SAS Enterprise Miner 7.1 :: SAS(R) 9.3 Guide to Software Updates

Overview of New Features and Enhancements

SAS Enterprise Miner 7.1 includes many new and enhanced features that benefit both users and administrators. For more information about SAS Enterprise Miner 7.1, see the SAS Enterprise Miner product page at support.sas.com/software/products/miner.

End-User Features and Enhancements

A Survival Data Mining node has been added for analysis, such as customer churn prediction.
An Insurance Rate Making node has been added for modeling claim count, severity, and premium.
The Time Series Data Mining nodes (which are experimental for this release) have been added for modeling time-stamped data.
A Support Vector Machine node (which is experimental for this release) has been added for highly nonlinear models.
Enhancements have been made to many other nodes in all categories.
Performance has been improved for many nodes that execute data-intensive operations, such as computing transformations or estimating models.

Administration Changes

Deprecation of the SAS Analytics Platform

The SAS Analytics Platform server has been deprecated. The SAS Analytics Platform service is not used for any SAS 9.3 products or solutions, including SAS Enterprise Miner 7.1.

Workstation Installation and Configuration

In workstation mode, SAS Foundation 9.3 and SAS Enterprise Miner 7.1 are deployed on a Microsoft Windows system in a single user configuration. This configuration is indicated for SAS Enterprise Miner for Desktop, SAS Data Mining for the Classroom, and SAS Enterprise Miner Personal Client licenses. This deployment does not require the configuration step of the SAS Deployment Wizard, and installing users should not select a configuration plan option. Instead of selecting a planned deployment in the SAS Deployment Wizard, you select to install SAS Foundation and all related products. This selection installs SAS Enterprise Miner Desktop, SAS Data Mining for the Classroom, and SAS Enterprise Miner Workstation. The workstation mode configuration does not require the SAS Metadata Server or the SAS Application Server. Installations based on SAS 9.2 and earlier did require those servers. However, these servers can be removed if they are not required for any other SAS software.

Client Server Installation and Configuration

In client/server mode, SAS Foundation 9.3 and SAS Enterprise Miner 7.1 Server can be installed on a local or remote system for multi-user access. The SAS Web Infrastructure Platform is installed as the server for the middle tier. This is a standard Web service that can run on JBoss, WebSphere, or WebLogic servers.

The SAS Enterprise Miner 7.1 Workstation client can be installed on a Microsoft Windows system, or you can connect to the server by using the Java Web Start client. For more information, see the SAS Enterprise Miner 7.1: Administration and Configuration Guide.

SAS Credit Scoring for SAS Enterprise Miner 7.1

SAS Credit Scoring for Enterprise Miner 7.1 has been significantly enhanced by the addition of a global solution to the problem of applying business constraints to the core binning process. SAS has developed a new patent-pending process for solving this problem. This functionality is found and documented in the online Help for the Interactive Grouping Node.

SAS Text Miner

SAS Text Miner 5.1 is also now available. For more information, see SAS Text Miner.

Additional Considerations: The Rapid Predictive Modeler Task

If you install or upgrade to SAS Enterprise Guide 4.305 or the SAS Add-In 4.305 for Microsoft Office and you are using SAS Enterprise Miner 7.1, you can use the Rapid Predictive Modeler task only when you are connected to a SAS 9.3 server. Other tasks in SAS Enterprise Guide 4.305 and the SAS Add-In 4.305 for Microsoft Office work if you are connected to either a SAS 9.2 or SAS 9.3 server.