topic Re: Enterprise Guide 4.3 in SAS Enterprise Guide

Enterprise Guide 4.3

deleted_user — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:51:15 GMT

Hi,

Anyone know when EG 4.3 will be released in Canada. I was using 4.2 at my previous workplace but my current workplace still has 4.1. Just wondering if it is best to wait for 4.3 rather than upgrade sooner to 4.2.

Re: Enterprise Guide 4.3

Doc_Duke — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:26:14 GMT

A little birdie just told me that the release of EGuide 4.3 had been delayed, so it won't show up for anybody for a while. Darn! S/he wouldn't give me an expected date (no surprise there, and I didn't press), but the inflection in the voice indicated that it was more than a month out.

Whether to go with 4.2 now or wait for 4.3 probably hinges on how much of your EGuide work is in code tasks. The point-n-click activities didn't change much, if at all; the work was in the back-office type activities.

Re: Enterprise Guide 4.3

twocanbazza — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:30:15 GMT

Hi.

Here in NZ we are being told August, but we are also being told the 4.3 clients are due October, so not really sure.

Barry

Re: Enterprise Guide 4.3

Shane_Gibson — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 09:54:21 GMT

Chris from SAS posted a comment on my Blog here:

http://blog.saasinct.com/2010/07/13/sas-9-2-bi-clients-m3-now-october/#comments

Which says its arriving in August, and as he is the product manager for EG, im betting on August!

Re: Enterprise Guide 4.3

Patrick — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:39:37 GMT

I heard the same than twocanbazza and I also read what Chris said. I assume the source of this "rumour" is identical.

But isn't a product manager subject to wishful thinking? 😉

What would you bet Shane? Based on past experiences I'd say: Not before September.

....no offence meant Chris!

Re: Enterprise Guide 4.3

Doc_Duke — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:07:01 GMT

At this point, 4.3 is out of Chris' hands and with QA. QA is an independent group (and, like all QA groups, guards the independence religiously), so Chris can't do much but guess based on past experience and the level of questions that he might be getting.

OTOH, QA saves all of us from having to do it locally. I see it as a net gain.

Re: Enterprise Guide 4.3

deleted_user — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:34:25 GMT

EG 4.3 is due to be available today....

Re: Enterprise Guide 4.3

Doc_Duke — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:05:06 GMT

If anyone hears that it is actually available, can you post it here. I've pestered my site rep enough this summer....

Thanks,
Doc

Re: Enterprise Guide 4.3

lanceanz — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 08:43:15 GMT

I've just downloaded a brand new order and it's only got EG 4.22. The documentation indicated to me that 4.3 was current. SAS said on Friday 20th August that it had shipped two days previously. Download was 10.6GB this time. I'm not a happy chappy and can only hope that a separate download is available for EG 4.3 shortly that can be added to my Software Depot.

Re: Enterprise Guide 4.3

Peter_C — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:01:01 GMT

Monday, I called my SAS Customer Support (UK) who responded saying it is available and through my SAS account manager I can request it !
Well that took less time than QA.
Hopefully it will arrive soon.

looking forward to it all (and all those improvements for programmers 😉 )
peterC

Re: Enterprise Guide 4.3

twocanbazza — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:57:36 GMT

I was also told by support that it is by request only from my account manager, they should be able to generate a order to enable us to download the latest depot which 'should' contain 4.3.

I must say the new way of obtaining the software is not very easy, sounds like we have to refresh our depot.

It is also a new install ie, at the end of the install you will have both 4.2 and 4.3 on your pc (assuming 4.2 was already installed), rather than an upgrade.

Barry

Re: Enterprise Guide 4.3

Peter_C — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:07:19 GMT

started the exercise about an hour ago.
hopefully, this means I have 4.3[pre]Update Summary
Products to Install: Installed Updated
SAS Enterprise Guide 4.22 4.3
SAS Drivers for ODBC 9.22 9.23 [/pre]
yes that's it - installed
ok thank you SAS

peterC

Re: Enterprise Guide 4.3

lanceanz — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:50:48 GMT

EG 4.3 first appears in SAS 9.2 TS2M3 Rev. 920_10w34. If your shipment details show anything less than 10w34 then you'll not be getting EG 4.3.

Re: Enterprise Guide 4.3

Jaime — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:32:05 GMT

Is Enterprise Guide 4.3 compatible with the 9.2 server?

Re: Enterprise Guide 4.3

Peter_C — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:00:46 GMT

yes
(probably all) migration issues are resolved in getting the server up to 9.2.
To check, review the "Administering SAS Enterprise Guide 4.3" at http://support.sas.com/documentation/onlinedoc/guide/index.html
In the middle it says "If you are migrating from SAS Enterprise Guide 4.2, the metadata is already in a SAS 9.2 Metadata Repository, so you only need to migrate SAS Enterprise Guide projects."
and
"A utility is included with SAS Enterprise Guide 4.3 to enable you to migrate groups of projects and documents to the correct format and to make global changes to metadata references. For more information, see Using the Migration Wizard." which may be the most important link for you "Using the Migration Wizard" http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/enclient/62806/HTML/default/n1say3dhjl5nz2n19dox33fswe6t.htm

depending on your number of projects

peter

Useful also of course "What's New in SAS Enterprise Guide 4.3"

Re: Enterprise Guide 4.3

lanceanz — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 06:21:37 GMT

I now have 920_10w34 installed, with EG 4.3. Thanks to SAS for creating a new download. Looks like getting 10w34 is still semi-manual, so anyone placing an order should double-check the "Product" line of the email.

And EG 4.3 is happily displaying data from a SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services cube.

I've also created a software depot on a 16GB USB memory stick. Installing from a USB stick has proven significantly faster than DVD or network installs (but we still use the later for the main rollout). Ideal for 1-off test installs.

Re: Enterprise Guide 4.3

twocanbazza — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 20:21:01 GMT

I have asked SAS is EG4.3 supported against a server running SAS9.2M2, and have had two answers, the first from Tech support saying "Yes it should be ok", and the second, from my local office saying "No you'll need to upgrade to M3".

I can't seem to find any documentation explicitly saying what versions of SAS 4.3 is supported against.

Does any one know the actual answer?

I am looking at the benifits of installing 4.3, but am unable to move to M3 yet. I understand we should upgrade to M3, but we have limited resources etc.

Cheers

Barry

Re: Enterprise Guide 4.3

ChrisHemedinger — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:45:25 GMT

Technically it works with 9.2, any maintenance.

But best experience is with 9.2 maint 3; there are just a couple of features in 4.3 that depend on it. If you can install 4.3, and have to wait a bit before installing 9.2 maint 3. That's okay. EG 4.3 will work just fine.

Chris

Re: Enterprise Guide 4.3

twocanbazza — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:57:05 GMT

Thanks for that clarification Chris.

Also good to see you downunder, hopefully you enjoyed yourself.

Cheers

Barry

Re: Enterprise Guide 4.3

frisco — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:22:00 GMT

Two questions: 1) Is EG 4.3 now available in a 64 bit version (sorry if this was answered elsewhere). and 2) Is EG 4.3 looking for any particular Java runtime environment (especially on Windows 7).

TIA.

Stanley