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The 1999 SASware Ballot Survey Results
1999 SASware Ballot Results -- out of 4369 total votes
PART I SAS Language
*** General ***
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1.0 1.0 3725 3 provide a FORMAT/NOFORMAT system option to
indicate whether to use associated formats
in the DATA step or procedures
23.0 4.0 2925 2 provide a functionality similar to AUTOEXEC
that allows a set of code to be executed at
termination of the SAS session
33.0 6.0 774 1 provide a system option to control the
number of decimal places printed for any
output
*** DATA Step ***
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16.0 3.0 3045 5 provide the number of records read or
written to external file(s) as user-
accessible information
72.0 7.0 282 6 provide an INITMISS= data set option to
specify whether variables should be
initialized to missing for each iteration
of the DATA step when using the MODIFY,
SET, MERGE, or UPDATE statements
101.0 10.0 180 4 provide the ability to use a variable list
for the SORTEDBY= data set option to avoid
typing long lists of variables
*** Functions ***
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98.0 9.0 190 8 add an option to the ROUND function to
round down, round up, or truncate values
152.0 12.0 82 7 provide a function to calculate the
probability for the multivariate normal
distribution
*** Informats and Formats ***
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28.0 5.0 861 12 provide a MMYYw informat to read month and
year values with a width of 4 or 5 and
create SAS date values that use the first
day of the month for the day portion
82.0 8.0 251 11 provide a ZIPCODE format to display the
10-character zipcode including the dash
119.5 11.0 142 9 provide an informat and format like VMSZNw
for all systems to be able to read or write
zoned decimal values that are produced by
other software on ASCII systems
172.0 13.0 59 10 provide a format to write time in military
form with leading zeros for times before
10:00 a.m.
*** WHERE Statement ***
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2.0 2.0 3717 13 provide the ability to display the WHERE
clause in printed output
PART II Base SAS Procedures
*** All Procedures ***
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14.0 9.0 3145 14 provide the ability to use -L, -C, and -R
with formats on a FORMAT statement to left-
align, center, and right-align
19.0 12.0 2993 15 provide an option to produce a header line
when the input data set contains no
observations
30.0 15.0 842 17 provide an option to allow the page number
to be reset when a BY value changes
55.0 19.0 511 18 provide an option to separate columns in
the OUTPUT window with tabs instead of
spaces
77.0 26.0 267 16 provide the SPLIT= functionality in all
procedures that allow labeling
*** PROC CATALOG ***
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158.0 37.0 73 19 allow the use of the _ALL_ keyword on the
DELETE statement with the appropriate
entry type to delete all members with the
specified entry type
*** PROC CHART ***
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89.5 28.0 206 20 add an option to allow uniform axis scaling
across BY groups
*** PROC CIMPORT ***
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45.0 17.0 602 21 provide the ability to select specific data
sets or catalogs from a transport file when
importing
*** PROC COPY ***
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4.0 2.0 3647 22 provide the ability to copy SAS data sets
without changing the Created and Last
Modified dates
181.0 40.0 42 23 provide an option to copy only data sets
with observations to the OUT= data library
*** PROC CORR ***
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71.0 25.0 294 24 provide confidence limits for Pearson
correlations
*** PROC CPORT ***
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136.0 36.0 118 25 provide a way to display contents
information for a transport file
*** PROC FREQ ***
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44.0 16.0 626 26 provide the ability to output information
from more than one table request to a
single data set
59.0 22.0 452 27 add an option to output the number of
unique values for a variable in the TABLES
statement
132.5 34.5 125 28 provide the ability to see variable labels
when using the LIST option on the TABLES
statement
*** PROC PLOT ***
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92.5 29.0 200 29 provide a UNIFORM option to uniformly scale
axes across BY groups
*** PROC PRINT ***
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3.0 1.0 3691 33 allow the OBS column header and the N
