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Tips, tutorials, and workflows for clinical SAS programmers.

• April 15, 2026 6 min read

  How to Open SAS Files Without Installing SAS

  A complete guide to free tools for opening .sas7bdat and .xpt files — including StatDataViewer, R's haven package, Python's pyreadstat, and SAS OnDemand. Compared side-by-side.

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• April 10, 2026 8 min read

  How to Review SDTM Data Faster — A Clinical Programmer's Guide

  Use the library filter, SDTM supplemental join, and USUBJID frequency to review an entire clinical trial domain set in minutes. No SAS code required.

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• March 28, 2026 7 min read

  PROC COMPARE Without SAS: Dataset Comparison in StatDataViewer

  A walkthrough of StatDataViewer's Compare tool: match rows by ID variables, find cell-level differences, and review changes between dataset deliveries — all interactively.

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• March 15, 2026 5 min read

  10 Keyboard Shortcuts Every SAS Programmer Should Know

  StatDataViewer's shortcuts all follow one rule: the letter matches the action. Learn D, L, F, N, G, H, and five more in five minutes.

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