 9.0 68 278 make the RUN button on the toolbar behave
as a local RUN
360.5 10.0 58 272 use SQL in BY combinations of datasets so
ordering is not required
425.0 11.0 41 277 provide the ability to pass a WHERE
condition to the Design Report/Report
window
507.0 12.0 26 276 allow specification of engine/host options
for SAS/SHARE when assigning a libref
554.0 13.0 14 274 provide the ability to specify a KEYLABEL
for something other than ALL in the sixth
style table report
563.0 14.0 12 280 provide the necessary information to cut
SMF records
*** Graphics ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
256.5 4.0 98 281 provide a way to set all possible options
available to graphical procedures such as
GPLOT and GCHART
*** SAS Query & Reporting ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
286.5 7.0 86 282 provide the ability to automatically
deselect all variables in the Report Engine
window to prevent having to deselect a
large number of them one by one when only a
few are desired
PART VIII SAS/AF Software
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
46.0 1.0 357 338 provide the functionality to completely
document FRAME applications
121.5 2.5 210 284 provide a text editor object for FRAME
121.5 2.5 210 297 provide the ability to copy data from a
Data Table object into an Excel spreadsheet
without having to write any SCL code
165.5 4.0 159 340 eliminate excessive flashing of display
windows
173.0 5.0 149 336 provide the ability to hide the blinking
cursor on FRAME windows
190.0 6.0 138 293 provide the ability to specify titles and
footnotes when printing a Data Table
211.0 7.5 122 286 provide a grid for lining up labels and
columns within a Data Form
211.0 7.5 122 334 provide the ability to compare SCL entries
line by line
220.0 9.5 119 288 provide the ability for the _POPUP_ method
to popup a real pmenu rather than an SCL
list
220.0 9.5 119 298 provide a spreadsheet object for FRAME
entries
238.5 11.5 111 291 provide a way to create and delete
directories with the SAS External File
class
238.5 11.5 111 314 provide the ability to turn off the window
control buttons on individual AF windows
256.5 13.0 98 306 provide the ability to use the enter key to
select items in a List Box
263.0 14.0 95 315 provide the ability to specify a method to
run when a user ends SAS while a FRAME
application is executing
281.5 15.0 87 351 provide a way to view SLIST entries without
writing code
289.0 16.0 85 339 provide system independent and hardware
independent functionality for capturing
screen displays
298.5 17.0 80 321 provide a _PRINT_ method for the Data Form
object
306.0 18.0 77 285 provide the ability to define a shortcut
key as an attribute on an object
314.5 19.0 74 312 add a method to allow customization of the
legend label in the FRAME Graphics object
320.5 20.0 70 308 provide the ability to save and include
saved WHERE clause expressions in the Data
Form and Data Tables' WHERE window
322.5 21.0 69 325 provide the ability to define cursor shapes
332.5 22.0 66 294 provide the ability to automatically move
from one column to the next when pressing
the enter key in a Data Form
341.0 23.0 64 350 provide the ability to create code in an
SCL entry in batch
347.5 24.5 62 289 provide corresponding catalog IMAGE entries
for use with Image Icon and Image objects
and SAS ICONs for use with the Icon object
and SAS toolbar
347.5 24.5 62 290 provide an option to display multiple
messages in a dialog window instead of the
message window for Data Form and Data Table
objects
360.5 26.0 58 303 provide a way to debug SCL code running on
a remote host
371.5 29.0 55 311 provide methods in the FRAME Graphics
object to query the minimum and maximum
axis values
371.5 29.0 55 328 permit the deletion of more than one row
within a VIEWTABLE (table view)
371.5 29.0 55 329 provide the ability to subset data
displayed in a Data Table or Data Form
object using the FIRST.variable and
LAST.variable notation
371.5 29.0 55 330 provide the ability to determine if a
libref is read-only in the SAS LIBRARY
class
371.5 29.0 55 349 enhance the Graphics class to allow the
specification of axis end points
378.5 32.0 54 301 provide the ability to edit cells in the
Data Table object using the keyboard
383.5 33.0 52 302 provide a method to set the font for host
widgets
390.5 34.5 49 337 provide the ability to dynamically create
RANGE entries
390.5 34.5 49 346 provide an interface between SCL and
SAS/INSIGHT graphics
398.5 36.0 47 309 allow more than 40 characters to be
displayed on axis value labels on the
Graphics Object
402.0 37.0 46 313 provide the ability to specify a column
and scroll directly to that column in
VIEWTABLE
