Installation Instructions for Hot Fix D27016

Windows


Hot fix D27016 addresses the issue(s) in SAS Web Report Viewer 4.3 on Windows as documented in the Issue(s) Addressed section of the hot fix download page:

http://ftp.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/D27.html#D27016


IMPORTANT NOTES

  1. You must have SAS Web Report Viewer 4.3 installed on your system before applying this hot fix. Refer to SN-35968 for instructions on how to determine which product releases you have installed.

  2. Files delivered in this hot fix will be backed up during the installation process. However, it is good general practice to back up your system before applying updates to software.

  3. You must have Administrator Privileges on your CLIENT or SERVER machine.

  4. All currently active SAS sessions, daemons, spawners and servers must be terminated before applying this hot fix.

  5. This hot fix should be installed using the same userid who performed the initial software installation.


INSTALLATION

1. The installer downloaded is D27016wn.exe.

When downloading SAS 9.2 hot fix packages, you must choose to Save the hot fix to disk, then execute the install from the saved location. Attempting to install a hot fix directly from the download page results in the error documented in SAS Note 37104.

2. Execute D27016wn.exe


This will initiate the installation wizard, which will guide you through the hot fix installation process.

Note: If your Windows operating system is Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008, it may be necessary to "right-click" D27016wn.exe and select "Run as administrator".


See the Maintenance Installation Tool (MIT) documentation for more details on the installation of hot fixes.


The content of this hot fix is listed in the hot fix manifest.


POST-INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

This hot fix requires post-installation steps that will


Step 1: Re-build Web Applications

In order for this step to execute correctly, the Metadata Server must be running.

1.1 Invoke the SAS Deployment Manager 9.2

From the SASDeploymentManager directory launch config.exe. The default installation path for the SAS Deployment Manager is

C:\Program Files\SAS\SASDeploymentManager\9.2

1.2 Select a language in the Choose Language box

1.3 Select Rebuild Web Applications

1.4 Select Configuration Directory or Enter the Configuration Directory and Level that needs to be updated

1.5 Specify Connection Information, including the sasadm User ID and Password

1.6 Select Web Report Viewer 4.3 as the Web Application to Rebuild

1.7 Verify the information on the Summary screen and select Start

1.8 Select Finish when the deployment is complete


This process will update the Web Report Viewer ear in <CONFIGDIR>\Lev1\Web\Staging and place the updated exploded ear in <CONFIGDIR>\Lev1\Web\Staging\exploded. The Web Viewer ear includes:

A backup of the original ear file will be placed in the Backup directory.


Step 2: Re-deploy Web Applications

2.1 Re-deploy the updated ear listed above to the web application server you are using based on the instructions appropriate for your web application server. See SAS 9.2 Intelligence Platform Web Application Administration Guide, Chapter 8, for more details.


Step 3: Review SAS Notes

3.1 After the installation of this hot fix, please review the following SAS Notes for details on changes that are required to take advantage of the fix.

SAS Note 39955 VisualTotals and other calculated members might return unexpected values in OLAP-based reporting
http://support.sas.com/kb/39955

SAS Note 40007 Understanding solve order in SAS OLAP cubes
http://support.sas.com/kb/40007

SAS Note 40029 Semi-additive measures can produce unexpected results when used with VisualTotals and calculations requiring a dimension reference
http://support.sas.com/kb/40029

SAS Note 39734 Pie chart legend includes values that are combined into the Other slice for OLAP-based SASŪ Web Report Studio reports
http://support.sas.com/kb/39734

SAS Note 40621 Column values might wrap or display vertically when displaying UTF-8-encoded data in SASŪ Web Report Studio
http://support.sas.com/kb/40621

3.2 The solve order option described in these notes must be applied to calculated members and measures which produce unexpected results. Solve order defines the order of operation for calculations.



This completes the installation of hot fix D27016 on Windows.