statistic to be labeled
11.0 7.0 3279 30 provide explicit control of the number of
observations that can be printed on a page
18.0 11.0 3013 32 provide the ability to explicitly control
where output will wrap
58.0 21.0 478 31 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
112.5 30.0 150 34 provide an option to suppress printing any
variables that have only missing values
132.5 34.5 125 35 provide an option to allow every nth
observation to be printed
*** PROC PRINTTO ***
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115.0 31.0 148 36 provide an option to send output to both
the specified file or printer and the
default output location simultaneously
*** PROC RANK ***
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118.0 32.0 143 37 add a ROUND option to specify the number of
decimal places to consider when ranking
values
*** PROC REPORT ***
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8.0 6.0 3438 38 provide the ability to suppress summary
lines when there is only one observation
for a group
20.0 13.0 2982 41 provide the ability to print the word
'CONTINUED' when a report spans pages and
to print 'END' on the last page
130.0 33.0 129 40 provide the ability to group by computed
columns
173.0 38.0 56 42 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
174.5 39.0 54 39 add the ability to dynamically align text
from LINE statements with report columns
*** PROC SORT ***
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24.0 14.0 1367 43 add an option to output observations
deleted by the NODUP or NODUPKEY option to
an alternate data set
*** PROC SQL ***
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5.0 3.0 3507 45 provide the ability to do index-only reads
to enhance performance when doing something
like SELECT DISTINCT X (where x is a column
of a very large table)
13.0 8.0 3148 44 allow the automatic conversion of variables
from character to numeric when performing
arithmetic expressions in a query
17.0 10.0 3018 49 allow appropriate functions to take
advantage of indexes
52.0 18.0 539 46 allow calculated columns to inherit the
default format of the column used in the
calculation (for one-column calculations)
66.0 23.0 341 47 add a variable to the DICTIONARY.TABLES
dictionary table that gives the size of the
data set in bytes or megabtyes
70.0 24.0 313 48 add SORTEDBY information to
DICTIONARY.TABLES
*** PROC TABULATE ***
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6.0 4.0 3475 50 provide an option to suppress the ALL line
if the group being summed has only one
level
7.0 5.0 3441 51 add the ablility to the change the text
of the word CONTINUED to include the page
number the table is continued from
*** PROC UNIVARIATE ***
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57.0 20.0 483 52 provide standard errors and confidence
intervals for all of the computed
statistics
83.0 27.0 239 53 provide the ability to output the number of
unique values for a variable
PART III SAS Macro Facility
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9.0 1.0 3426 54 add line numbers to MPRINT output, so line
numbers are continuous in the SAS log
10.0 2.0 3382 61 allow the IN operator to be used in a macro
22.0 3.0 2956 58 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
25.0 4.0 968 55 provide the ability to delete macro
variables
38.0 5.0 688 56 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
126.5 6.0 132 57 provide the ability to determine the
autocall library from which a macro was
invoked
164.5 7.0 67 60 allow the PARMBUFF option to include the
default values of keyword parameters
204.0 8.0 22 59 provide the ability to sort the output of
%PUT _ALL_ or SASHELP.VMACRO alphabetically
by scope and name or by name only
PART IV SAS/GRAPH Software
*** Global Statements(AXIS, LEGEND, SYMBOL, etc.) ***
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35.0 4.0 724 62 provide the ability to specify just axis
end points or just an increment value, and
let the procedure fill in the other
elements
69.0 6.0 325 63 provide the ability to order axis values
based on the order the data are read in
87.0 7.0 225 64 provide the ability to specify uneven
intervals between tickmarks
*** DATA Step Graphics Interface ***
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56.0 5.0 502 66 provide a complete set of functions to
query various aspects of a device for any
valid field in a device entry, where the
results of the query can be used in a DATA
step or macro
191.5 10.0 28 65 provide the ability to specify a GSET
function to control the line thickness of a
box produced with the GDRAW function BAR