405.0 38.0 45 345 alter the 'make' selection list on a FRAME
entry to contain graphic representations
of available objects instead of the current
description list
414.5 39.0 43 300 provide the ability to display row and
column information in a Data Table with
cursor tracking
419.0 40.0 42 283 provide the ability to customize the
toolbar on a Process Flow Diagram
425.0 41.0 41 324 provide the ability to specify a row and
scroll the table so that row is displayed
as the top row in the VIEWTABLE window
431.5 42.0 40 333 provide more symbols for the CONTROL object
438.0 43.0 39 307 provide a _SET_SELECTIONS_ method for the
Data Table and Table Editor classes
446.0 44.0 38 348 provide 'rubber band/box' methods for the
Graphics class to allow run-time selection
of multiple values on a graph
451.5 45.5 37 316 add log scale to the Graphics object
451.5 45.5 37 323 provide the ability to define lookup tables
in the VIEWTABLE window
457.0 47.5 36 292 provide the ability to have a locked row
when the Data Table object initially
displays
457.0 47.5 36 344 provide the ability to scroll row labels
in the Table Editor object
462.0 49.0 35 352 add an option to the SAS/AF Development
Tools (primarily the Performance Analyzer
and the List Diagnostic Utility) to save
the information generated to an external
file
479.5 50.5 32 304 display column labels in the WHERE
Expression window and other secondary
VIEWTABLE windows
479.5 50.5 32 331 clear the print options when the BUILD
procedure has finished printing
484.0 52.0 31 327 provide the ability to display column
labels in the WHERE Expression window for
the Data Form and Data Table objects
493.0 53.0 29 347 provide an option for the Graphics object
to 'break' a line when the dependent
variable has a missing value
497.0 54.5 28 305 provide the ability to build classes using
PROC BUILD in batch mode
497.0 54.5 28 322 provide the ability to treat screen fields
in a PROGRAM entry as items in an SCL list
502.0 56.0 27 310 provide the ability to print the current
screen only in VIEWTABLE without having to
actually print to save the setting
507.0 57.0 26 353 disable the ability to sort a data set
opened in browse mode in the VIEWTABLE
window
526.0 58.0 21 295 provide the ability to edit and/or compile
the model SCL entry from the Data Table or
Data Form Attributes window
529.5 59.0 20 341 provide a default GETROW label for dynamic
Extended Tables
533.5 60.0 19 287 allow HELPMODE on a List Box object to
display object help even if the List Box
has no items
537.5 61.0 18 299 provide a way to programmatically save a
subclass created using the _NEW_ method
543.5 62.5 17 318 provide the ability to save customizations
to a DATAFORM entry from the VIEWTABLE
window
543.5 62.5 17 332 provide an automatic active cell on a new
row in the Data Table object
549.0 64.0 16 335 provide the ability to change all instance
variable values at execution time
554.0 65.0 14 317 add a method to allow highlighting of more
than one point on a Graphics Object without
having to hold down the shift key
559.5 66.5 13 319 provide the ability to use the arrow keys
to lock a row in the Data Table object
559.5 66.5 13 343 provide the ability to display titles and
footnotes in the MAP object
563.0 68.0 12 296 provide the ability to use the ICON
function outside of a FRAME INIT section
572.5 69.5 10 326 provide a start-up option to define held
columns in the VIEWTABLE window
572.5 69.5 10 342 provide an SCL list with the
_RESPOND_TO_DRAG_ONTO_ so validation
can be performed
587.0 71.0 2 320 provide the ability to edit and compile
model SCL from the VIEWTABLE window
PART IX SAS/FSP Software
*** PROC FSEDIT ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
72.5 1.0 285 357 provide a selection list of previously
applied WHERE clauses
207.0 3.0 123 356 provide the ability to display label
information with help on a variable
293.0 5.0 82 355 add the PRINT item and the ability to
scroll between pages of a screen to the
default FSEDIT toolbox
304.5 6.0 78 354 provide the ability to remove the message
line from the FSEDIT window
360.5 7.0 58 358 provide an option to specify a default of
CAPS=YES or CAPS=NO for all variables when
a screen is not used
497.0 9.0 28 359 provide a horizontal scroll bar in the NEW
window
*** PROC FSLETTER ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
488.5 8.0 30 360 provide the ability to associate an SCL
program to a LETTER entry
*** PROC FSLIST ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
549.0 10.0 16 361 provide an option to define the maximum
record length of the file to be opened
*** PROC FSVIEW ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
188.5 2.0 139 362 provide filters to search for data values
