Intresting. Since I am not familiar with 7.1, do you have the parameter that was used to point to the ESRI REST api and the trust server parameter? (the parameters in 7.3 - sas.web.cdps.knownHosts and va.SASGeomapEsriURL)   I am curious to see if that changed and may be causing your problem. Also, have you tried to reach the REST API link via a browser on the SAS server (just to test the connection / no firewall blocking)? ... View more

Did you setup the ESRI map service properly on the server? If not, you should ask your SAS server administrator to configure the ESRI properties per the administration and installation guide. It is simple to setup. Once done, restart the server and you should be able to see the list. ... View more