*** Graphics Devices ***
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12.0 1.0 3201 67 provide a "fit to page" printing option
*** PROC GCHART ***
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21.0 3.0 2958 69 provide the ability to generate bars with
varying widths for the same chart based
upon the value of a variable in the data
set
121.0 8.0 141 68 implement a UNIFORM option to uniformly
scale axes across BY groups
*** PROC GIMPORT ***
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142.0 9.0 107 70 provide the ability to import files of type
GIF, TIF, BMP, EPS, and JPG in
noninteractive mode
*** PROC GPLOT ***
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15.0 2.0 3055 71 provide an option to label X axes in
groups, such as months within years
PART V SAS/GIS Software
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116.0 1.0 146 72 provide the ability to delete points from
the spatial database
163.0 2.0 68 73 provide the SAVE AS functionality with the
GIS object
PART VI SAS/AF Software
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41.0 1.0 669 80 provide an indication in the title of the
VIEWTABLE window when a WHERE clause is
active
43.0 2.0 646 75 provide a _PRINT_ method for the Data Form
object
46.0 3.0 595 82 add a _SELECT_ALL_ method for the FRAME
Listbox widget to select all items in the
listbox
53.0 4.0 535 88 provide a way to zoom in the FRAME map
object
81.0 5.0 252 84 provide the ability to save the AUTOSPLIT,
AUTOWRAP, and other editing options across
BUILD sessions
95.5 6.0 197 85 provide a method for the Table Editor and
Data Table classes that reports whether a
row or column has been selected
97.0 7.0 191 79 provide the ability to bypass host
printing and specify options to control
the printing of graphical widgets such as
ORGCHART, DATA TABLE, and GRAPHICS
103.5 8.0 174 95 provide the ability to specify the
maximum number of selections allowed in a
Data Table or Table Editor object
114.0 9.0 149 91 provide a method to determine which line
is selected on the FRAME graphics object
when overlays are used
131.0 10.0 128 96 provide an ALL argument to the _GRAY_ and
_UNGRAY_ methods to gray or ungray all
widgets
139.0 11.0 112 81 provide a method to fill an SCL list with
the values of a SAS table displayed in
a Data Form or Data Table object
145.0 12.0 100 76 provide the ability to create a computed
column in the VIEWTABLE window
148.0 13.0 90 77 provide the ability for the WHERE window
called from Data Form or Data Table to
subset lookup distinct values based on a
subset already applied to the table on the
_SET_DATASET_ method
150.0 14.0 86 90 provide event types that can be triggered
by system activity other than user input
154.0 15.0 78 89 provide an event type to be triggered by
a timer
155.0 16.0 76 78 provide a NO EXIT attribute for FRAME
applications that not only prevents you
from exiting the AF application window
but also from attempting to open non-SAS
windows
156.5 17.0 75 93 provide an AF FRAME calendar object similar
to the Microsoft OCX calendar object
159.5 18.0 71 94 provide an execution status indicator class
for FRAME entries
174.5 19.0 54 87 improve axis control for date, time, and
datetime variables in the FRAME graphics
object
189.0 20.0 31 74 provide the ability to define the style of
cells in the Data Table object using the
keyboard
191.5 21.0 28 92 provide graphics annotate methods to use
with the FRAME graphics object
207.5 22.5 20 83 allow the CATALOG class to retrieve all
the same information that the SAS System
Viewer displays
207.5 22.5 20 86 provide the ability to pass object IDs as
input parameters to OLE automation methods
PART VII SAS/FSP Software
*** PROC FSEDIT ***
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61.0 1.0 412 97 provide the ability to save settings such
as line numbers and AUTOSPLIT in the FSEDIT
SCL window across sessions
PART VIII Screen Control Language
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40.0 1.0 670 104 provide the ability to control whether the
FILEEXIST function checks for the existence
of a physical file or a directory
49.0 2.0 563 105 allow the FINFO function to return the date
on an external file
75.0 3.0 274 98 provide the ability for the SCL Static
Analyzer to graphically display the
associated DO/END and SELECT/END groups
141.0 4.0 108 103 provide the ability to copy a group of
items from one SCL list to another using
the COPYLIST function
146.0 5.0 94 106 provide the ability to specify the @
modifier in the PUT statement
153.0 6.0 79 99 provide a numeric format that would always
return a value recognized by the where
interpreter regardless of the settings of
any global options