238.5 4.0 111 363 provide the ability to use the WHERE
Expression window to build a WHERE subset
in the FSVIEW window
PART X Screen Control Language
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
82.0 1.0 279 381 provide a function to close all open files
102.0 2.0 243 369 provide a warning when an application is
nearing system resource limits to allow the
situation to be corrected before
terminating abnormally
155.5 3.0 169 382 enhance the SORT function to allow sorting
by formatted values
173.0 4.0 149 365 provide the ability to determine the
relative observation number of the current
observation in a WHERE subset
180.5 5.0 145 376 provide a BY function to allow a data set
to be read in SCL in the same way a BY
variable works in the DATA step
202.0 6.0 127 383 provide the ability to recall commands in
the debugger
205.0 7.0 124 368 allow the addition or modification of
variable definitions in an existing SAS
data set
215.0 8.0 121 370 provide a function to determine the size of
an external file
223.0 9.0 117 375 provide a return code for listing functions
that indicates whether the user cancelled
or ended out of the window
256.5 10.0 98 384 provide the ability to capture global
commands
271.5 11.0 90 372 provide the ability to specify wild cards
in the FIND window of DATALISTC and
DATALISTN
274.5 12.0 89 373 provide the ability to query the date and
time a catalog was last modified
291.5 13.0 83 379 provide the ability to specify the clauses
for the WHERE function in an SCL list
298.5 14.0 80 364 provide the ability for ENVLIST to directly
reference global or local sublists or items
by name
311.0 15.0 75 374 provide the ability to embed other language
routines
317.0 16.0 72 371 provide a function to delete a directory
338.0 17.0 65 377 provide a way to obtain the current DEBUG
state to determine if DEBUG is on or off
344.0 18.0 63 380 provide the ability to specify all PROC
FSEDIT options on the CALL FSEDIT routine
378.5 19.0 54 366 provide the ability to perform a correlated
subquery (query two data sets with the same
WHERE clause) as can be done in SQL
409.0 20.0 44 378 provide a function to returns the key
name(s) of any indexes on a data set
554.0 21.0 14 367 implement the functionality of CALL ISPLINK
and CALL ISPEXEC found in VDEFINE and
VDELETE
PART XI SAS/CALC Software
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
252.5 1.0 101 385 provide the ability to directly import
data, formulas, and macros from other
vendors' spreadsheets
PART XII SAS/EIS Software
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
260.0 1.0 97 392 provide the ability to send all
information, including titles and logo,
to the printer and to specify fonts for
printing
291.5 2.0 83 396 provide an option to omit the NWAY table
when creating an MDDB
338.0 3.0 65 393 provide the ability to specify the
DISPLAY=YES option for hierarchies in the
Multidimensional Database Object and have
them automatically registered in the
metabase
390.5 4.0 49 390 provide the ability to specify a font for
the icon labels in the SAS/EIS Desktop
431.5 5.0 40 401 provide the ability to specify macro
invocations in computed column definitions
438.0 6.0 39 394 provide the ability to paste text from the
PROGRAM EDITOR, LOG or OUTPUT window when
creating slides using EIS/PRESENTS
466.5 7.5 34 398 provide the ability for the SUBSET BY
DIMENSION window to display values meeting
previously selected category variable
values rather than all possible values
466.5 7.5 34 399 provide the ability for the MultiColumn
report to display the summarized values for
the presummarized data set when Total Row
On is selected rather than calculating it
479.5 9.0 32 387 provide support for Microsoft Metafile
format in EIS/Presents
497.0 10.0 28 388 provide the ability to use customized
labels for the generated chart when using
presummarized data in the MULTICOLUMN
REPORT object
502.0 11.5 27 386 add the ability to print gray-scale
patterns from EIS Objects with
non-postscript devices
502.0 11.5 27 400 provide all chart types for the CONTROL
chart object
515.0 13.0 24 395 provide the ability to save the current
settings chosen when developing a slide
presentation using EIS/PRESENTS for use in
subsequent presentations
543.5 14.0 17 391 provide the ability to turn off the default
SAS/EIS Software search path when invoking
SAS/AF application objects
567.0 15.0 11 397 provide the ability to specify the
justification for the category variables
583.0 16.0 5 389 provide the ability to use a subgroup size
of 1 for a continuous process in the
CONTROL CHART object
PART XIII SAS/STAT Software
*** All Procedures ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
1.0 1.0 733 402 calculate confidence intervals for all
