Installation Instructions for Hot Fix D62004

Windows


Hot fix D62004 addresses the issue(s) in SAS BI Dashboard 4.3_M1 on Windows as documented in the following SAS Notes:

42218 A waterfall chart indicator might display garbage text when using server-side filtering in SASŪ BI Dashboard
45838 Dynamic Text indicators in SASŪ BI Dashboard do not honor formats
44440 Spark table columns that contain missing values might sort incorrectly in SASŪ BI Dashboard
46029 SASŪ BI Dashboard might print individual indicators too large
45828 SASŪ BI Dashboard might stop responding when there is not enough space to display the indicator
45825 Using server-side and client-side filters on the same dashboard might produce unexpected results in SASŪ BI Dashboard
45824 Dashboards may not update after selecting an item from a dynamic prompt
45993 Dashboard might not update until the indicator that is the source for a client-side filter is selected


IMPORTANT NOTES

  1. You must have SAS BI Dashboard 4.3_M1 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 D62004wn.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 D62004wn.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" D62004wn.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 update the web application deployed to your application server.


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 BI Dashboard 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 SAS BI Dashboard ears in <CONFIGDIR>\Lev1\Web\Staging and place the updated exploded ears in <CONFIGDIR>\Lev1\Web\Staging\exploded. The SAS BI Dashboard ears include:

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


Step 2: Re-deploy Web Applications

2.1 Re-deploy the updated ears 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.



This completes the installation of hot fix D62004 on Windows.