The SAS Forecast Studio and SAS Time Series Studio Java Web Start client applications do not work with Java update 1.7.0_51 or higher. When you try to invoke these applications, you receive the following error:

On the Exceptions tab in the dialog box, the Java exception details contain a large number of missing Permissions and Codebase manifest attributes, as shown below:

Missing Permissions manifest attribute for: ........./SASForecastServer/sas.timeseries.commons.core.jar
Missing Codebase manifest attribute for: ........./SASForecastServer/sas.timeseries.commons.core.jar
Missing Permissions manifest attribute for: ........./SASForecastServer/sas.forecasting.swing.jar
Missing Codebase manifest attribute for: ........./SASForecastServer/sas.forecasting.swing.jar
Missing Permissions manifest attribute for: ........./SASForecastServer/sas.forecasting.client.jar
Missing Codebase manifest attribute for: ........./SASForecastServer/sas.forecasting.client.jar
Missing Permissions manifest attribute for: ........./SASForecastServer/log4j.jar
Missing Codebase manifest attribute for: ........./SASForecastServer/log4j.jar
Missing Permissions manifest attribute for: ........./SASForecastServer/sas.swing.login.jar
Missing Codebase manifest attribute for: ........./SASForecastServer/sas.swing.login.jar

The latest version of Java requires the Permissions attribute to be present in all JAR files that are used in Java Web Start or that are used as applets.

Currently, there is no workaround or solution for this problem.

Click the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue.

Apply the SAS Forecast Server and SAS Time Series Studio hot fixes that are applicable to your release. The hot fix adds the Permissions attribute to all JAR files from which the attribute was previously missing.

Be sure to follow the corresponding post-installation Hot Fix instructions, using the SAS^® Deployment Manager to rebuild and re-deploy the SAS Forecast Server and SAS Time Series Studio web applications.

Finally, you must clear the Java Web Start cache in order to reload the SAS Forecast Studio and the SAS Time Series Studio Java Web Start clients. To clear the cache, follow these steps:

1. Open the Java Control Panel by selecting Start ► Control Panel. In the Control Panel, double-click the Java icon.

   

2. On the General tab in the Java Control Panel dialog box, click the Settings button, as shown below.

   

3. In the Temporary Files Settings dialog box, click the Delete Files button.

   

4. In the Delete Files and Applications dialog box, select all three check boxes. Then click OK.

   

5. Reload the SAS Forecast Server and SAS Time Series Studio Java Web Start clients again from their Status web pages.

Operating System and Release Information

A fix for this issue for SAS Time Series Studio 13.1 is available at:

A fix for this issue for SAS Time Series Studio 12.1 is available at:

A fix for this issue for SAS Forecast Server 12.1 is available at: