What's New in SPD Server 4.5?

SPD Audit logging has been enhanced to include the user LIBNAME in the proxy and SQL audit logs. For additional information, see the section on SPD Server auditing in SPD Server Auditing.

You can now specify recycle times for the SPD Server Name Server log and the SPD Server SNET log. For additional information about configuring SPD Server log cycle times for Windows installations, see Configuring SPD Server Software on Your Windows Host. For additional information about configuring SPD Server log cycle times for UNIX installations, see Configuring SPD Server Host Software for Your Site.

SPD Server now supports user formats with the put() function that are greater than 8 characters in length. An SPD Server host can read user format catalog files that were created by SAS running on Windows, or on the same machine as the SPD Server host. The spdsls list utility has been enhanced to add a -verbose option. The -verbose option provides information such as the number of observations, observation length, index segment size, partition size, and whether the table is compressed, encrypted, or is a member of a cluster. For more information about SPD Server list utilities, see SPD Server Table List Utility Spdsls.

SAS implicit pass-through SQL now permits SQL queries to SPD Server that include supported SPD Server functions. The "SPD Server SQL Features" chapter of the SAS Scalable Performance Data Server 4.5: User's Guide contains a section, "Differences between SAS SQL and SPD Server SQL," that lists the functions that SPD Server supports via implicit pass-through SQL.

The installation and delivery of the SPD Server 4.5 client components for SAS is now part of your SAS installation. For more detailed information about installing SPD Server 4.5 on a Windows platform, see Before You Install: Precautions and Required Permissions. For more detailed information about installing SPD Server 4.5 on a UNIX platform, see Before You Install: Precautions and Required Permissions.

The installation and delivery of SAS Management Console components for SPD Server 4.5 is now part of your SAS Management Console installation. For more detailed information about installing SAS Management Console components for SPD Server 4.5 on a Windows platform, see Before You Install: Precautions and Required Permissions. For more detailed information about installing SAS Management Console components for SPD Server 4.5 on a UNIX platform, see Before You Install: Precautions and Required Permissions