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SAS® Credit Scoring 6.1

Overview

SAS Credit Scoring combines risk data management, data mining, and reporting capabilities in an integrated solution for developing, validating, and monitoring credit scorecards in-house.

Server-Tier Requirements

SAS Enterprise Miner should be installed on the same machine as SAS Credit Scoring Server.

SAS Metadata Server, SAS Data Integration Server, SAS Enterprise BI Server, and SAS OLAP Server can be installed on the same machine as the SAS Credit Scoring server, or on separate machines.

SAS Credit Scoring Server

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SAS Credit Scoring Server includes a SAS OLAP Server subcomponent, which is also available in other offerings. For information about the applicable system requirements, review the separate System Requirements document.

SAS Credit Scoring Server includes three standard SAS/ACCESS Engines:

  • SAS/ACCESS Interface to PostgreSQL
  • Two standard SAS/ACCESS engines of choice

SAS/ACCESS Interface to Teradata must be explicitly selected in the order if you plan to host solution data on Teradata.

SAS Scoring Accelerator for Teradata is optional and is not included. A specific integration option is available for Teradata. If you choose to license SAS Scoring Accelerator for Teradata separately, you can select Teradata as one of the two included ACCESS Engines of choice or license it separately as a third ACCESS Engine.

SAS/ACCESS Interface to Oracle must be explicitly selected in the order if you plan to host solution data on Oracle.

SAS Scoring Accelerator for Oracle is optional and is not included. A specific integration option is available for Oracle. If you choose to license SAS Scoring Accelerator for Oracle separately, you can select Oracle as one of the two included ACCESS Engines of choice or license it separately as a third ACCESS Engine.

SAS Data Integration Server

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SAS Data Integration Server includes a SAS Data Integration Server subcomponent, which is available in other offerings. For information about the applicable system requirements, review the separate System Requirements document.

Install the SAS Data Integration Server on the same computer as the SAS Credit Scoring Server, or on a separate computer. 

SAS Data Integration Server includes two standard SAS/ACCESS Engines of choice. It also includes three SAS Metadata Bridges of choice, plus General Industry Standards, which is included automatically.

SAS Enterprise BI Server

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SAS Enterprise BI Server includes the SAS Enterprise BI Server subcomponent, which is also available in other offerings. For information about the applicable system requirements, review the separate System Requirements document.

Install the SAS Enterprise BI Server on the same computer as the SAS Credit Scoring Server, or on a separate computer.

SAS OLAP Server

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The SAS OLAP Server subcomponent is also available in other offerings. For information about the applicable system requirements, review the separate System Requirements document.

Install the SAS OLAP Server on the same computer as the SAS Credit Scoring Server, or on a separate computer. 

SAS Visual Analytics Administration and Reporting Server

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We recommend installing SAS Visual Analytics Administration and Reporting Server on a separate machine.

The Visual Analytics Administration and Reporting Server includes one standard SAS/ACCESS engine of choice for transaction data. It must be the same as the engine that you selected for the SAS Credit Scoring Server.

SAS LASR Analytic Server (Distributed LASR) on Linux for x64

SAS Products installed on this machine:
  • SAS High-Performance Computing Management Console 2.7
  • SAS High-Performance Node Installation 3.3
  • SAS Plug-ins for Hadoop 1.0

Disk Space Consumed by Installed Products: 1 MB
Supported Environments:
  • Oracle Linux 6.1 (64-bit version) on the x64 chip family
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 (64-bit version) on the x64 chip family
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 (64-bit version) on the x64 chip family
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 (64-bit version) on the x64 chip family
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (64-bit version) on the x64 chip family

Use of a co-located Hadoop File System (HDFS) is optional, but it requires a supported Hadoop environment and SAS Plug-ins for Hadoop (which are included with your license). For information about supported Hadoop distributions, refer to http://support.sas.com/resources/thirdpartysupport/v94/hadoop/hadoop-distributions.html. The plug-ins require additional configuration. For more information, see SAS High-Performance Analytics Infrastructure 3.5: Installation and Configuration Guide at http://support.sas.com/documentation/solutions/hpainfrastructure/.

