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SAS® Credit Scoring 6.4

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 must 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.

To keep pace with changes to third-party technologies, SAS has adopted a general policy of supporting one or more baseline major versions and subsequent minor updates for each officially supported operating system. As part of this policy, SAS strongly encourages customers to install the latest operating-system service packs. Only the supported baseline major versions are listed in this document.

The full SAS Support policy governing third-party software can be found at https://support.sas.com/en/documentation/third-party-software-reference/baseline-and-higher.html.

SAS Credit Scoring Server

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Your license entitles you to download SAS Credit Scoring Content, which is optional. You can find the package on the SAS Support website: https://support.sas.com/downloads/index.htm.

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 SAS/ACCESS engines of choice or license it separately as a third SAS/ACCESS engine. The SAS Embedded Process is also required to enable SAS Scoring Accelerator for Teradata and is included with the SAS Scoring Accelerator for Teradata software. You will receive the SAS Embedded Process in a separate SAS Viya software order email (SOE).

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

SAS Scoring Accelerator for Hadoop is optional and is not included. A specific integration option is available for Hadoop. If you choose to license SAS Scoring Accelerator for Hadoop separately, you can select Hadoop as one of the two included SAS/ACCESS engines of choice or license it separately as a third SAS/ACCESS engine. The SAS Embedded Process is also required to enable SAS Scoring Accelerator for Hadoop and is included with the SAS Scoring Accelerator for Hadoop software. You will receive the SAS Embedded Process in a separate SAS Viya SOE.

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 machine as the SAS Credit Scoring Server, or on a separate machine. 

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 machine as the SAS Credit Scoring Server, or on a separate machine.

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 machine as the SAS Credit Scoring Server, or on a separate machine. 

SAS Visual Analytics Administration and Reporting Server

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SAS 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 recommends that you install SAS Visual Analytics Administration and Reporting Server on a separate machine from the solution software.

Inclusion of SAS Visual Analytics LASR Server

  • SAS Visual Analytics LASR Server, Non-distributed is included automatically if the deployment is for Non-distributed LASR. It is optional if the deployment is for Distributed LASR.
  • SAS Visual Analytics LASR Server, Distributed is included automatically if the deployment is for Distributed LASR.

For Hadoop Support

Base SAS, SAS/ACCESS engines, and SAS Visual Analytics Administration and Reporting Server can be installed on the head node of the commodity hardware (symmetric) or on separate hardware (asymmetric). The Distributed LASR Base SAS components for SAS Visual Analytics Administration and Reporting can therefore be installed on Windows for x64 while working with the Linux for x64 LASR grid.

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

SAS Products installed on this machine:
  • SAS High-Performance Computing Management Console 3.1
  • SAS High-Performance Node Installation 3.93
  • SAS Plug-ins for Hadoop 1.04


Supported Environments:
  • Oracle Linux 7.9 (64-bit version) on the x64 chip family
  • Oracle Linux 8.4 (64-bit version) on the x64 chip family
  • Oracle Linux 9.1 (64-bit version) on the x64 chip family
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9 (64-bit version) on the x64 chip family
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 (64-bit version) on the x64 chip family
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.1 (64-bit version) on the x64 chip family
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (64-bit version) on the x64 chip family
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 (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 https://support.sas.com/en/documentation/third-party-software-reference/9-4/support-for-hadoop.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/onlinedoc/hp-analytics-infrastructure/index.html.

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 SAS 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 plug-in for Microsoft Office is for Microsoft Excel only.

SASĀ® Visual Analytics Apps for iOS, Android, and Windows 10

The SAS Visual Analytics Apps are supported on iOS and Android smartphones and tablets, and on computers and tablets running Microsoft Windows 10. Each app is written specifically for its operating system and provides native support for these devices so that you can view reports on your mobile device. You can download the apps for free from the Apple App Store, Google Play, and the Microsoft Windows Store.

SAS recommends using the SAS Visual Analytics Apps for iOS, Android, and Windows 10 to view and interact with reports on mobile devices.

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 67.0+
Mozilla Firefox 60.0+
Google Chrome 67.0+
Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit) Google Chrome 67.0+
Mozilla Firefox 60.0+
Microsoft Edge on Chromium 79+
Google Chrome 67.0+
Mozilla Firefox 60.0+
Microsoft Edge on Chromium 79+
Microsoft Windows 10 (32-bit)   Google Chrome 67.0+
Mozilla Firefox 60.0+
Microsoft Edge on Chromium 79+
Microsoft Windows Server 2012   Google Chrome 67.0+
Mozilla Firefox 60.0+
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 - Windows Server 2022   Google Chrome 67.0+
Mozilla Firefox 60.0+

Database Requirements

SAS Credit Scoring 6.4 has ended support for external databases. Only a SAS data source is supported.

A PostgreSQL database server is included to support the application data mart.


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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