SAS^® OnDemand for Academics

After you have created or registered for a course that uses the SAS Web Editor, you can bookmark the link to the offering. When it is time to use SAS Web Editor, just select the link and enter your credentials.

The SAS Web Editor URL is: https://academic93.oda.sas.com/SASWebEditor/

Yes. Visit the SAS^® Web Editor Product Documentation Site.

Visit the SAS^® OnDemand for Academics Support Site.

The following Web browsers are supported:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 9+ (Microsoft Internet Explorer 10+ is recommended for certain features, such as the ability to drag and drop files)
• Mozilla Firefox 14+
• Google Chrome 21+
• Apple Safari 5+

If you are using the mobile version of SAS Web Editor, then the following Web browser is supported:

• Apple Safari 6+ running with the iOS 6 operating system

Yes, if you are using Apple Safari 6 or greater. If you are using an older version of Apple Safari, then you can upload only one file to a project at a time.

The minimum display size (resolution) required to run this application is 1024 x 768 pixels (in either portrait or landscape mode).

Note: We recommend using a compatible keyboard with your mobile device for best results. Mobile device keyboards do work, but can impact available user interface space and appearance.

Yes. Currently, search strings are not case-sensitive and spaces are treated as part of the string, not as "AND" or "OR" variables.

Yes. For more information, see Accessibility Features for SAS Web Editor.

Note that user results might vary based on the Web browser being used. For example, we have found that using Mozilla Firefox provides the best results when using the offering in conjunction with Freedom Scientific^®'s JAWS screen reading software (Version 14 or greater).

No. We recommend that you save your changes frequently.

Unless you are using the Apple Safari browser, you will be prompted by the application to save your files if they contain unsaved changes.

Apple Safari prompts you only when you sign out. If you exit the browser, close the browser tab, refresh the browser page, or navigate to a different browser page, Safari will not prompt you, and your unsaved changes will be lost.

Keep the following in mind to avoid losing your work:

• An auto save feature is unavailable for SAS Web Editor at this time. Use the Save Program or Save Program As icons to save your work. These icons are available from the tool bar of the Code window. We suggest that you save your work often.
• Avoid refreshing your Web browser. This will result in a loss of any work that has not been saved. Most Web browsers provide a warning to let you know that your work will be lost if you choose to proceed with a page refresh/reload.

If the file (or files) that you uploaded were created using Microsoft Windows or Macintosh operating systems, then the issue could be related to the file format. SAS Web Editor processes files using Unix.

To resolve the file format compatibility issues between Windows, Macintosh, and Unix, you will need to include a FILENAME statement that uses the TERMSTR option.

If you are using a file created with the Microsoft Windows operating system, use the TERMSTR=CRLF option, such as in the following example:

FILENAME cars "/home/<username>/Projects/data/cars.txt" TERMSTR=CRLF;

If you are using a file created with the Macintosh operating system, use the TERMSTR=CR option, such as in the following example:

FILENAME cars "/home/<username>/Projects/data/cars.txt" TERMSTR=CR;

The file names and paths listed above are for example purposes only; your values might vary. For more information about SAS syntax, refer to SAS Web Editor Documentation.

If you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 and you attempt to upload a file using the Upload icon, the Upload Files dialog might appear to hang. Simply close the dialog and refresh the browser. Your file should be available.

SAS^® Web Editor is not currently designed to support large amounts of output. The browser runs out of memory. This is more apparent with mobile browsers, which typically have less memory. A future release is expected to address the issue.

No. Log files are saved as plain text by default.

SAS^® Web Editor does not provide support for Java or ActiveX device types.

When running on top of SAS 9.3, the SVG graph device type is only supported on one browser, Mozilla Firefox or with Microsoft Internet Explorer using an Adobe plug-in. Therefore, we don't recommend using the SVG graph device when the SAS Web Editor is connected to a SAS 9.3 server (the only environment currently available). When running the SAS^® Web Editor on top of SAS 9.4 (expected later in 2013), SVG should be supported on all Web browsers.

• Version 2.1
  • Production level status for non-mobile (desktop) release
  • Beta level support for Apple iPad running iOS 6 (in conjunction with the Apple Safari 6+ web browser)
  • Offline program editing support
  • Color source code printing
  • Color-coded editor improvements (improved zoom support, improved copy/paste features, and more)
  • Ability to drag and drop files on to the editor
  • Code selection submit capabilities
  • Enhanced messaging when a loss of wireless network connection is detected
  • Automatic attempts to reconnect to a wireless network when a network connection is detected again
  • Ability to change the default output destination type (PDF, RTF, or HTML)
  • Table viewer enhancements (refresh, printing, formatted values, and toggle label/variable names)
  • Support for the SVG graph device type (when using Mozilla Firefox)
  • Accessibility enhancements
• Version 1.02
  • Automatic generation of PDF and RTF results now available (in addition to HTML output)
  • Library and File shortcut dialog boxes now include a check box for automatically adding definitions to the user's autoexec.sas file
• Version 1.01
  • Improved Wi-Fi Support
• Version 1.0
  • Initial Beta Release

Currently, the SAS^® Web Editor supports only iOS 6 in conjunction with the Apple Safari 6 web browser (or higher). Therefore, we currently only support Apple iPad 2 or greater. Additional tablet support is planned for future releases.

Yes. You can open your results in a new tab. While on the Results tab, select the Down arrow from the toolbar at the top right of the tab. Then, select Open in New Tab.

No. While the desktop version supports this functionality, the current beta mobile release does not.

Try scrolling to the right to see your results. Your results might have produced tables of varying sizes. If a large table was produced and that table is lower in the list of results than the initial table(s), then the browser might have resized to support the width of the largest table.

You might be blocking pop-ups. In the Apple Safari browser settings, turn 'block pop-ups' off.

The best option might be to use a Bluetooth-enabled keyboard. However, if the virtual keyboard is your only option, you can try the following options:

• Pinch apart the virtual keyboard. To do this, you must enable the Split Keyboard setting.
  • Select Settings and then select the General Settings. Expand the Keyboard setting. Under International Keyboard, ensure that Split Keyboard is turned on.
• Split the virtual keyboard. Hold the key in the right bottom corner of the virtual keyboard and then select Split.