In-Database Deployment Package for Aster

SAS Foundation and the SAS/ACCESS Interface to Aster must be installed before you install and configure the in-database deployment package for Aster.

The SAS Scoring Accelerator for Aster requires a specific version of the Aster client and server environment. For more information, see the SAS Foundation system requirements documentation for your operating environment.

This section describes how to install and configure the in-database deployment package for Aster (SAS Embedded Process).

The in-database deployment package for Aster must be installed and configured before you can use the %INDAC_PUBLISH_MODEL scoring publishing macro to create scoring files inside the database and the %INDAC_PUBLISH_FORMATS format publishing macro to create user-defined format files.

For more information about using the scoring and format publishing macros, see the SAS In-Database Products: User’s Guide.

The in-database deployment package for Aster includes the SAS Embedded Process. The SAS Embedded Process is a SAS server process that runs within Aster to read and write data. The SAS Embedded Process contains macros, run-time libraries, and other software that is installed on your Aster system so that the SAS_SCORE( ) and the SAS_PUT( ) functions can access the routines within its run-time libraries.