appropriate statistics
3.0 2.0 681 405 provide power analysis and sample-size
determination in all applicable procedures
15.0 3.0 501 403 provide more extensive nonparametric
statistics and tests, including multiple
comparisons
31.0 5.0 403 406 provide an option to obtain one-tailed
tests
74.0 8.0 284 404 enhance the CLASS statement to allow dummy
coding with selection of reference level,
full-rank coding (like CATMOD), polynomial
coding, ordinal coding and others
*** New Procedures ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
16.0 4.0 499 409 provide a procedure to support sampling
replication techniques, such as jackknife
and bootstrap resampling
54.0 6.0 342 408 provide a procedure for multivariate
outlier detection based on robust methods
77.5 10.0 282 410 provide a procedure to test for
multivariate normality
152.0 15.0 174 411 provide a procedure for meta-analysis
207.0 21.0 123 407 increase support for preclinical data
analysis, including bioequivalence tests
223.0 23.5 117 414 add a procedure for fitting nested or mixed
logit (discrete choice) models
234.0 26.0 113 412 provide a specific procedure to do
sequential analysis
302.0 34.0 79 413 add a procedure to analyze limited
dependent variable problems such as left
truncation
405.0 43.0 45 415 provide a procedure to perform projection
pursuit
*** PROC DISCRIM ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
394.5 38.5 48 416 incorporate misclassification costs into
the discriminant functions
*** PROC GENMOD ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
266.0 29.0 93 418 add Generalized Additive Models
281.5 31.5 87 419 allow fitting generalized linear mixed
models
356.5 35.0 59 420 add a SELECTION= option to allow model
selection methods as in PROC REG
398.5 40.0 47 417 make the procedure interactive with the
ability to add and drop variables
*** PROC GLM/PROC ANOVA ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
182.0 18.0 144 424 provide options for missing value
replacement
203.5 20.0 126 423 allow the ALPHA= option for confidence
intervals to take on any value
215.0 22.0 121 426 provide an option to output the N for the
calculation of LSMEANS
223.0 23.5 117 425 provide model selection methods
243.5 27.0 107 432 provide valid tests for CONTRAST statements
for mixed models based on the RANDOM/TEST
option
286.5 33.0 86 431 provide valid standard errors for ESTIMATE
and LSMEANS by implementing the same
principles applied now using the
RANDOM/TEST option
383.5 36.5 52 427 provide a graphical display for the ANOVA
summary table generated from the REPEATED
statement
383.5 36.5 52 429 provide an option for the LSMEANS and MEANS
statements to give Hsu's MCB (multiple
comparison with the best) test
394.5 38.5 48 433 allow the Satterthwaite degrees of freedom
used in the RANDOM/TEST option to be
applied to the LSMEANS, CONTRASTS, and
ESTIMATE statements
402.0 41.5 46 421 provide multiple comparisons using the
SLICE option
425.0 45.5 41 430 provide an option to compute standardized
beta coefficients
488.5 47.0 30 434 allow a DF= option for the MODEL, CONTRAST
ESTIMATE, LSMEANS and MEANS statements
526.0 48.0 21 422 provide tests that include inequality
constraints on parameters
567.0 49.0 11 428 provide a testing option based on a summing
to zero constraint in mixed model for
balanced data
*** PROC LOGISTIC ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
83.5 12.0 278 440 add a CLASS statement
173.0 16.0 149 436 allow random effects in the model
177.0 17.0 147 441 allow fitting of generalized logit models
(for nominal, categorical responses)
199.5 19.0 128 442 add observations to the OUTEST= data set
for standard errors, p-values, odds ratios
and confidence limits
231.0 25.0 114 435 provide a RESTRICT statement and allow
multiple MODEL statements
274.5 30.0 89 438 add options to print score and/or
likelihood ratio statistics for the
estimated parameters and for use in model
selection
281.5 31.5 87 439 add an option to provide a likelihood ratio
test for each parameter estimate
402.0 41.5 46 437 provide an estimate of marginal effect on
the predicted probability in binary
response models
*** PROC PHREG ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
425.0 45.5 41 443 add the C statistic
*** PROC PROBIT ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
414.5 44.0 43 444 provide a likelihood ratio test of the
hypothesis that all model parameters are
zero
*** PROC REG ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
68.0 7.0 295 446 provide robust regression techniques
77.5 10.0 282 447 compute a test for lack-of-fit
131.0 13.0 199 448 add an option to impute values when they
are missing, rather than deleting the
