SAS 9.4 M7 with Java 21 – Alternative Integration Options

[Daily1]

Hi, We are currently using SAS Enterprise Guide 9.4 M7 and are developing a frontend application using Java 21 to execute SAS programs and retrieve outputs such as Excel/HTML files. SAS Support has suggested upgrading to SAS 9.4 M9 for Java 21 compatibility. Before considering an upgrade, are there any alternative ways to connect a Java 21 application with SAS 9.4 M7 and execute SAS programs/retrieve outputs? Any suggestions or recommended approaches would be helpful. Thanks.

[SASKiwi]

It depends on what your Java frontend application is doing and where it is installed. If it is only, for example, installed on PCs and is running SAS jobs in batch (sas -sysin "MySASPgm.sas") on remote SAS servers then retrieving Excel and HTML file from the batch jobs, what Java version you use doesn't matter. All SAS sees are the batch program calls.

Where the Java version does matter is if it is part of the software stack installed on the SAS servers themselves.