166.0 7.0 66 102 provide the ability to search for embedded
text strings in a list item with SEARCHC
167.0 8.0 65 101 provide a look-ahead feature for help
when typing text into an SCL entry
229.5 9.0 8 100 provide additional options in the CALL
LETTER routine to define an alternate FORM
entry for the current LETTER entry and to
specify whether text is flowed when the
FORM entry changes
PART IX SAS/EIS Software
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37.0 1.0 696 109 provide the ability to specify in which
dimension to place the analysis variables
for a multidimensional report
147.0 2.0 93 107 support tree-structured data
223.5 3.0 11 108 provide the ability to compute averages for
analysis variables that are not additive
over time
PART X SAS/STAT Software
*** All Procedures ***
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47.0 1.0 592 110 calculate confidence intervals for all
appropriate parameters
50.0 2.0 554 111 provide more extensive nonparametric
statistics and tests, including multiple
comparisons
79.0 7.0 255 112 provide power analysis and sample-size
determination in applicable hypothesis
tests
80.0 8.0 253 115 provide support for missing value
imputation methods in applicable procedures
119.5 11.0 142 114 add a NORMALIZE option to all procedures
having a WEIGHT statement to normalize
the weights to sum to the actual sample
size
126.5 12.0 132 113 provide one-tailed tests where appropriate
*** New Procedures ***
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65.0 5.0 348 116 provide a procedure for multivariate
outlier detection based on robust methods
95.5 9.0 197 118 add a procedure for fitting nested or mixed
logit (discrete choice) models
144.0 14.0 103 117 provide a procedure to test for
multivariate normality
*** PROC CALIS ***
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137.0 13.0 117 119 add standardized effects and compute
tests of significance for all effects
*** PROC CATMOD ***
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193.5 19.0 27 121 add an ESTIMATE statement
207.5 21.0 20 120 provide a way to score observations with
missing response (like PROC REG and PROC
GLM) or to score observations in a separate
data set
*** PROC GLM/PROC ANOVA ***
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117.0 10.0 144 122 provide multiple comparisons using the
SLICE option
177.5 16.0 47 123 provide an option for the LSMEANS and MEANS
statements to give Hsu's MCB (multiple
comparison with the best) test
*** PROC LIFETEST ***
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199.5 20.0 24 124 add an ORDER= option to control the order
in which the levels of the STRATA variable
appear on the output
218.5 23.0 13 125 compute the G^{rho} class of weighted rank
statistics of Harrington and Fleming
231.0 26.0 7 126 provide an option to suppress the
permutation approach for handling ties in
the computation of the rank tests of
survival time and covariates
*** PROC LOGISTIC ***
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62.0 4.0 354 127 allow fitting of generalized logit models
(for nominal, categorical responses)
*** PROC PHREG ***
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162.0 15.0 69 132 compute the survival function for the Cox
model with time-dependent covariates when
they are specified by SAS programming
statements
186.5 18.0 33 131 add a WEIGHT statement for incorporating
case weights
214.5 22.0 14 128 add the C statistic
225.5 24.0 10 129 compute the robust variance estimator and
the global influence function
227.5 25.0 9 130 compute the Z:PH statistic for each
covariate
*** PROC REG ***
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60.0 3.0 426 133 provide a test for lack-of-fit
67.0 6.0 336 135 provide a BOUNDS statement so parameters
can be restricted to a range of values
184.0 17.0 35 134 implement an all possible regression
selection method based on PRESS statistics
PART XI SAS/ETS Software
*** New Procedures ***
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103.5 3.0 174 137 provide a procedure to estimate a system of
nonlinear equations on pooled time-series
cross-sectional data
151.0 4.0 84 136 provide a procedure to analyze panel data
when the response variable is categorical
*** Time Series Forecasting System ***
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84.0 1.0 237 138 provide a way to get one-step ahead
predictions based on a rolling regression
when using a hold-out sample, rather than
simply computing forecasts based on the
in-sample parameter estimates
*** PROC ARIMA ***
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184.0 7.0 35 139 support MODEL= and OUTMODEL= options to