observation from the analysis
140.0 14.0 189 445 add an option to allow only the summary
table to be printed when SELECTION=FORWARD,
SELECTION=BACKWARD or SELECTION=STEPWISE
247.5 28.0 104 449 implement an all possible regression
selection method based on PRESS statistics
*** PROC TTEST ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
77.5 10.0 282 450 add WEIGHT and FREQ statements
PART XIV SAS/ETS Software
*** Functions ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
281.5 1.0 87 451 implement a function to return the number
of days between two supplied dates, based
on a 360-day calendar year
*** New Procedures ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
302.0 3.0 79 452 support simultaneous discrete-choice
econometric models, such as multinomial
logit models
314.5 5.0 74 455 support a procedure which estimates a
system of linear or nonlinear equations on
pooled time series cross sectional data
347.5 6.0 62 454 provide a procedure to analyze panel data
when the response variable is categorical
462.0 9.0 35 453 support Heckman's two-stage procedure
*** PROC AUTOREG ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
537.5 12.0 18 456 support double threshold or DTARCH models
*** PROC FORECAST ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
289.0 2.0 85 457 provide the ability to simultaneously model
and forecast the total and the components
of that total
*** PROC MODEL ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
304.5 4.0 78 458 support iteratively reweighted least
squares
425.0 7.0 41 459 provide an option to correct the standard
errors of the parameter estimates for
heteroscedasticity
543.5 13.5 17 460 provide an output data set which contains
the jacobian matrix of partial derivatives
evaluated at the final parameter estimates
*** PROC PDLREG ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
572.5 15.0 10 461 support Shiller distributed lag models
*** PROC SYSLIN ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
446.0 8.0 38 462 provide the ability to correct for an
autoregressive error structure
488.5 10.0 30 463 treat missing values on an equation by
equation basis rather than system wide so
that a different number of observations may
be used for each equation
515.0 11.0 24 464 compute and print the standard errors and
t-ratios for the reduced form coefficients
578.5 16.0 8 465 support the LM test for contemporaneous
correlation as proposed by Breusch and
Pagan (1980)
*** PROC TSCSREG ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
543.5 13.5 17 466 support maximum likelihood estimation
585.5 17.0 4 467 support the J or Ja test for non-nested
models
PART XV SAS/OR Software
*** New Procedures ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
325.5 1.0 68 468 provide an interactive model-building
interface to the mathematical programming
procedures
PART XVI SAS/QC Software
*** New Procedures ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
409.0 4.0 44 469 provide a procedure for analysis of means
*** ADX Menu System ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
537.5 8.0 18 470 allow side-by-side (with common response
axis scaling) or overlaid and jittered main
effects plots and interaction plot matrix
*** PROC CAPABILITY ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
398.5 3.0 47 471 provide standard errors and confidence
intervals for capability indices
523.0 6.0 22 472 support SAS time formats on the analysis
variable
*** PROC RELIABILITY ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
529.5 7.0 20 474 support parametric models for repairable
systems analysis
554.0 9.0 14 473 model the scale parameter in life
distributions with the linear model
*** PROC SHEWHART ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
353.5 1.0 60 475 implement an interactive drill-down feature
for plotted points
364.0 2.0 57 478 support SAS time formats on the process
variable
457.0 5.0 36 476 support subgroup tick mark labels up to 32
characters
559.5 10.0 13 477 provide support for warning limits in the
form of multiple k-sigma limits
PART XVII SAS/IML Software
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
195.0 1.0 130 479 provide a function to calculate the
probability for the multivariate normal
distribution
PART XVIII SAS/INSIGHT Software
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
155.5 1.0 169 480 provide the ability to record and replay
all user actions
220.0 2.0 119 483 provide the ability to control the number
of graphs that print and their placement on
the page
250.5 3.0 102 481 provide more general modeling capabilities,
such as nonlinear least squares
274.5 4.0 89 484 provide the ability to join two data sets
