SAS Enterprise Guide software has a built-in expiration date, which is generally five to six years after it has been released. The software expiration dates are as follows:

SAS Enterprise Guide 2.05:   December 1, 2008
SAS Enterprise Guide 2.1:    December 1, 2008
SAS Enterprise Guide 3.02:   December 1, 2009
SAS Enterprise Guide 4.1:    December 1, 2010
SAS Enterprise Guide 4.2:    December 1, 2015
SAS Enterprise Guide 4.3:    December 1, 2020
SAS Enterprise Guide 5.1:    December 1, 2020
SAS Enterprise Guide 6.1:    December 1, 2020
SAS Enterprise Guide 7.1:    December 1, 2020

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Error
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This SAS Institute Inc. product expired on <date-the-software-expired>.
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OK   
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For SAS Enterprise Guide 4.2, this is the error:

Click the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fixes for these issues for SAS Enterprise Guide 4.1 and 4.22.

Important notes about the SAS Enterprise Guide 4.22 hot fix:

The SAS Enterprise Guide 4.22 hot fix is not applicable for the following versions of SAS Enterprise Guide 4.2: 4.2 (4.2.0.9016) or 4.2 (4.2.0.9187). To determine your SAS Enterpise Guide version, select Help ► About SAS Enterprise Guide.

A fix for this issue for SAS Enterprise Guide 4.22 is available at:

A fix for this issue for SAS Enterprise Guide 6.1_M1 is available at:

A fix for this issue for Enterprise Guide 4.1 is available at: