SAS^® OnDemand for Academics

SAS^® OnDemand for Academics: Enterprise Miner^TM Configuration and Startup

Verifying and/or Installing a Java Runtime Environment
Starting SAS^® OnDemand for Academics: Enterprise Miner^TM

Verifying and/or Installing a Java Runtime Environment (Microsoft Windows)

Before you can use SAS^® OnDemand for Academics: Enterprise Miner^TM, you must verify that you have an appropriate Java Runtime Environment (JRE) installed or install an appropriate JRE. This process needs to be completed only once.

Note: Consider printing these instructions before you begin as some of the steps might require you to move to other web sites.

Step One: Verify whether a JRE (and Java Web Start) is installed

To verify whether you have a JRE installed, try the following:

Open a Command Prompt window. Select Start --> Run. Then, type CMD in the Run window.
On the Command Prompt window, type javaws.
If the above command opens a Java Web Start window similar to the following, then you have a JRE (and Java Web Start) installed.
If you have a JRE installed, then continue to Step Two. If the above command did not work, then you likely do not have a JRE installed. Continue to Step Three.

Step Two: Ensure that you are using only the recommended Java Runtime Environment

You can use a Java Runtime Environment (JRE) from the 1.7 series or a JRE from the 1.8 series that is either prior to Update 72 or is Update 73 (avoid using Update 72). For example, JRE 1.8.0_45 is acceptable. You might already have an appropriate JRE installed.

Notes:

Only JREs with U.S. Export Control Classification Numbers of 5D992 are approved for use with SAS products.
For more information, see SAS® 9.4 Support for Java Runtime Environments.

From a Command Prompt window, start Java Web Start. Type javaws -viewer and then press ENTER.
If the Java Cache Viewer window appears, close it so that you can see the Java Control Panel window. The Java Control Panel window often opens behind the Java Cache Viewer window.
From the Java Control Panel window, select the Java tab.
From the Java Runtime Environment Settings area, click View.
In the Enabled column, check only one JRE (uncheck any other JREs that are checked).
If JRE 1.8.0_45 is unavailable, then you can test SAS^® OnDemand for Academics: Enterprise Miner^TM with your current JRE. To do so, see Starting SAS^® OnDemand for Academics: Enterprise Miner^TM below.

If your current JRE does not work, continue to Step Three. Otherwise, configuration is complete.

Step Three: Install the recommended Java Runtime Environment and Java Web Start

Installing the recommended JRE will also install Java Web Start on your system.

Access the Java SE Downloads web site and then download a JRE from the 1.8 series that is either before Update 72 or is Update 73.
For example, to download JRE 1.8.0_45, do the following:
1. Open the Oracle Java Archive site.
2. Click Java SE 8.
3. Click Java SE Runtime Environment 8u45.
4. Check the Accept License Agreement radio button to accept the Oracle Binary Code License Agreement for Java SE.
5. Select jre-8u45-windows-i586.exe from the Download column of the table. You may be prompted to sign in to your Oracle Web account. If you do not have an account, you will be prompted to create one.
6. Launch the download and select Run to begin the installation process.
(Optional) If you had to complete Step Two above, repeat this step to ensure that only the new JRE that you installed is selected.