344.0 5.5 63 486 provide a way to highlight observations
when more than one condition is true (such
as when X=1 AND Y=0)
344.0 5.5 63 487 add stepwise regression capability
351.0 7.0 61 482 support OLE
425.0 8.0 41 485 provide more variable transformations for
existing variables
PART XIX SAS/LAB Software
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
311.0 1.0 75 488 add nonparametric statistics
431.5 2.0 40 489 offer guidance for loglinear and
categorical analyses as carried out by
PROC CATMOD and PROC LOGISTIC
PART XX Data File Management
*** General ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
2.0 1.0 710 490 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
22.0 2.0 441 500 provide an option to prompt the user before
replacing an existing data set
24.0 3.0 435 495 provide the ability to automatically delete
empty data sets that are created when a
PROC or DATA step fails
25.0 4.0 430 491 provide the ability to save text output in
PostScript, PDF, and SGML formats
40.0 5.0 375 496 provide a Table of Contents in the SAS LOG
that lists the range of page numbers
written by each procedure
96.5 6.0 248 498 store the time an entry in a catalog was
last modified in addition to the userid and
date of the modification
125.5 8.0 207 503 provide an SPSS access method on the
FILENAME statement to allow outputting of
an SPSS file
132.0 9.0 198 492 provide a system option to allow an error
to be generated when a procedure attempts
to access an empty data set
215.0 10.0 121 499 provide the ability to set the ALTLOG=
option within the SAS session in order to
direct portions of the LOG to another
location in addition to the LOG window
245.5 12.0 105 494 allow an index name to be different from
the variable name for a simple index
332.5 14.0 66 493 enhance the RSASUSER option so the first
invocation of a SAS session using RSASUSER
allows write access and all subsequent
invocations allow only read access
356.5 16.0 59 497 add a variable to SASHELP.VTABLE that
contains the compression percentage
387.0 17.0 50 501 provide a JMP engine to read and write JMP
data tables
419.0 18.0 42 504 enhance the PIPE access method on the
FILENAME statement so the PIPE can be
treated as a TAPE
438.0 19.5 39 502 allow the XPORT engine to support the same
binary transfer capability that is provided
by the BINARY option of PROC DOWNLOAD
*** Import/Export Wizard ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
103.0 7.0 237 505 provide the ability to create one data set
from multiple comma delimited files with
the import wizard
341.0 15.0 64 506 provide the ability to access OEM data
*** SQL Query Window ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
227.5 11.0 115 508 include SAS functions in the interface
325.5 13.0 68 513 add a menu option to print the generated
query
438.0 19.5 39 516 move <LOOKUP distinct values> to the top of
Available Columns
462.0 21.0 35 515 move <CONSTANT enter value> from Available
Columns to a button
466.5 22.0 34 507 provide line mode and SCL methods for
creating and updating a Query Window
profile in batch
484.0 23.0 31 512 add a menu option to print the contents of
a profile
511.0 24.0 25 510 allow default definitions for columns, such
as display and statistics, to be changed
when you invoke PROC REPORT from the SQL
Query Window
554.0 25.0 14 514 add the ability to change the table names
of an included query, even if the table is
allocated
567.0 26.0 11 509 include TITLE statements in a catalog
member containing a saved query
576.5 27.0 9 511 implement a window to prompt for the
setting of the MISSING option when you
invoke PROC REPORT from the Query Window
PART XXI Communication Access Methods
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
171.0 1.0 150 521 enhance the server-form LIBNAME syntax for
TCP/IP usage in specifying:
SERVER=<rmt host name><tcpip port#>
332.5 2.0 66 517 allow multiple remote SAS/CONNECT sessions
or a remote SAS/CONNECT session and a
SAS/SHARE server to run on the same OS/2
machine using the APPC access method
347.5 3.0 62 520 add an option to APPCSEC on MVS to use the
system userid and password
473.0 4.0 33 519 provide server-side functionality of the
APPC communication access method under
IBM's AIX operating system
484.0 5.0 31 518 provide a delayed handshake with VTAM if
the initial handshake attempt from a SHARE
server fails
PART XXII Remote Library Services
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
93.5 1.0 253 522 allow the LIBNAME statement to support
DISP=SHR
PART XXIII SAS/CONNECT Software
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
144.5 1.0 185 523 provide the ability to pass a LAN userid
and password to the remote system
