All the discussions I have seen, is that you have to speak to your SAS Account Rep and request it. ... View more

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 ... View more

Hi Chris. "and it doesn't even have line numbers for goodness' sake!" ummmm yes it does, you can turn them on.... "-No access to OS (call system, x, %sysexec, pipes, named pipes) Ummmm yes you do, this can be set, just happens to be set to off by default... -Library property does not indicate path Ummmm depends on how and where the library is assigned (why do you as a programmer need to know this anyway? I know I'll get some comments about this one 😉 ).... Don't get me wrong I agree with you in certain cases but some (above) of your rants relate to how your system has been set up and administered rather than the functionality of the tool. Learn the tool, look outside the old programmers mindset, just cause you could do it in old school SAS doesn't mean it is right. There are a few issues relating to the quality of the GUI ie window re-sizing etc but SAS will get this right in future releases Bring on 4.3 Cheers Barry Message was edited by: twocanbazza Message was edited by: twocanbazza ... View more

You may also want to review the code generated by WRS, as it may be generated in a way that doesn't use the index, hence the same response times. ... View more

Would advise talking to SAS Tech support ... View more

Did you modify the setinit? ... View more

Hi. To answer your questions, yes it is possible to do both - create a cube and Information map with SAS Code, you'll need OLAP licenced to buld cube.... To hard to go into to details here but research Proc OLAP for the cube building... But as stated by Patrick, easier to use the tools... Barry ... View more

the macro, and subsequent called macros came with 9.2, I am sure if you request from Tech support they'll supply. ... View more

if you are using 9.2 have a look at the %mdsecds() macro Barry ... View more

Hi Raoul. Wouldn't the Metadata server only return the folders that the user can see, or are you using a generic userid to access? Barry ... View more

Hi Julie. Can you confirm that this means a report createor will be able to decide which method to use for their report. ie. Contents down the left or Tabs or Both? How do we request the provisional option in v4.3 and what are the caveats (assuming there are some given it is not a general release). Also what was the rationale behind changing in the first place? And finally when are we expecting v4.3... Cheers Barry Message was edited by: twocanbazza ... View more

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 ... View more

If that was the case, LSF about to expire, all the SAS licenses would probably have already expired (If they hadn't started the renewal process), as the LSF Licenses generally have a couple of extra months over the sas licenses as there is no grace or warning period for it. Generally, from what I have seen at a few sites, what happens is that people renew the SAS licenses and SAS has good documentation on how to do this, at the same time the LSF license is supplied but is usually an oversight and is forgotten. LSF doesn't give warning msg like SAS so the first someone knows about it is when it doesn't work. Barry ... View more