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Thursday, October 1. 2009

SAS 9.2 and SAS Enterprise Guide 4.2 on Windows 7

I'm finding that you people just love these posts about what new environments that SAS supports, so here's another one.

Even though Microsoft Windows 7 hasn't hit the store shelves yet, I want to get out in front of it and say, "Yes, it's possible to run SAS and SAS Enterprise Guide on it." Because I know you're going to ask.

But just because it's possible, that doesn't mean it's officially supported yet. Official support of SAS software on Windows 7 is an initiative planned for the first part of 2010. But in the meantime, I've done some testing on the production version of Windows 7 and documented the steps that I found will work to get the basics running. By "basics", I mean SAS Foundation (9.2) and SAS Enterprise Guide (4.2), and even configured deployments that include a SAS Metadata Server, workspace, and stored processes.

I wanted to document the steps for those on the bleeding edge, but I don't want to imply that this is official support from SAS just yet. I've placed all of the details on sasCommunity.org. Don't worry, the steps are not too crazy -- no magic spells or rare ingredients needed. Just a little bit of candy coating on the installation to make it go down a bit easier.

If it works for you or if you have feedback, I'd love to hear it. You can comment back here on the blog or use the Discussion tab on sasCommunity.org.

Posted by Chris Hemedinger in SAS support at 11:44 | Comments (16) | Trackbacks (0)

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I succesfully followed the guide, but the Enterprise Guide 4 simply won't start...
Could it be because I don't have the latest SAS Enterprise Guide 4.2 Maintenance 2?

Since I'm a student, I can't download this specific version from the SAS website...

#1 Dries on 2009-10-12 16:54 (Reply)

Dries, it sounds like you're trying to make it work with our 4.1 release (which installs to the Program Files\SAS\Enterprise Guide\4 directory).

I haven't gone through all of the same steps with that version, but it might work better if you pre-install .NET Framework 1.1. That's also buried in the system requirements wizard, or you can download it from Microsoft. EG 4.1 requires .NET 1.1.

Still, the Windows 7 configuration for EG 4.1 is not officially supported by SAS.

Chris

#1.1 Chris (Homepage) on 2009-10-12 19:01 (Reply)

Manually installing the .Net Framework 1.1 did the trick! Seems like the system requirements wizard didn't install the framework, even when there were no errors during install.

Now enterprise guide seems to work perfectly

Thanks for your help Chris!

Dries

#1.1.1 Dries on 2009-10-15 06:22 (Reply)

Thanks for the help your method is working for me. Before I found your suggestions Enetrprise Guide and the Enhanced Editor in SAS
would not work and now they do. I think that the real key is the Microsoft WSE 3.0 stuff. We can now continue our plan to deploy Windows 7.

Thanks again Carl

#2 Carl Peterson on 2009-10-14 15:16 (Reply)

I've followed the steps and it seems to want to quit the deployment wizard right at the last second and fails to initiate the enterprise guide. I am installing the software from phase 2 dvd copy. One thing I did notice on your instructions is that your "\products\sysreq92280" is the same for me except it is 92110. So, not sure where its going wrong.

#3 Isaac on 2009-10-15 12:02 (Reply)

Isaac,

Your media is not the latest. My instructions pertain to Maintenance 2 of SAS 9.2 which was released just about 2 weeks ago (not to be confused with "Phase 2", which included the initial release of SAS Enterprise Guide 4.2 back in March 2009).

Chris

#3.1 Chris (Homepage) on 2009-10-15 12:30 (Reply)

Hi Chris, Ok that is what I was afraid of. Is my only alternative is to run it on a virtual machine at least until SAS and Microsoft are able to correct the compatibility issues?

Thanks, Isaac

#3.1.1 Isaac on 2009-10-22 04:22 (Reply)

Isaac, if you have the most current media from SAS (which may mean that you need to refresh your software order), then my instructions should work (keeping in mind that they are still "unofficial").

#3.1.1.1 Chris (Homepage) on 2009-10-22 07:36 (Reply)

I'm wondering if you've ever experienced or heard of a 16 bit MS-DOS Subsystem error. It occurs as I try to install via the SAS Deployment Wizard. Any suggestions?

#4 Saemi on 2009-10-26 14:08 (Reply)

Saemi,

I haven't seen that, at least with the SAS 9.2 Maint 2 deployment. One thing to make sure of: you run the setup.exe (for the SAS Deployment Wizard) as Administrator. It's not necessarily good enough to run as a user who has admin privileges.

Chris

#4.1 Chris (Homepage) on 2009-10-26 15:37 (Reply)

Thank you Chris. I've been frantically trying to get this working, including admin privileges, and also get the same error running under XP mode or with compatibility mode. In case it would keep occurring even under Maint 2, I might get back to you...

#4.1.1 Saemi on 2009-10-26 15:45 (Reply)

I have a similar problem to someone above. The install stops working when it is in first step. I get a bunch of pop-up with either asian characters or question marks. When I did the pre-emptive installs my folder names are "\products\sysreqwizard__9220__win__xx__sp0__1" I am not convinced that they installed correctly either. The computer does some thinking and then asks if it installed correctly or wants to try again. This version of SAS 9.2 was downloaded from my school software library.

#5 Kim on 2009-10-27 13:12 (Reply)

Kim, looks like that version might be the 9.2 "Classic" release that shipped late last year.

My instructions apply only to the 9.2 Maint 2 release that was made available last month. I advise that you work with your school representatives to obtain the latest software packages.

Chris

#5.1 Chris (Homepage) on 2009-10-27 13:26 (Reply)

Hi Chris-
Thanks for your comments. I actually did get the install to work with the older, classic version of SAS 9.2. I just ignored all of the strange windows that popped-up during the install and it finally finished and seems to be working fine. Thought I would let you know... thanks!

#5.1.1 Kim on 2009-10-30 15:43 (Reply)

Hi Chris, are you able to guide me where to find the latest file? I have the same problem as Issac in Post #3. Thanks!

#5.1.2 Susan Toh on 2009-11-06 00:21 (Reply)

Susan,

You should work with your SAS representative to refresh your software order.

See http://support.sas.com/software/maintenance/index.html, and scroll to the "Where do I go from here?" section to read about "Getting maintenance".

Chris

#5.1.2.1 Chris (Homepage) on 2009-11-06 07:56 (Reply)

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ABOUT CHRIS

Chris Hemedinger is a senior software manager in SAS R&D. He's part of the team that builds SAS Enterprise Guide and SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office. He's also co-author of the popular SAS for Dummies book and moderator of the SAS Enterprise Guide discussion forum.

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