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Problem Note 46788: The roles for SAS® Enterprise Guide® or SAS® Add-In for Microsoft Office are missing from a SAS® 9.2, SAS® 9.3, or SAS® 9.4 environment

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If your SAS Enterprise Guide or SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office roles are missing, complete these instructions. The instructions enable you to add these roles for SAS Enterprise Guide 4.3, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1, or 8.1 or for SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office in a SAS 9.2, SAS 9.3, or SAS 9.4 environment.

  1. Use a machine on which the Application Metadata Utility is installed. (This utility should be installed on your SAS® Metadata Server.) The default locations of the utility are as follows:

    Windows:
    C:\Program Files\SASHOME\SASPlatformObjectFramework\9.x\ApplicationMetadataUtility.exe

    UNIX based:
    SASHOME/SASPlatformObjectFramework/9.x/ApplicationMetadataUtility

     
  2. Use the XML file that corresponds to the role that you would like to add. Click the Downloads tab in this note to download the XML files.                                          
Product File SAS® Release
SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office 4.3 AMO43.app.xml SAS 9.2 or SAS 9.3
SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office 5.1 AMO51.app.xml SAS 9.2 (TS2M3 or earlier)
SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office 5.1 AMO51 (for 9.3 AMU).appxml SAS 9.3
SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office 5.1 AMO51 (for 9.4 AMU).appxml SAS 9.4
SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office 6.1 AMO61 (for 9.2M3 or older AMU).appxml SAS 9.2 (TS2M3 or earlier)
SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office 6.1 AMO61 (for 9.3 AMU).appxml SAS 9.3
SAS Enterprise Guide 4.3 EG43.app.xml SAS 9.2 or SAS 9.3
SAS Enterprise Guide 5.1 EG51.app.xml SAS 9.2 (TS2M3 or earlier)
SAS Enterprise Guide 5.1 EG51 (for 9.3 AMU).appxml SAS 9.3
SAS Enterprise Guide 5.1 EG51 (for 9.4 AMU).appxml SAS 9.4
SAS Enterprise Guide 6.1 EG61 (for 9.2M3 or older AMU).appxml SAS 9.2 (TS2M3 or earlier)
SAS Enterprise Guide 6.1 EG61 (for 9.3 AMU).appxml SAS 9.3
SAS Enterprise Guide 6.1 EG61 (for 9.4 AMU).appxml SAS 9.4
SAS Enterprise Guide 6.1M1 EG61M1 (for 9.4 AMU).appxml SAS 9.4
SAS Enterprise Guide 7.1 EG71.app.xml SAS 9.4
SAS Enterprise Guide 7.1 EG71 (for 9.3 AMU).appxml SAS 9.3
SAS Enterprise Guide 7.1 EG71 (for 9.2M3 or older AMU).appxml SAS 9.2
SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office 7.1 AMO71.appxml SAS 9.4
SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office 7.1 AMO71 (for 9.3 AMU).appxml SAS 9.3
SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office 7.1 AMO71 (for 9.2M3 or older AMU).appxml SAS 9.2
SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office 7.13 AMO713 (for 9.4 AMU).appxml SAS 9.4
SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office 7.14 AMO714 (for 9.3 AMU).appxml SAS 9.3
SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office 7.14 AMO714 (for 9.4 AMU).appxml SAS 9.4
SAS Enterprise Guide 7.13 EG713 (for 9.4 AMU).appxml SAS 9.4
SAS Enterprise Guide 7.15 EG715 (for 9.4 AMU).appxml SAS 9.4
SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office 7.15 AMO715 (for 9.4 AMU).appxml SAS 9.4
SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office 8.0 AMO80 (for 9.4 AMU).appxml SAS 9.4
SAS Enterprise Guide 8.1 EG81 (for 9.2M3 or older AMU).appxml SAS 9.2
SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office 8.1 AMO81 (for 9.2M3 or older AMU).appxml SAS 9.2
SAS Enterprise Guide 8.1 EG81 (for 9.3 AMU).appxml SAS 9.3
SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office 8.1 AMO81 (for 9.3 AMU).appxml SAS 9.3
SAS Enterprise Guide 8.1 EG81 (for 9.4 AMU).appxml SAS 9.4
SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office 8.1 AMO81 (for 9.4 AMU).appxml SAS 9.4
SAS Enterprise Guide 8.x and SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office 8.x There are no new roles or capabilities available.

The roles are set for version 8 (not 8.1, 8.2, or 8.3).

SAS 9.4
  1. From a command line, enter the following:
    ApplicationMetadataUtility.exe –host host-name -port port -user user-ID -password password xml-file

       The syntax above contains the following placeholders:

    host-name is your metadata server host name.
    port is your metadata server port.
    user-id is the user ID to log on to the metadata server.
    password is the password to log on to the metadata server for the specified user ID.
    xml-file is the full path to the XML file for the role that you are adding.
   

Examples

To add SAS Enterprise Guide 5.1 roles in a SAS 9.4 environment, use this command (replace password with your specific password wording):

  • "C:\Program Files\SASHome\SASPlatformObjectFramework\9.x\ApplicationMetadataUtility.exe" -host SASMetadataServer.com -port 8561 -user sasadm@saspw -password password c:\EG51.app.xml
  •  /opt/sas9.4/install/SASHome/SASPlatformObjectFramework\9.x\ApplicationMetadataUtility -host SASMetadataServer.com -port 8561 -user sasadm@saspw -password password /tmp/EG51.app.xml

To add SAS Enterprise Guide 4.3 roles in a SAS 9.3 environment, use this command (replace password with your specific password wording):

  •  "C:\Program Files\SASHOME\SASPlatformObjectFramework\9.x\ApplicationMetadataUtility.exe" –host SASMetadataServer.com -port 8561 -user sasadm@saspw -password password c:\EG43.app.xml
  • /opt/sas9.4/install/SASHome/SASPlatformObjectFramework\9.x\ApplicationMetadataUtility -host SASMetadataServer.com -port 8561 -user sasadm@saspw -password password /tmp/EG43.app.xml
 


Operating System and Release Information

Product FamilyProductSystemProduct ReleaseSAS Release
ReportedFixed*ReportedFixed*
SAS SystemSAS BI ServerMicrosoft® Windows® for x649.3
Microsoft Windows 95/989.3
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server9.3
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server9.3
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server9.3
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional9.3
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation9.3
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition9.3
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition9.3
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition9.3
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x649.3
Microsoft Windows Server 20089.3
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x649.3
Microsoft Windows XP Professional9.3
Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit9.3
Windows 7 Enterprise x649.3
Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit9.3
Windows 7 Home Premium x649.3
Windows 7 Professional 32 bit9.3
Windows 7 Professional x649.3
Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit9.3
Windows 7 Ultimate x649.3
Windows Millennium Edition (Me)9.3
Windows Vista9.3
Windows Vista for x649.3
* For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be fixed.