167.5 2.0 157 525 provide the ability for the local session
(client) to stop a remote-submitted program
with a reliable method
191.5 3.0 135 524 provide the ability for the local session
(client) to automatically signoff when the
remote session is terminated
231.0 4.0 114 526 provide the ability to choose to replace a
data set during a download if the data set
already exists
457.0 5.5 36 527 include an option in PROC UPLOAD to
automatically convert all VIEW members to
data sets during a library transfer
457.0 5.5 36 528 add an option to the UPLOAD and DOWNLOAD
procedures to limit the amount of time the
procedure will run
PART XXIV SAS/SHARE Software
*** PROC OPERATE ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
302.0 2.0 79 529 provide the ability to send administrator-
type messages to client sessions that are
seen as being connected to the server
*** PROC SERVER ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
281.5 1.0 87 530 add the ability to disconnect a user from a
SAS server after a specified period of
inactivity
387.0 3.0 50 531 provide network addresses of connecting
clients along with the present client name
in the server's LOG
PART XXV SAS/ACCESS Software
*** All Interfaces ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
149.5 1.0 177 537 provide the ability to display the table
names and databases with PROC CONTENTS
161.5 2.0 163 534 provide the capability to distinguish
between NULL and BLANK character values
returned from a DBMS
179.0 3.0 146 535 provide the ability to assign labels to
database variables when creating access and
view descriptors to external data files
242.0 4.0 109 536 support "commit and roll back" transaction
level processing verbs within DATA step
MODIFY processing when used against
relational databases such as Oracle or
Sybase
307.5 6.0 76 532 provide the ability to mark variables of a
view as protected
371.5 7.0 55 533 allow the ability to control the internal
mapping of formats used by SAS when
exporting data
*** Interface to DB2 ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
264.0 5.0 94 538 make the default format assigned to date
columns/variables be DATE9 (with the year
2000 approaching) to coincide with the
default DATETIME30 which already does this
for timestamp columns
*** Interface to Sybase ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
572.5 8.0 10 539 provide the capability to simulate the -A
option used with SYBASE ISQL to increase
the default packet size
PART XXVI SAS/Warehouse Administrator
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
311.0 1.0 75 544 support the storage of different versions
of metadata in the warehouse
378.5 2.0 54 543 implement warehouse impact analysis
383.5 3.0 52 551 provide a lookup table mechanism of
performing data cleaning/scrubbing
390.5 4.0 49 547 provide a component to report on warehouse
performance statistics for query management
398.5 5.0 47 545 provide the ability for the administrator
to define object types in the warehouse
438.0 6.0 39 550 provide a user interface that describes how
columns in a warehouse table are populated
446.0 7.0 38 540 provide the ability to sort the variable
names in the Columns tab of the Detail
Table Properties by selecting the heading
for NAME, TYPE, LENGTH, DESCRIPTION,
FORMAT and INFORMAT
473.0 8.0 33 548 provide tools to archive metadata and data
to tape or offline storage
479.5 9.0 32 546 provide more report logging and error
handling support for the generated batch
jobs
523.0 10.0 22 542 provide the ability to alpha sort the Tree
diagram on the left
533.5 11.0 19 549 support multiple parentage in the Process
Editor
578.5 12.0 8 541 provide an option to position the cursor at
the top or bottom of the variable list when
a new variable is added
PART XXVII Professional Services
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
87.0 1.0 268 554 provide a library of SAS training courses
that could be accessed via the Internet
(World Wide Web) or via an Intranet
533.5 2.0 19 552 provide training on _______________________
(write in a subject)
TOP 4 SUBJECTS REQUESTED:
STAT MODELLING/REGRESSION 5
MARKETING TECHNIQUES 2
SAS/INTRNET SOFTWARE 2
SYSTEM PERFORMANCE 2
. . 0 553 provide consulting services on ____________
(write in a subject)
PART XXVIII Documentation
*** Books ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
121.5 1.0 210 555 publish a general manual containing
examples for both the DATA step and
procedures
144.5 2.0 185 556 publish a comprehensive book on the design
and implementation of AF/FRAME and EIS
systems with complete examples that tie
together
*** Online Information ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
148.0 3.0 178 557 make online documentation available by
