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SAS Grid Computing Downloads
This page contains various downloads to give you tools to make the most of your SAS grid environment.
Using SAS Enterprise Guide, SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office and SAS Stored Processes with SAS Grid Manager
The EG_AMO_SP.zip file contains the SAS code and detailed steps necessary to enable SAS Enterprise Guide jobs, SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office jobs and SAS stored processes to be submitted to the grid. The zip file contains a readme.txt file that explains the purpose of each of the files contained in the zip file. Click here to download the zip file. For 9.2M3 SAS Grid deployments, you must also apply hotfix B25086 to the Grid Control Server and all nodes. Search the SAS Hotfix page for hotfixes that may have superseded B25086 and any other required hotfixes.
SAS Grid Computing Toolbox
The Grid Toolbox contains several tools to facilitate submission of SAS programs to a grid environment. Click here to download the grid toolbox. The following tools are included in this toolbox:-
Key Definition for Automatic Program Submission to the Grid (gridkeydef.doc)
If you prefer running an interactive DMS SAS Session, you can create a new key definition to allow you to submit your SAS program in its entirety to a grid environment with one easy keystroke. This new key definition will submit any code in your program editor to a SAS grid with absolutely no change to the SAS program. Your local workstation can be used for other processing while the grid takes care of your previous job. Upon completion, the results of your job are returned to your local workstation as if it had executed locally.
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The %Distribute Macro (GridDistribute.sas)
This SAS macro facilitates parallel distribution of SAS programs in a grid. If you have a SAS application that performs the same fundamental processing task multiple times against different subsets of data, this macro provides a template to facilitate execution of this program across a grid. GridDistribute.sas lets you run subtasks of an application in parallel on a grid and aggregate partial results back together into a final result set. Applications that lend themselves to this type of processing can see huge performance gains in the 90% range.
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Program to Test Initial Grid Install (Gridtest.sas)
This SAS program can be used to verify the basic setup and configuration of a SAS grid environment. Make sure that nothing else is running on the grid when you submit this program. If anything else is running on the grid, this program will not complete because it requires all job slots to be free in order to test a connection to each.
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Fast Version of the Program to Test Initial Grid Install (Gridtest_fast.sas)
This SAS program can be used to verify the basic setup and configuration of a SAS grid environment. This program is identical to the Gridtest.sas program described above except that it performs asynchronous signons. This speeds up the time required to execute this test program and is especially useful for larger grids. Make sure that nothing else is running on the grid when you submit this program. If anything else is running on the grid, this program will not complete because it requires all job slots to be free in order to test a connection to each.