write out and read in, respectively, the
fitted model in order to forecast a new
data set with a previously fitted model
203.0 11.0 23 140 provide the ability to test specific
hypotheses and impose linear restrictions
on the parameters
*** PROC AUTOREG ***
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199.5 10.0 24 141 provide stepwise model selection for the
regressor variables
*** PROC FORECAST ***
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177.5 5.0 47 142 provide the ability to simultaneously model
and forecast the total and the components
of that total
*** PROC MODEL ***
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182.0 6.0 41 144 support BY-group processing with the
PARMSDATA= and ESTDATA= data sets so
different starting values can be specified
for each BY group
225.5 12.0 10 143 support likelihood ratio tests proposed by
Vuong for model specification and non-
nested hypotheses
*** PROC SPECTRA ***
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102.0 2.0 175 145 support wavelet analysis
*** PROC SYSLIN ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
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195.5 9.0 26 146 compute and print the standard errors and
t-ratios for the reduced form coefficients
*** PROC TSCSREG ***
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186.5 8.0 33 147 provide observation statistics such as
predicted values and residuals
PART XII SAS/OR Software
*** New Procedures ***
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106.0 1.0 168 149 provide an Internet-based client-server
application for scheduling and project
management
140.0 4.0 110 148 add a procedure that supports the interior
point method
164.5 5.0 67 150 add a procedure to convert MPX (Microsoft
Project format) to SAS data sets for PROC
CPM
193.5 6.0 27 151 add a procedure for automatic model
generation
*** PROC LP ***
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232.0 9.0 6 152 add specialized algorithms for covering
and partitioning problems
*** PROC NETFLOW ***
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212.0 7.0 16 153 add support for nonlinear interior point
*** PROC NLP ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
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134.0 2.0 122 154 provide heuristic algorithms such as tabu
search, simulated annealing, and genetic
algorithms
138.0 3.0 116 156 add support for sparse methods for larger
problems
214.5 8.0 14 155 add support for non-smooth optimization
PART XIII SAS/QC Software
*** New Procedures ***
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189.0 5.0 31 157 provide a procedure for analysis of means
*** ADX Interface ***
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212.0 9.5 16 158 provide support for numeric optimization
methods
*** PROC CAPABILITY ***
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123.0 2.0 138 163 allow multiple distributions from the same
family to be plotted on one histogram
199.5 7.0 24 159 support SAS time formats for the histogram
bar values on the horizontal axis
199.5 7.0 24 162 provide overlaid and comparative versions
of all graphical displays
199.5 7.0 24 164 add an option to clip off extreme portions
of the first and/or last histogram bar when
the spec lines are drawn through the first
and/or last histogram bar and all of the
data fall within specification
218.5 12.0 13 160 add keywords to inset the mean and standard
deviation of all distributions
227.5 15.0 9 161 provide the ability to fit the Johnson and
Pearson systems of distributions
*** PROC PARETO ***
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128.5 3.0 131 165 add an HBAR statement for creating
horizontal Pareto charts
*** PROC RELIABILITY ***
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218.5 12.0 13 166 model the scale parameter in life
distributions with the linear model
223.5 14.0 11 167 support parametric models for repairable
systems analysis
*** PROC SHEWHART ***
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110.0 1.0 156 168 support SAS time formats on the process
variable so that control limits and
vertical axis tick marks are labeled
according to the formatted values
176.0 4.0 51 171 add an OVERLAY option for plotting multiple
process variables on one control chart with
one set of control limits
212.0 9.5 16 169 provide an option to add multiple sigma
limits on control charts
218.5 12.0 13 170 provide options to suppress control limits
within phases
PART XIV SAS/IML Software
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105.0 1.0 171 175 support wavelet functions and subroutines
