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Problem Note 52677: The SAS® Add-In for Microsoft Office and SAS® Enterprise Guide® might time-out when you attempt to open long-running SAS® Visual Analytics reports

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Beginning with release 6.1_M1, you can use the SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office and SAS Enterprise Guide to open reports that are created in SAS Visual Analytics.

However, if your report is very large and it takes a long time to open, then you might see the following message in the SAS add-in:

SAS Add-in Time Out Message

In SAS Enterprise Guide, this message might appear:

SAS Enterprise Guide Time Out Message

With logging enabled for the SAS add-in, you might see the following content in the log.

2014-04-02 14:17:59,511 [JobSpecificExecThread] ERROR SAS.OfficeAddin.Global [(null)] - Unable to access the TransportService.
System.Net.WebException: The operation has timed out
   at System.Net.HttpWebRequest.GetResponse()
   at SAS.EC.SASWebExtensions.VisualAnalyticsTransport.TransportServiceAPI.MakeHttpWebRequest(Uri requestUri, 
WebRequestMethod requestMethod, String requestPayload, WebHeaderCollection headers, String acceptHeaderType, 
CookieContainer sessionCookieContainer, 
Boolean allowRedirect)
   at SAS.EC.SASWebExtensions.VisualAnalyticsTransport.TransportServiceProxy.MakeHttpWebRequest(Uri requestUri, 
WebRequestMethod requestMethod, String requestPayload, Boolean allowRedirect, String acceptHeaderType, WebHeaderCollection headers)
   at SAS.EC.SASWebExtensions.VisualAnalyticsTransport.TransportServiceProxy.GetReport(ReportResponse rr, String folder, 
CachedReport& outCachedReport, DataLevel dataLevel)
   at SAS.EC.SASWebExtensions.VisualAnalyticsTransport.TransportServiceProxy.GetReport(String folderSBIP, String folder, 
CachedReport& cr, DataLevel dataLevel)
   at SAS.OfficeAddin.BIReport.DownloadContent(ReportActivityState reportActivity, String displayName, String reportMetadataPath, 
String reportSBIP, AmoDelayedConnectionReportLiveService& service, List`1 reportFiles, TransportServiceProxy& proxy, 
String& destinationDirectory, String& errorMessage, String& downloadWarningMessage, Boolean& needUpdateStatus, Exception& error, String metadataType)
2014-04-02 14:17:59,547 [JobSpecificExecThread] ERROR SAS.OfficeAddin.Global [(null)] - 
----------- END OF EXCEPTION REPORT ------------

With logging enabled for SAS Enterprise Guide, you might see the following content in the log.

2014-04-02 14:31:18,841 [Main] ERROR SAS.ReportBI.BIRDViewer.BIRDViewer [(null)] - The report failed to open. 
Contact your SAS administrator.
System.Net.WebException: The operation has timed out
   at System.Net.HttpWebRequest.GetResponse()
   at SAS.EC.SASWebExtensions.VisualAnalyticsTransport.TransportServiceAPI.MakeHttpWebRequest(Uri requestUri, 
WebRequestMethod requestMethod, String requestPayload, WebHeaderCollection headers, String acceptHeaderType, 
CookieContainer sessionCookieContainer, Boolean allowRedirect)
   at SAS.EC.SASWebExtensions.VisualAnalyticsTransport.TransportServiceProxy.MakeHttpWebRequest(Uri requestUri, 
WebRequestMethod requestMethod, String requestPayload, Boolean allowRedirect, String acceptHeaderType, WebHeaderCollection headers)
   at SAS.EC.SASWebExtensions.VisualAnalyticsTransport.TransportServiceProxy.GetReport(ReportResponse rr, String folder, 
CachedReport& outCachedReport, DataLevel dataLevel)
   at SAS.EC.SASWebExtensions.VisualAnalyticsTransport.TransportServiceProxy.GetReport(String folderSBIP, String folder, 
CachedReport& cr, DataLevel dataLevel)
   at SAS.EG.ProjectElementViews.BIRDReportView.BackgroundDownloadReport(ViewerConfiguration config)
   at SAS.ReportBI.BIRDViewer.BIRDViewer.<DownloadReport>b__6()

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Operating System and Release Information

Product FamilyProductSystemProduct ReleaseSAS Release
ReportedFixed*ReportedFixed*
SAS SystemSAS Add-in for Microsoft OfficeMicrosoft Windows Server 2003 for x646.1_M1
Microsoft Windows Server 20086.1_M1
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R26.1_M17.19.4 TS1M0
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x646.1_M17.19.4 TS1M0
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition6.1_M1
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition6.1_M1
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition6.1_M1
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation6.1_M1
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional6.1_M1
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server6.1_M1
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server6.1_M1
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server6.1_M1
Microsoft Windows 95/986.1_M1
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit6.1_M17.19.4 TS1M0
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro6.1_M17.19.4 TS1M0
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x646.1_M17.19.4 TS1M0
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit6.1_M17.19.4 TS1M0
Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x646.1_M17.19.4 TS1M0
Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit6.1_M1
Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x646.1_M17.19.4 TS1M0
Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit6.1_M1
Microsoft® Windows® for x646.1_M17.19.4 TS1M0
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter6.1_M17.19.4 TS1M0
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter6.1_M17.19.4 TS1M0
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std6.1_M17.19.4 TS1M0
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std6.1_M17.19.4 TS1M0
Microsoft Windows XP Professional6.1_M1
Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit6.1_M1
Windows 7 Enterprise x646.1_M17.19.4 TS1M0
Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit6.1_M1
Windows 7 Home Premium x646.1_M1
Windows 7 Professional 32 bit6.1_M1
Windows 7 Professional x646.1_M17.19.4 TS1M0
Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit6.1_M1
Windows 7 Ultimate x646.1_M1
Windows Millennium Edition (Me)6.1_M1
Windows Vista6.1_M1
Windows Vista for x646.1_M1
SAS SystemSAS Enterprise GuideMicrosoft® Windows® for x646.1_M17.19.4 TS1M0
Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit6.1_M1
Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x646.1_M17.19.4 TS1M0
Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit6.1_M1
Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x646.1_M17.19.4 TS1M0
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit6.1_M17.19.4 TS1M0
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x646.1_M17.19.4 TS1M0
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro6.1_M17.19.4 TS1M0
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit6.1_M17.19.4 TS1M0
Microsoft Windows 95/986.1_M1
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server6.1_M1
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server6.1_M1
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server6.1_M1
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional6.1_M1
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation6.1_M1
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition6.1_M1
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition6.1_M1
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition6.1_M1
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x646.1_M1
Microsoft Windows Server 20086.1_M1
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R26.1_M17.19.4 TS1M0
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x646.1_M17.19.4 TS1M0
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter6.1_M17.19.4 TS1M0
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter6.1_M17.19.4 TS1M0
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std6.1_M17.19.4 TS1M0
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std6.1_M17.19.4 TS1M0
Microsoft Windows XP Professional6.1_M1
Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit6.1_M1
Windows 7 Enterprise x646.1_M17.19.4 TS1M0
Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit6.1_M1
Windows 7 Home Premium x646.1_M1
Windows 7 Professional 32 bit6.1_M1
Windows 7 Professional x646.1_M17.19.4 TS1M0
Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit6.1_M1
Windows 7 Ultimate x646.1_M1
Windows Millennium Edition (Me)6.1_M1
Windows Vista6.1_M1
Windows Vista for x646.1_M1
* For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be fixed.