SAS Notes for SAS®9 -

SAS Notes for SAS®9 - 38160: GROUP_NOCASE, a sasauth configuration option for UNIX environments, enables case-insensitivity

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:36:14 EST

The GROUP_NOCASE configuration option allows you to enable case-insensitivity.

SAS Notes for SAS®9 - 40902: The -REPLACE option does not work if the SAS Software Depot has been updated or if the SAS Migration Utility version has changed

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:47:41 EST

The -REPLACE option might not replace existing output if the SAS Software Depot has been updated or if the SAS Migration Utility version that you are using has changed since the first time you ran your initial analysi

SAS Notes for SAS®9 - 38402: Unconfiguring a metadata server does not remove the Foundation Metadata Repository

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:54:41 EST

If you remove your SAS ® Metadata Server configuration using the SAS ® Deployment Manager utility, your services, configuration directory files, and shortcuts are removed, but the SAS ®

SAS Notes for SAS®9 - 38691: Capturing a PivotTable connection string from Microsoft Excel

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:38:14 EST

The connection string for a PivotTable is the information that is needed to make a connection to SAS size="-1">® . This information is often useful when debugging a connection problem. The

SAS Notes for SAS®9 - 45449: \"Repository ******** is not Registered\" error in the SAS Metadata Server log is caused by migrated SAS BI Dashboard content

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:45:49 EST

When moving SAS BI Dashboard content from one server to another, the SAS Metadata Server log contains the following messages for each item that was moved: 2012-01-19T11:38:06,253 INFO [02450772] - GetMetadata

SAS Notes for SAS®9 - 45503: Metaserver and metaport options are not valid with the SAS Information Maps LIBNAME engine when the code is included in a SAS Stored Process

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:12:49 EST

The metaserver and metaport options are not valid when the SAS Information Maps LIBNAME engine is used within a SAS Stored Process. These options not valid because they have already been used in order to start up the assoc

SAS Notes for SAS®9 - 45156: The ODS PDF statement might generate an error if the FONTSLOC system option is not set correctly

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:33:25 EST

The ODS PDF statement might generate an error if the FONTSLOC system option is not set correctly.

SAS Notes for SAS®9 - 44914: The XML Mapper validates XML and schema files by default when opened

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:48:50 EST

The XML Mapper validates XML and schema files by default when opened.

SAS Notes for SAS®9 - 45346: Custom style element does not show all style formatting in output generated with the ExcelXP tagset

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:28:54 EST

When a custom style element is used to inherit from a standard style element, not all of the style formatting from the parent style element is visible in output generated with the ExcelXP tagset.

SAS Notes for SAS®9 - 45358: A warning message might be issued when attempting to access a data set in the ODS Graphics Designer if invoked from SAS Enterprise Guide

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:39:14 EST

A warning pop-up window might be generated when attempting to access a data set in the ODS Graphics Designer if the ODS Graphics Designer is invoked from SAS Enterprise Guide .

SAS Notes for SAS®9 - 45437: Using SAS® Merchandise Planning 613M5 or 613M6, where to find BEA WebLogic Server10gR3 Premium server patches and installation requirements

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:11:48 EST

Where to find BEA WebLogic Server10gR3 Premium (10.3.0) application server patches and any special installation requirements or instructions.

SAS Notes for SAS®9 - 45477: SAS Merchandise Planning 613M5 Release Notes read ‘JDK 1.6 (64-bit recommended)’. Will JDK 1.6/Fix Level: 250(64-bit) or a higher fix level work?

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:14:58 EST

SAS Merchandise Planning 613M5 Release Notes read ‘JDK 1.6 (64-bit recommended)’. Will ‘JDK 1.6/Fix Level: 250 (64-bit)’ or a higher fix level work?

SAS Notes for SAS®9 - 44490: Reading SAS data sets with a .ssd01 extension

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:04:31 EST

Numbered suffixes indicate that you have a data set created in SAS Version 6 on a UNIX operating system. SAS Version 6 files are machine dependent. If you run SAS in the same operating environment grouping, you can use the V6 engine to read the file

SAS Notes for SAS®9 - 43958: The SAS Import and Export Wizards stop abruptly when you are importing and exporting Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Access files

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:50:55 EST

When Microsoft components are corrupted, the SAS Import and Export Wizard windows might close abruptly.

SAS Notes for SAS®9 - 45340: How to use the Export Wizard to export Excel files with the SAS PC File Server

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:52:26 EST

This usage note shows how to export using the Wizard and the SAS PC File Server to Excel on Windows X64 platforms

SAS Notes for SAS®9 - 44197: Using the Import Wizard with the SAS PC Files Server on Windows X64 systems in SAS 9.3

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:53:24 EST

This usage note details how to use the Import Wizard on X64 systems in SAS 9.3. The choices that are made depend on the version of Office and whether it is 32-bit or 64-bit.

SAS Notes for SAS®9 - 44343: \"Cannot record your changes\" errors when using the SAS PC Files Server

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:56:30 EST

When exporting to Excel using the SAS PC Files Server you can receive "Cannot record your changes". Normally this means the values are greater or smaller than Excel or Microsoft Access can store.

SAS Notes for SAS®9 - 45460: Server is unable to authenticate user credentials when using the SAS PC Files Server

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:01:29 EST

When using the Serveruser= and Serverpass= parameters with PROC IMPORT and PROC EXPORT, you might receive authentication errors. The user ID must have LOGON as a BATCH JOB privileges in the local security policy.

