Requirements for Running the MDDB Report Viewer

Before you begin setting up the MDDB Report Viewer, you must meet the following requirements:

• Version 9 or later of the following SAS software products must be licensed at your site:

  • Base SAS software.

  • SAS/IntrNet software. The Application Dispatcher component (consisting of the Application Broker and Application Server components) must be installed and configured.

  • SAS/GRAPH software (optional but recommended).

• SAS/EIS software or SAS OLAP Server software must be licensed at your site.

  Note: MDDB Report Viewer 9.1 works only with the V8 SAS OLAP Server, which is available with both SAS 8 (as a separate product) and SAS 9 (as part of the SAS OLAP Server product).

• The MDDB that you will use to generate reports must be created, registered in a repository, and stored in a location to which you have access. You can create an MDDB by using SAS/EIS software or PROC MDDB when SAS/MDDB Server software has been licensed. SAS/EIS software automatically registers the MDDB in the repository. If you use PROC MDDB to create the MDDB file, you must register the MDDB in a SAS/EIS repository. See the online documentation for these products for complete instructions on how to create an MDDB. The MDDB Report Viewer can use only MDDB files to create reports. It cannot use regular SAS data sets.

  Note: If you are using a Version 6 metabase registration, you must convert it to the V8 format. See Converting Version 6 SAS/EIS Metabases and follow the steps that are described.