Platform Suite for SAS^®

This integrated enterprise job scheduler from Platform Computing Corporation manages job flows that are generated by SAS software. Platform Suite for SAS includes the following components: Process Manager Server, Platform Flow Manager, Platform Calendar Editor and Platform Load Sharing Facility.

The most recent release is Platform Suite for SAS 13.1.

What’s New

Platform Suite for SAS is upgraded with the following:

IBM Spectrum LSF 10.1.0.12
IBM Spectrum LSF Process Manager 10.2.0.12

Training Courses

Learn SAS technology quickly and efficiently by taking a course from the analytics experts.

Learning Path for SAS Grid Manager for Platform

Documentation

Find user's guides and other technical documentation for Platform Suite for SAS.

The following list provides links to the reference documentation for the Platform Suite for SAS:

Platform Suite for SAS 13.x

Platform LSF 10.1C (IBM Spectrum LSF for SAS Version 10.1.0.12) Reference Documentation

Platform Process Manager 10.3 (IBM Spectrum LSF Process Manager Version 10.2.0.12) Reference Documentation

Previous Versions

12.x

Platform Suite for SAS 12.x

Platform LSF 10.19 (IBM Spectrum LSF for SAS Version 10.1.0.9) Reference Documentation

Platform Process Manager 10.29 (IBM Spectrum LSF Process Manager Version 10.2.0.9) Reference Documentation

11.X

Platform Suite for SAS 11.x

Platform LSF 10.16 (IBM Spectrum LSF for SAS Version 10.1.0.6) Reference Documentation

Platform Process Manager 10.2 (IBM Spectrum LSF Process Manager Version 10.2.0.6) Reference Documentation

10.X

Platform Suite for SAS 10.x

Platform LSF 10.1 (IBM Spectrum LSF for SAS Version 10.1) Reference Documentation

Platform Process Manager 10.1 (IBM Spectrum LSF Process Manager Version 10.1) Reference Documentation

9.X

Platform Suite for SAS 9.x

Platform LSF 9.13 (IBM Spectrum LSF for SAS Version 9.1.3) Reference Documentation

Platform Process Manager 9.13 (IBM Spectrum LSF Process Manager Version 9.1.3) Reference Documentation

The Platform Suite for SAS can be ordered as an add-on to provide enterprise scheduling capabilities on a single SMP server for the following SAS products/solutions:

SAS Data Integration Studio
SAS Web Report Studio
SAS Marketing Automation

SAS Marketing Optimization
any SAS program (with modifications)

The Platform Suite for SAS is delivered as part of the SAS Grid Manager product and provides enterprise scheduling across distributed machines in a grid as well as load balancing of multiple SAS applications and parallelized single applications for many SAS products/solutions, for example:

SAS Data Integration Studio
SAS Web Report Studio
SAS Marketing Automation
SAS Marketing Optimization

SAS Enterprise Miner
SAS Risk Dimensions
SAS Enterprise Guide
any SAS program (with modifications)

Note that the Platform Suite for SAS components may only be used for SAS applications. SAS applications include SAS programs and applications as well as scripts or other tools that are used directly in support of your SAS environment. Any use of the components outside of the SAS framework will result in job termination within one minute. A full, unrestricted license can be obtained by contacting IBM/Platform.

Software Downloads

The downloads application contains updates for SAS products and solutions.

SAS Grid Computing Downloads