SAS Notes for SAS®9 - 44074: IS8601 time zone format and informat differences

Thu, 2 Feb 2012 15:39:52 EST

With SAS code in general, time zone information is not preserved, whether Daylight Savings Time(DST) or moving time zones across the world. Some informats and formats in the ISO 8601 category write datetime va

SAS Notes for SAS®9 - 42065: Sending SAS Report results from SAS Enterprise Guide 4.3 to a Microsoft Office application requires the SAS Add-In 4.3 for Microsoft Office

Fri, 3 Feb 2012 13:18:28 EST

In SAS Enterprise Guide 4.3, when you generate results in SAS Report format, you can then send those results to Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, or Microsoft PowerPoint if the SAS Add-In 4.3 for Microsoft Office is installed and functioning in that M

SAS Notes for SAS®9 - 45040: Upgrading stored processes and making them compatible with SAS 9.2

Fri, 3 Feb 2012 13:28:51 EST

Beginning with SAS ® 9.3, you can use new stored-process features and you can choose to make your stored processes compatible with SAS 9.2. If your client does not support new stored-process features, then you m

SAS Notes for SAS®9 - 19328: \"Error: java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError\" might occur when you run the SAS Configuration Wizard

Fri, 3 Feb 2012 15:07:57 EST

When you run the SAS Configuration Wizard during an installation that includes the SAS ® Web OLAP Viewer for Java, the following error might occur:

java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersi

SAS Notes for SAS®9 - 45531: Determining the city associated with a ZIP code in the Sashelp.Zipcode data set

Fri, 3 Feb 2012 15:37:52 EST

The Sashelp.Zipcode data set contains the state, county, and city associated with a particular ZIP code.

SAS Notes for SAS®9 - 45532: Lookup data for city geocoding with PROC GEOCODE

Fri, 3 Feb 2012 15:51:22 EST

The default lookup data set used by the GEOCODE procedure to perform city geocoding is Sashelp.Zipcode.

SAS Notes for SAS®9 - 41572: Modifying the regional settings and locale on Windows platforms

Fri, 3 Feb 2012 16:00:33 EST

If your regional settings and locale need to be modified to English, or another setting, perform the following on a Windows platform.

For SAS ® 9.2

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SAS Notes for SAS®9 - 37470: Publishing a campaign fails with an \"Update/Delete failed\" error when the common data model is hosted on an Oracle database

Mon, 6 Feb 2012 10:25:47 EST

When you publish a SAS ® Marketing Automation campaign, data is usually written to the common data model. When the common data model is hosted on an Oracle database, the publish process might fail. This f

SAS Notes for SAS®9 - 45578: Testing throughput rates in a UNIX environment

Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:53:18 EST

In order to troubleshoot a performance problem, you might need to determine the I/O throughput rates on any file systems that a SAS size="-1">® application is accessing. In a

SAS Notes for SAS®9 - 32905: Migrating SAS Enterprise Miner(tm) 5.x projects to a new server running on a different operating system

Mon, 6 Feb 2012 15:51:33 EST

A SAS Enterprise Miner 5.x project consists of two pieces: the physical project folder, and metadata about that project. The project folder is stored on the SAS workspace server';s file system. The metadata about the projec

SAS Notes for SAS®9 - 37561: SAS Marketing Automation might return \"Error in the stored process or called macro..\" when a process node follows a communication node

Mon, 6 Feb 2012 16:03:04 EST

SAS Marketing Automation campaigns might fail to execute and return the error below:

Error in the stored process or called macro - Vendor Code: 1012, Message: There was an error

SAS Notes for SAS®9 - 40027: How to retrieve multiple selections from a parameter list for a SAS Marketing Automation process node

Mon, 6 Feb 2012 16:24:29 EST

SAS ® Management Console enables you to register a stored process for use by a SAS Marketing Automation Process Node. When you register the stored process, you can provide a parameter list that enables the P

SAS Notes for SAS®9 - 45562: How to access the data sets referenced in the SAS Press book \"Statistical Graphics Procedures by Example: Effective Graphs Using SAS\"

Mon, 6 Feb 2012 16:27:33 EST

This note describes how to access the data sets referenced in the SAS Press book Statistical Graphics Procedures by Example: Effective Graphs Using SAS

SAS Notes for SAS®9 - 40082: How to allow multiple Business Contexts in SAS Marketing Automation to share one SAS Information Map

Mon, 6 Feb 2012 16:30:05 EST

To create multiple Business Contexts that share the same SAS Information Map, save the SAS Information Map and Business Contexts in different folders. Follow the steps below: Always create new folders in th

SAS Notes for SAS®9 - 45440: A \"two values above are invalid for correlated variables..\" warning appears when you run PROC FASTCLUS

Tue, 7 Feb 2012 10:24:55 EST

When you run PROC FASTCLUS, the following warning might appear in the output:

WARNING: The two values above are invalid for correlated variables.

The warning is displayed automat

SAS Notes for SAS®9 - 43260: Punctuation in SAS® Clustering installation file path causes .sav version of mapfile not to be created

Tue, 7 Feb 2012 13:58:40 EST

If the SAS ® Clustering application is installed in a file path which contains a period ";.";(usually to specify a software version of the application), the mapfile will fail to load correctly and a .sa

SAS Notes for SAS®9 - 45260: How to prevent being prompted for login credentials when connecting to Microsoft Analysis Server via SAS Enterprise Guide to view OLAP cubes

Tue, 7 Feb 2012 14:32:49 EST

Typically, when accessing the Microsoft Analysis Server to view an OLAP cube in SAS Enterprise Guide, users are prompted to enter credentials in the Multidimensional Connection window (Figure 1). This SAS note explains

SAS Notes for SAS®9 - 39996: \"ERROR: An attachment record was truncated\" when sending Excel files as email attachments from SAS 9.2 in the UNIX environment

Wed, 8 Feb 2012 18:08:24 EST

When sending Excel files as email attachments from SAS 9.2 on Unix, you will receive errors that an attachment record was truncated and the LRECL is too small.