SAS Capital Planning and Management is available for both distributed and non-distributed SAS LASR Analytic Server deployments. These system requirements apply to both LASR deployments. The headings below indicate whether components apply to a specific LASR deployment.
Note: SAS Capital Planning and Management ships with SAS Visual Analytics Administration and Reporting, which must be installed with SAS Capital Planning and Management 2.2; it cannot be installed at a later time.
SAS Capital Planning and Management includes two standard SAS/ACCESS engines of choice, with SAS Financial Management as available per platform.
In addition, three SAS Metadata Bridges of choice are required with SAS Financial Management.
SAS Visual Analytics Administration and Reporting Server (Non-distributed Mode) includes SAS LASR Analytic Server (Non-distributed Mode), and a standard SAS/ACCESS engine of choice.
SAS recommends deploying SAS Metadata Server on a 64-bit host system. The SAS Metadata Server is multi-threaded, and multi-core server hardware (typically quad core or higher) is therefore recommended. A dedicated machine for the SAS Metadata Server is recommended to simplify tuning, management, and diagnostics, but is not required.
The disk I/O performance of any server-class system should be sufficient. Memory requirements are highly dependent on the product mix and usage, but 8 GB of RAM are sufficient for most large deployments. For many deployments, 4 GB of RAM are sufficient and should be considered a minimum unless the specific deployment is tested and verified to require less memory.
When you install your SAS solution software, SAS Deployment Manager installs and configures the required web application servers and web servers.
To install these servers, select one of the supported operating systems for the middle tier.
Note: These servers cannot be installed on the z/OS or 32-bit Windows platforms.
Note: SAS Capital Planning and Management uses SAS Financial Management client applications. For more detailed information about the Financial Management client requirements, refer to the SAS Financial Management system requirements: http://support.sas.com/documentation/installcenter/en/ikfmofrsr/68268/HTML/default/index.html
Note: SAS Financial Management Add-in for Microsoft Excel is a 32-bit Windows application. When run on top of an emulation of a Windows 32-bit operating system, it is supported on Microsoft Windows for x64.
SAS Visual Analytics Mobile Clients (SAS Mobile BI) are available for the Apple iPad and Android tablets via free downloads from app stores.
SAS Capital Planning and Management supports the following web browsers:
SAS Capital Planning and Management uses Adobe Flash Player 11.1. For additional information, see "SAS 9.4 Support for Web Browsers and Plug-Ins" (http://support.sas.com/resources/thirdpartysupport/v94/browsers.html#flash).
In this release, SAS Financial Management Add-in for Microsoft Excel requires the following software:
For more accurate hardware sizing (including migrations from prior releases) we recommend that all new sites, as well as those changing the scope or functional use of these solutions, consult the SAS Enterprise Excellence Center (EEC).
Failure to establish the SAS environment with the minimum specifications outlined by the EEC, as well as provide adequate storage and I/O, may result in undesirable end-user experiences and may also inhibit the ability of SAS to address performance concerns.
SAS software may be provided with certain third-party software, including but not limited to open-source software, which is licensed under its applicable third-party software license agreement. For license information about third-party software distributed with SAS software, refer to http://support.sas.com/thirdpartylicenses.