The main issues addressed in Hot Fix 1 for SAS Anti-Money Laundering 8.1 are listed below:

• A server error message states that an alert was not found after you select Alert on the Related Items tab of a customer details page.
• You are not able to add branch information for a SAR (Suspicious Activity Report) Institution in a SAR report.
• You are unable to open the e-file in the ZIP file format from the E-File Identification pane.
• The "34 Fraud" item is missing from the SAR details page.
• The SAR validation process does not thoroughly check for information errors.
• The SAR XML generation process incorrectly populates IP address fields, subject and account fields, and NoBranchActivityInvolvedIndicator and NoKnownAccountInvolvedIndicator fields. 
• An exported e-file is not deleted when you re-generate a newer e-file version.
• Duplicate errors are generated when a Currency Transaction Report is implemented.
• "ERROR: Call to documents/?_operation=CREATE_AND_LINK service failed . . ." occurs.
• Slow performance occurs while running the r_populate_get_related_party macro.
• Filed dates and accepted dates are not populated in the UI.
• The report code B49 is marked as P instead of F in a SAR report.
• You are unable to process a FinCEN e-file response process because rr_job_resp_fincen_process.sas fails.

Click the Hot Fix tab in this note for a link to instructions about accessing and applying the software update.

Operating System and Release Information

Viya on Linux: An update for this issue is available for SAS Viya 3.5. For instructions on how to access and apply software updates, see the Updating Your SAS Viya software section in the SAS Viya 3.5 for Linux Deployment Guide at