subscription through the Internet (World
Wide Web)
PART XXIX Future Directions
*** New SAS Products ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
158.5 1.0 167 558 provide a menu-based "Table Production
System", similar to SAS/ASSIST, but
specific to tabular reporting applications
203.5 2.0 126 559 provide the capability of metering
individual SAS products on a network so
the SAS System maintains and enforces
proper license compliance
419.0 3.0 42 561 provide a product of specialized procedures
for use in environmental science
529.5 4.0 20 560 provide a range of service level agreement
facilities to support quality improvement
and service management functions, such as
prime time calculations, vendor service
and joint venture monitoring
PART XXX SAS System for Mainframes
*** General ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
254.0 2.0 99 565 enhance the INFILE statement FILEVAR=
option to allow the user to specify a
single tape device (UNIT=AFF)
325.5 3.0 68 564 store the remote system's TCP/IP ip address
into a variable when using the SOCKET
access method
353.5 4.0 60 563 provide a method of writing warning/error
messages concerning the expiration of the
SAS license to the MVS console
502.0 5.0 27 562 provide additional information in the SAS
LOG when accessing VSAM data sets via the
SHOWCB macro
*** SAS System under MVS ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
100.0 1.0 244 566 add the ability to use wildcards when
reading PDS members with the INFILE
statement
PART XXXI SAS/CPE Software
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
438.0 1.0 39 568 provide the ability to create a dynamic
graph from a WEB browser and drill down
into the raw data that produced the graph
567.0 2.0 11 567 provide the ability to select a different
BY order than the BY/CLASS order defined
in the table definition
PART XXXII SAS System under Macintosh
*** General ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
466.5 1.0 34 569 provide the ability to change the
orientation of the toolbar
PART XXXIII SAS System under OpenVMS
*** General ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
519.5 1.0 23 570 provide transparent access of catalogs and
catalog entries between OpenVMS for VAX and
AXP host systems
567.0 2.0 11 571 allow the use of user-defined logical name
tables
588.0 3.0 1 572 allow the RAH and WBH dataset options to be
specified as system options, on LIBNAME
statements and in DATA step views
PART XXXIV SAS System for UNIX Workstations
*** General ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
298.5 1.0 80 574 provide an informat to convert UNIX
datetime values into SAS datetime values
322.5 2.0 69 573 provide support to fully utilize SMP boxes
332.5 3.0 66 575 support the 'X' command from within a SAS
X11 session
360.5 4.0 58 578 provide the ability to define a SASPATH
environment variable with a list of
directories that the SAS system would
search in batch mode for the *.sas file
438.0 5.0 39 579 provide an Xresource to allow a blinking
cursor in the PROGRAM EDITOR
466.5 6.0 34 576 implement PROC SOURCE
507.0 7.0 26 577 provide the ability to read and write to
dlt tape drives
PART XXXV SAS System for Personal Computers
*** General ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
5.0 1.0 627 589 implement a menu option for exporting the
contents of a SAS data set or OUTPUT window
to a Microsoft Word Document file type
70.0 2.0 291 587 provide the ability to view the .log and
.lst files while SAS is still writing to
them in batch mode
114.5 3.0 222 586 provide more file extension options when
choosing FILE-> SAVE AS in order to save
the contents of a window
191.5 4.0 135 588 provide a way to send SAS titles to
external database packages like Excel or
HTML using the DBLOAD procedure
245.5 5.0 105 582 provide an option to allow the page size of
an Excel file created by SAS to be changed
262.0 6.0 96 585 support the acknowledgement of a receipt
when a mail message is sent
332.5 7.0 66 584 provide support for outer join processing
with the SAS ODBC driver
338.0 8.0 65 580 provide unicode support under WINDOWS NT
409.0 9.0 44 581 provide the ability to stop a SAS session
from running after PROC ODBCSERVER runs
488.5 10.0 30 583 add the ability to define a path along with
the DLL name in the MODULE or ROUTINE
attribute in the SASCBTBL table
Distribution of Respondent Job Functions:
21% Manager/Staff End User Department 15% SAS Software Representative
45% Applications Programmer 18% SAS Software Consultant
19% Systems Analyst 7% SAS Software Training Coordinator
8% Systems Manager 42% Statistician
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