128.5 2.0 131 176 support signal processing functions and
subroutines
149.0 3.0 89 174 provide the ability to build user
interfaces
168.5 4.0 63 173 support sparse matrices
170.5 5.0 62 172 support complex matrices
PART XV SAS/INSIGHT Software
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36.0 1.0 711 177 provide the ability to record and replay
all user actions
39.0 2.0 679 179 provide the ability to join two data sets
51.0 3.0 553 186 provide a calculator to create new
variables
74.0 4.0 278 184 provide the ability to cut and paste
108.0 5.0 163 187 provide statistics and plots for
multivariate outlier detection
112.5 6.0 150 180 provide the ability to add legends to
charts and plots
122.0 7.0 139 182 provide the ability to have two cumulative
distributions on the same set of axes
125.0 8.0 133 188 add support for spatial, geostatistical,
and lattice data analysis
143.0 9.0 104 192 support robust and additional non-
parametric statistical methods
156.5 10.0 75 191 provide more general modeling capabilities
such as nonlinear least squares
161.0 11.0 70 178 provide the ability to control the number
of graphs that print and their placement on
the page
179.0 12.0 45 185 provide the ability to specify the same
axis scaling on all of the graphs
189.0 13.0 31 183 provide an option to output settings for
the distribution analysis showing the
variable labels instead of or in addition
to the variable names
195.5 14.0 26 181 provide the ability to enter a variable
name and modify variable attributes by
single-clicking or double-clicking on
the column heading block when creating
a new data set
199.5 15.0 24 190 support cutting planes and projections
from surface plots
218.5 16.0 13 189 support Trellis graphics
PART XVI SAS/LAB Software
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92.5 1.0 200 193 add nonparametric statistics
PART XVII Data File Management
*** General ***
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42.0 2.0 661 194 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
85.0 3.0 233 195 provide a system option to allow an error
to be generated when a procedure attempts
to access an empty data set
*** Import/Export Wizard ***
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86.0 4.0 227 196 provide the ability to create one data set
from multiple comma-delimited files with
the import wizard
*** SQL Query Window ***
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31.0 1.0 800 197 include SAS functions in the interface
100.0 5.0 184 198 add a menu option to print the generated
query
229.5 6.0 8 199 add the ability to change the table names
of an included query, even if the table is
allocated
PART XVIII Communication Access Methods
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63.0 1.0 353 200 enhance the server-form LIBNAME syntax for
TCP/IP usage in specifying:
SERVER=
PART XIX Remote Library Services
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29.0 1.0 849 201 allow the LIBNAME statement to support
DISP=SHR
PART XX SAS/CONNECT Software
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26.0 1.0 874 202 provide the ability to pass a LAN userid
and password to the remote system
PART XXI SAS/SHARE Software
*** General ***
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88.0 2.0 207 203 enable system security tokens to be
automatically exchanged between SAS client
and SAS secured servers and thereby
eliminate userid and password prompting
*** PROC OPERATE ***
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207.5 3.0 20 204 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
48.0 1.0 591 205 add the ability to disconnect a user from a
SAS server after a specified period of
inactivity
PART XXII SAS/ACCESS Software
*** All Interfaces ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
27.0 1.0 870 206 provide the capability to distinguish
between NULL and BLANK character values
returned from a DBMS
32.0 2.0 779 208 provide the ability to convert data to the
appropriate character set when loading data
sets to database software on other
platforms (e.g. ANSI to OEM)
94.0 5.0 199 209 provide the ability to use user-defined
formats in view descriptors
111.0 6.0 154 207 support "commit and roll back" transaction-
level processing verbs within DATA step
MODIFY processing when used against
relational databases such as Oracle or
Sybase
184.0 10.0 35 210 provide a method for reading the S-Plus
data files marketed by the Stat-Sci
division of MathSoft Inc. Software
*** New Interfaces ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
205.0 11.0 21 211 provide an Interface to Informix for the PC
platforms
218.5 12.0 13 212 provide an interface to read HL-7 data that
