Validating the SAS 9.3 Middle Tier and Web Clients :: SAS(R) 9.3 Intelligence Platform: Migration Guide

Overview of Validating the SAS 9.3 Middle Tier and Web Clients

This section describes how to validate reports and stored processes that you have migrated in the following SAS 9.3 Web clients:

SAS 9.3 Stored Process Web Application
SAS Web Report Studio 4.3
SAS Information Delivery Portal 4.3

Start SAS Remote Services and Your Java Application Server

In order to validate your SAS Web clients, you will need to make sure that SAS Remote Services and your Java application server are running. You will also need to know your Java application server's default listening port.

On Windows, check the Services snap-in to see whether SAS Remote Services and your Java application server are running. If not, start them in this order:

SAS Remote Services
your Java application server

On UNIX, enter the following command to see whether SAS Remote Services is running:

SAS-installation-directory

/Lev1/Web/Applications/remoteservices.sh
                     status

If SAS Remote Services is not running, enter the following command:

SAS-installation-directory

/Lev1/Web/Applications/remoteservices.sh
                     start

Navigate to the installation directory for the Java application server used at your site and run the start up script for the server.

The default listening ports for the SAS 9.3 supported Java application servers are as follows:

WebLogic Server: 7001
WebSphere Application Server: 9080
JBoss Application Server: 8080

Validate the SAS Stored Process Web Application

This topic describes a few simple steps that you can perform to verify that SAS 9.3 Stored Process Web Application can access and run migrated SAS 9.1.3 stored processes.

To validate that your SAS Stored Process Web Application deployment can run migrated SAS 9.1.3 stored processes, follow these steps:

If you have not already, first perform the steps listed in Start SAS Remote Services and Your Java Application Server.
Open a Web browser and enter the following URL: http://localhost:port/SASStoredProcess/do

localhost is the name of the machine that hosts your Java application server, and port is the server's listening port. (The default Java application server listening ports are listed in Start SAS Remote Services and Your Java Application Server.)
When prompted, enter a valid user ID and password. (For example, if you created it, use the SAS first user account, sasdemo.)
In the application's left pane, select a link such as List Available Stored Processes, and then expand one or more folders until you see a stored process.
Select a stored process, and in the right pane, select Run.

If the stored process runs successfully, you should see a separate Web browser output window displaying results of your job.
Dismiss the output window, and select Log Off in the SAS Stored Process Web Application window.

Validate SAS Web Report Studio 4.3

This topic describes a few simple steps that you can perform to verify that SAS Web Report Studio 4.3 can access and run migrated SAS 9.1.3 reports. To validate that your SAS Web Report Studio deployment can run migrated SAS 9.1.3 reports, follow these steps:

If you have not already, first perform the steps listed in Start SAS Remote Services and Your Java Application Server.
Open a Web browser and enter the following URL: http://localhost:port/SASWebReportStudio

localhost is the name of the machine that hosts your Java application server, and port is the server's listening port. (The default Java application server listening ports are listed in Start SAS Remote Services and Your Java Application Server.)
When prompted, enter a valid user ID and password. (For example, if you created it, you can use the SAS first user account, sasdemo.)

After you log on to SAS Web Report Studio, you see the Welcome window.
Select FileOpen to display the Open dialog box.
In the Open dialog box, select a file and then click Open to display it in View mode.

If the file opens successfully, you should see a report in the View tab.
Select Log Off in the SAS Web Report Studio window and do not save your changes.

Validate the SAS Information Delivery Portal 4.3

This topic describes a few simple steps that you can perform to verify that the SAS Information Delivery Portal 4.3 can access and run migrated SAS 9.1.3 reports.

To validate that your SAS Information Delivery Portal deployment can run migrated SAS 9.1.3 reports, follow these steps:

If you have not already, first perform the steps listed in Start SAS Remote Services and Your Java Application Server.
Open a Web browser and enter the following URL: http://localhost:port/SASPortal

localhost is the name of the machine that hosts your Java application server, and port is the server's listening port. (The default Java application server listening ports are listed in Start SAS Remote Services and Your Java Application Server.)
When prompted, enter a valid user ID and password. (For example, if you created it, use the SAS first user account, sasdemo.)
Select Search.
In the window that appears, in the Keywords field, enter an asterisk (*), select SAS Reports, and select Search.
Select a report and click Search.

If the report runs successfully, you should see some output.
Select Log Off, and do not save your changes.