SAS Metadata Server

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SAS makes the following recommendations for SAS Metadata Server deployments:

  • a 64-bit host system
  • a dedicated machine to simplify tuning, management, and diagnostics
  • multi-core server hardware because SAS Metadata Server is multi-threaded
  • four or more cores for production deployments

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.


Middle-Tier Requirements

SAS Credit Scoring Mid-Tier

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SAS Visual Analytics Administration and Reporting Server Mid-Tier

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We recommend installing the Visual Analytics Administration and Reporting Server Mid-Tier on a separate machine.

Web Application Servers

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.


Client-Tier Requirements

For the best user experience, the recommended screen resolution on client machines is 1280 x 1024.

SAS Data Integration and Enterprise BI Clients

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SAS Enterprise Miner Personal Client

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SAS Enterprise Miner Thin Clients

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The included plugin for Microsoft Office is for Microsoft Excel only.

SAS Visual Analytics Mobile Clients

SAS Visual Analytics Mobile Clients (SAS Mobile BI) is available for the Apple iPad and Android tablets via free downloads from app stores.

Web Browsers

This application is supported for the following web browser and platform combinations:  

Operating SystemWeb Browser (64-bit)Web Browser (32-bit)
Linux 64-bit (x86-64) Google Chrome 47.0+
Mozilla Firefox 38.0+
Google Chrome 47.0+
Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit) Google Chrome 47.0+
Mozilla Firefox 43.0+
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11
Google Chrome 47.0+
Mozilla Firefox 38.0+
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11
Microsoft Windows 10 (32-bit)   Google Chrome 47.0+
Mozilla Firefox 38.0+
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11
Microsoft Windows 8.1 (64-bit) Google Chrome 47.0+
Mozilla Firefox 43.0+
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11
Google Chrome 47.0+
Mozilla Firefox 38.0+
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11
Microsoft Windows 8.1 (32-bit)   Google Chrome 47.0+
Mozilla Firefox 38.0+
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11
Microsoft Windows 8 (64-bit) Google Chrome 47.0+ Google Chrome 47.0+
Mozilla Firefox 38.0+
Microsoft Windows 8 (32-bit)   Google Chrome 47.0+
Mozilla Firefox 38.0+
Microsoft Windows 7 (64-bit) Google Chrome 47.0+
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11
Google Chrome 47.0+
Mozilla Firefox 38.0+
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11
Microsoft Windows 7 (32-bit)   Google Chrome 47.0+
Mozilla Firefox 38.0+
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 Google Chrome 47.0+
Mozilla Firefox 38.0+
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11
Microsoft Windows Server 2012   Google Chrome 47.0+
Mozilla Firefox 38.0+
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2SP1   Microsoft Internet Explorer 11
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2   Google Chrome 47.0+
Mozilla Firefox 38.0+

Database Requirements

SAS Credit Scoring has been tested with and is supported on the following databases, where applicable in the solution:

  • Base SAS
  • Teradata 13.1, 14.1, 15.0
  • Oracle 12c

Note that different data layers in the application are supported in different databases.

The following combinations are supported on machines with a Teradata installation:

DatabasesWEBINFDSVR (PostgreSQL)OracleTeradataBASE (SAS)
DDS     Y  
Foundation Mart     Y  
Application Data Mart (ADM) Y      
Analytical Results Mart (ARM)     Y  
Credit Scoring Mart (CSB Mart)       Y
Forecasting Mart     Y  

 

The following combinations are supported on machines for an Oracle installation:

DatabasesWEBINFDSVR (PostgreSQL)OracleTeradataBASE (SAS)
DDS   Y    
Foundation Mart      
Application Data Mart (ADM) Y      
Analytical Results Mart (ARM)      
Credit Scoring Mart (CSB Mart)       Y
Forecasting Mart    Y    

 

The following combinations are supported on machines for a Base SAS installation:

DatabasesWEBINFDSVR (PostgreSQL)OracleTeradataBASE (SAS)
DDS       Y
Foundation Mart       Y
Application Data Mart (ADM) Y      
Analytical Results Mart (ARM)       Y
Credit Scoring Mart (CSB Mart)       Y
Forecasting Mart       Y

Third-Party Software

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.

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