SAS

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SAS Information Delivery with Email and the
Internet

• Sy Truong
• sy.truong_at_meta-x.com
• Meta-Xceed, Inc.

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Overview

• Significance of email for e-intelligent
• Information delivery with Trialex Systems and
  Thesaurex Systems examples
• Integrating SAS with email
• Scheduled email
• Email attachments
• Security
• Extending HTML into emails
• Email Discussions

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What value is email

• Compared to old memos
• more efficient
• cost effective
• faster
• Communication for detailed information intensive
  needs.
• Information audit trail
• Global access with Internet
• Evolving technology

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Information Delivery by Email

• Trialex job submission status example
• Results in emailed in HTML format with tables
• Links to web server vs. attachments

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Integrating SAS with Email

• SAS log evaluation and email attachments

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Delivering SAS Output Log Evaluation

• Introduction and subject to output in email
• Log evaluation for ERRORs and WARNING messages
• Skip email on condition of error status
• Enable SAS programming and development within a
  group

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Delivering SAS datasets

• Email Attachment contains SAS datasets
• Compression of more efficiency
• Password protection for better security

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Scheduling Information Delivery

• Time dependent information delivery

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Email and HTML

• HTML as a layout tool

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Email and HTML

• Visual diagrams is more effective than text
• HTML becomes part of the email body
• GIF images add visual impact and reference back
  to web server

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Hyperlinking in Email

• Links to web server has been demonstrated with
  text and GIF icons
• Local links within the same email is also useful
  with navigational links

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Messages within Discussion

• A single Email by itself without context looses
  meaning
• Email discussion threads creates relevance

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Discussion Benefits

• Pre-populated context sensitive emails
• Central database of messages for audit trail of
  conversation
• Search able repository
• Reports for documentation
• Project memory

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Use of Emoticons

• Communicating emotions are challenge with email
• Emoticons adds humor do discussions
• ) Smile
• ( Frown
• o Embarrassment
• D Big grin
• ) Wink
• p Razz (stick out tongue)

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Conclusions

• Email has transformed written communication
• Evolving information delivery medium
• Parallels with web browser and integration
• Email integrates with information
• Extending Email technology with HTML and
  discussion creates collaborative GroupWare

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Questions

• Sy Truong
• Meta-Xceed, Inc.
• www.meta-x.com
• sy.truong_at_meta-x.com