is used in the medical field
*** Interface to DB2 ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
168.5 8.0 63 213 provide a native interface on the PC
platforms
*** Interface to PC File Formats ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
76.0 3.0 272 215 provide the ability to specify a worksheet
name when creating Excel files from SAS
data sets
91.0 4.0 205 216 display a warning message when
there is data in an Excel field, but SAS
reads it in as missing data
135.0 7.0 121 218 prompt the user whether to overwrite an
existing file when using PROC DBLOAD or
PROC EXPORT
170.5 9.0 62 214 provide an abbreviated way to list all
variables of a certain type on a TYPE
statement, such as _NUMERIC_ or _CHARACTER_
222.0 13.0 12 217 create a space-delimited file and write
a note in the LOG if the DBMS= option is
omitted and the extension in the OUTFILE=
option is not recognized when using PROC
EXPORT
PART XXIII SAS System for Mainframes
*** General ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
159.5 2.0 71 219 enhance the INFILE statement FILEVAR=
option to allow the user to specify a
single tape device (UNIT=AFF)
*** PROC SOURCE ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
89.5 1.0 206 220 provide the ability to read and write
records longer than 80 bytes
PART XXIV IT Service Vision Software
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
68.0 1.0 328 221 provide the ability to create a dynamic
graph from a Web browser and drill down
into the raw data that produced the graph
233.0 2.0 3 223 allow a FILENAME statement or DDname in
CMPROCESS
234.0 3.0 2 222 provide support for the product MEMO with
SMF collector VMACMEMO
PART XXV SAS System under OpenVMS
*** General ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
99.0 1.0 185 224 provide transparent access of catalogs and
catalog entries between OpenVMS for VAX and
AXP host systems
PART XXVI SAS System for UNIX Workstations
*** General ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
73.0 1.0 280 227 add the ability to write performance
information to a flat file or to a SAS data
set
107.0 2.0 166 226 add a numeric data type that has greater
than 16 digits of precision to allow
transparent access to databases with large
numeric values, like Oracle's DECIMAL data
type
180.0 3.0 43 225 provide support to fully utilize SMP boxes
PART XXVII SAS System for Personal Computers
*** General ***
OVERALL PART # ITEM
RANK RANK VOTES NUMBER
34.0 1.0 758 234 enhance the Find and Replace windows so
they do not close automatically
54.0 2.0 532 232 add the REMOTE engine to the drop-down
list of available engines with the New
Library screen of DLGLIB
64.0 3.0 349 231 add cut and paste capabilities on the
command lines and in the FSEDIT window
78.0 4.0 265 228 provide more file extension options when
choosing FILE==>SAVE AS in order to save
the contents of a window
109.0 5.0 162 233 add a warning dialog 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
124.0 6.0 134 230 implement an option to specify the
directory to which all saved files should
reside, regardless of where a file was
last opened
210.0 7.0 19 229 provide the ability to concatenate
environment variables
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2% Manager/Staff End User Department 70% SAS Software Representative
12% Applications Programmer 15% SAS Software Consultant
3% Systems Analyst 2% SAS Software Training Coordinator
4% Systems Manager 5% Statistician
2% Manager/Staff Information Center
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program for SAS software users?
2. Would you pursue SAS software certification? 73% 24% 3%
3. Are you more likely to hire an individual with 79% 18% 3%
professional certification over someone without such
certification, if they appear equal in all other areas?
4. Should SAS Institute allow business customers to select 83% 13% 3%
pages or chapters from SAS books and receive customized
documentation?
5. Would you like to see more examples available on CD-ROM 91% 2% 7%
bundled with a hard copy book?
6. Would you be interested in having the ability to submit 29% 68% 3%
documentation ideas and obtain information about book
projects in progress using the WWW?
7. Would you find a CD-ROM containing an index to all 89% 9% 2%
current documentation useful?
8. What types of documentation do you find most informative when
learning about SAS Institute products?
15% "Getting Started" books 67% Task-oriented information online
75% Online HELP system 87% Online examples
89% Reference books with features 20% Hard copy example manuals
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