topic Re: SAS License Expiration - Steps of notification in SAS Programming

SAS License Expiration - Steps of notification

Felix_ — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 08:27:21 GMT

Hi Community!

Within the years of programming, i know there's a process in SAS implemented, notifying the user in multiple steps, about the license expiration.

I found in many community posts the WARNING: Your system is scheduled to expire on [...]. But not the NOTE: [...] which i know, comes before the warning iteration.

I'd like to understand

1. The multiple steps, and exact timing (when comes the NOTE [e.g. 6months before expiration], the warning, the ERROR, ...)

2. The Wording of the NOTE, WARNING, ERROR

The latter especially, as i'd like to scan the log to generate a pop-up window forcing the user to take care on the NOTE and WARNING to prevent license to actually expire.

Thanks in advance - your help is as always well appreciated,

Felix

Re: SAS License Expiration - Steps of notification

japelin — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 08:47:14 GMT

As far as I know.
The day after the grace period ends, WARNING will be output to the log to indicate that the expiration is imminent.
After the end of the warning period, SAS log windows will be displayed to inform you of the expiration date, and SAS will no longer start.
It would be better to contact SAS for the correct information.

I've attached the log as an image for your reference.

You can easily check those log by changing the date on your PC.

Re: SAS License Expiration - Steps of notification

japelin — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 08:55:00 GMT

If you want to check the expiration date, I think it is better to check the result of proc setinit instead of checking the log.

The following may be of help.
https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Can-I-redirect-PROC-SETINIT-to-OUTPUT-instead-of-LOG/td-p/178997

Re: SAS License Expiration - Steps of notification

Felix_ — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 10:50:13 GMT

Thank you so far for the details. Does someone know how long the grace-period, warning-period and error-period lasts?

Re: SAS License Expiration - Steps of notification

japelin — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 11:35:31 GMT

Basically, it's a month, but the number of days varies from month to month, so submit this code and check log.

proc setinit;run;

Re: SAS License Expiration - Steps of notification

ChrisHemedinger — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 12:25:14 GMT

As others point out, PROC SETINIT gives you some details. Also if you have the original SID / SETINIT file that was applied, you can see that GRACE and WARN are configured there. The values may differ based on site and policies set in your agreement, though as others have said, most have a standard warn and grace period.

PROC SETINIT RELEASE='9.4';                                                                                            
 SITEINFO NAME='your company'                                                                                  
 SITE=yoursitenum OSNAME='WX64_E' RECREATE WARN=55 GRACE=45