You might notice that the Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) XML file generated from SAS Anti-Money Laundering contains issues wherein some XML elements are not populated correctly.

The following types of information are affected:

• Contact phone number, extension, and date for law enforcement contact
• Contact phone number extension and alternate name of the SAR filer
• Paying location (indicator), selling location (indicator), and selling and paying location (indicator) for the SAR institution and branches
• Corroborative statement (Item 23)—No (indicator), Yes (indicator)
• Party name when all critical information is unknown

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