Installation Guide

SAS® 9.4

(SAS Denmark Academic)

Windows 7 / 8

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Contents

Prior to the installation ............................................................................................... 3

Read this carefully ................................................................................................. 3

Extracting the software .......................................................................................... 5

Install......................................................................................................................... 7

Additional help ......................................................................................................... 15

Contact Technical Support ................................................................................... 16

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Prior to the installation

This installation guide is provided by SAS Denmark as part of a unique way of packaging, distributing and installing our software to students in Denmark and Iceland. The software used is official software, however it has been modified in an unofficial manner to reduce the size of it. Therefore, you might experience things that deviate from our official documentation which can be found at support.sas.com.

Installing 9.4 on a Windows 7 Home Premium

After updating the educational analytical suited bundle to 9.4, you might get an error trying to install the SAS 9.4 on a Windows 7 Home Premium:

http://support.sas.com/kb/50/505.html

We are currently working on getting this fixed, as soon as possible.

Read this carefully

First, make sure you have the correct files. If you had a choice between downloading the 32-bit or 64-bit version of SAS, make sure that your operating system corresponds to the version downloaded. You can check your Windows environment by following this Microsoft article

How to determine whether a computer is running a 32-bit version or 64-bit version of the Windows operating system

The screenshots in this guide are from a Windows 7 64-bit installation. Certain screenshots and names of paths and files and might differ slightly from yours. The names which will be referenced in the rest of the document are:

- Installation files:

SAS_9.4_Software_Depot_Win64.part1.exe

SAS_9.4_Software_Depot_Win64.part2.rar

(the files above are connected and should reside in the same folder)

- License

SAS94_99RM7B_70084989_Win_X64_Wrkstn.txt

- Software Depot

C:\SAS_9.4_Software_Depot_Win64

- File names in general

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If you are wondering why we are referencing Install.bat or license.txt and you only see the file names without ".bat" or ".txt" it is because file extensions for common file types are hidden on your computer. If you wish to enable them, follow this Microsoft Article:

Show or hide file name extensions

Before you start the installation, it is recommended that you close any applications that are already running. This is primarily because there is a chance that you will have to restart the computer along the way. Moreover, antivirus programs running in the background can cause problems as they may e.g. lock files needed during the installation.

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Extracting the software

You are now about to extract the installation files. If you keep the default setting, the files will be extracted to C:\SAS_Software_Depot.

Run/double-click SAS_9.4_Software_Depot_Win64.part1.exe

(In certain cases it might be necessary to right-click and select Run as Administrator)

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Select Extract

The following window appears and the extraction process takes a while.

When the window disappears, you have finished extracting the files.

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Install

Go to C:\SAS_Software Depot, run/double-click Install.bat

(If this doesn't work, try to right-click and select Run as administrator)

The following windows pop up while initializing

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At this point, you can choose the location where you wish to install SAS.

Afterwards select Next.

You are being asked for the location of the license. Select Browse

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Navigate to where you saved the license and select it. Click Open

Select Next

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Select the default product to open SAS files. (If you don’t have any preferences, then just select “SAS Foundation”)

Wait for this window to finish. It will continue automatically

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The Installation now starts

Depending on your computer, Stage 1 may vary. The installation of the system requirements may take some time, and multiple reboots may be required along the way.

If you get this prompt, just press OK. NB: Save your work as it will reboot your system.

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On some occasions, the installation doesn't remember the options selected after a restart. You will then see the window below. In that case, the best option is to select Cancel

Yes

Go back to the Install section (page 6) and run Install.bat again.

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After Stage 1, the installation will take some time, but for now you don't need to do anything. When the installation is complete, you will have the choice of proceeding. Select Next

Select Finish

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Your SAS Installation is now complete.

You may close this window:

And delete C:\SAS_9.4_Software_Depot_Win64 and the downloaded files from your computer.

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Additional help

Known Issues

SAS Simulation Studio

After installing SAS, and try to start up SAS Simulation Studio, you might see the following message:

If this happens, just click OK. After this you are going to see the SAS Simulation Studio Configuration Window:

Again just click OK. Then you receive a pop-up Error:

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To get past this error, right click on the SAS Simulation Studio and use the option “Run as Administrator”:

Then you will see this window again. But this time navigate to your SASHome folder and click OK.

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Contact Technical Support

Prior to contacting technical support, please collect as much of the following information as possible to ensure a faster support process.

University you are studying at

Windows

version you are using ( 7 / 8)

edition (e.g. Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise)

architecture (32-bit, 64-bit)

Description of the problem, including a screenshot if an error occurs

Log files may be located in any of the following locations depending on your operating system and language:

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\SAS\SASDeploymentWizard

C:\Brugere\<username>\Local Settings\Application Data\SAS\SASDeploymentWizard

C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Application Data\SAS\SASDeploymentWizard

If you don't see any of the paths, you need to enable Hidden Files and Folders in Windows.

Show hidden files Windows 7

Show hidden files Windows 8

Attach all files with names beginning with "deploywiz" and "SDW". Alternatively zip the entire SASDeploymentWizard folder and send it.

Send all the information to support@sdk.sas.com or call +45 70 28 29 99