topic ERROR: when moving from 64 to 32 bits SAS 9.4 in Administration and Deployment

ERROR: when moving from 64 to 32 bits SAS 9.4

PGStats — Thu, 17 Mar 2016 20:46:37 GMT

After moving from SAS 9.4 64 bits to SAS 9.4 32 bits, a user gets the message that SASUSER.PROFILE is no longer valid because it was created for another OS (not true BTW, the OS remained Win 7, 64 bits). What should be done to recover a valid profile?

Re: ERROR: when moving from 64 to 32 bits SAS 9.4

ballardw — Thu, 17 Mar 2016 22:03:24 GMT

It seems to be the "bitness" of SAS that creates the catalogs that is the issue, not actually the OS.

If there isn't much customization stored in your profile then delete it and let SAS rebuild it on next start.

Otherwise try to find a 64 bit install that can see the location, assign a library (if needed) and proc cport to export and Proc catalog to read back into the 32 bit version.

I have a list of things to do before upgrading SAS to save various registry, editor, scheme and profile settings that sometimes saves me work with getting the customizations back after the upgrade if they aren't maintained by the new install.

Re: ERROR: when moving from 64 to 32 bits SAS 9.4

SASKiwi — Thu, 17 Mar 2016 22:10:58 GMT

My understanding is that SASUSER.PROFILE is more a legacy feature and default SAS 9.4 installs now usually set SASUSER library to read-only. It stores Display Manager customisations mainly. If you now use EG then it is no longer relevant.

I'd suggest renaming the file to avoid the error and then just keep an eye on any settings that may have changed as a consequence of not having the custom PROFILE.

If the user still wants their custom PROFILE then PROC CPORT from 64-bit SAS and CIMPORT in 32-bit SAS should convert it OK.

Re: ERROR: when moving from 64 to 32 bits SAS 9.4

PGStats — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 03:23:32 GMT

Thank you @ballardw and @SASKiwi. Removing the catalog files and let SAS recreate them will be good enough for us.