Replacing something as a mobile/tablet is very common, don't like the model->get a new one. Would be great when this would made easier. Upgrading SAS versions applying Fixes to a SAS installation is very difficult to achieve. Xaxis grid type= time offsetmin= 0.05 offsetmax= 0.05 min= '01JAN2000'd Įditor's Note: This post was revised in August 2020 to include the latest release of SAS software. Markerattrs= (symbol=CircleFilled size= 14 ) Scatter x= date y=release / datalabel=StatRelease datalabelpos= right Styleattrs datacolors= (red orange yellow green ) īlock x= date block=category / transparency = 0.8 Title 'Major Releases of SAS Software and Analytical Products' Ignore the day: 01JUN just means 'some day in June' */ data Releases

* Approximate ship dates for major releases of SAS software. However, if you want to start a conversation at your company about upgrading to a more recent version of SAS, this graph helps to put the SAS release numbers in a historical context. Of course, in large corporations this is sometimes easier said than done. Unfortunately, the customer could not yet take advantage of the simpler approach.Īt SAS Global Forum 2012, Senior Vice President of R&D Keith Collins invited the attendees to 'come along with us' as SAS releases new versions of its software. A feature added to SAS 9.2 simplifies the solution. That addendum certainly changed my response. But before I could respond, he added, 'By the way, I'm still running SAS 9.1.' Recently a SAS user asked me how to compute some quantity in SAS. Earlier versions of SAS required a more complicated syntax to specify colors for groups.

This new feature makes creating the graph easier and faster. This graph demonstrates a new feature of SAS 9.4: The colors in the background of the graph are specified by using the STYLEATTRS statement in the SGPLOT procedure.

Each release includes features that simplify tasks that used to be more difficult. The graph is based on a graph on Jiangtang Hu's blog that shows the major SAS releases.Īs this graph demonstrates, SAS software is always evolving. How old is your version of SAS software? The graph on the left shows the release dates for various releases of SAS software, beginning with SAS 8.0.

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