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SAS Notes for SAS®9 - 38063: How do I direct the SAS Add-in for Microsoft Office log to output to a file?

Thu, 06/24/2010 - 18:25
The SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office log records information about queries generated via the SAS Add-ins for Office applications, such as the SAS Financial Management Add-In for Microsoft Excel. The SAS Add-In f

SAS Notes for SAS®9 - 39964: Understanding how numeric date variables that are defined as categories with a user-defined format are handled when exported to Microsoft Excel

Thu, 06/24/2010 - 16:34
SAS size="-1">® Information Map Studio enables you to change the classification of a numeric variable to a category data item. These data items can also have applied user-defined formats. This

SAS Notes for SAS®9 - 39963: Understanding how numeric, non-date variables that are defined as categories with a user-defined format are handled when exported to Microsoft Excel

Thu, 06/24/2010 - 16:17
SAS size="-1">® Information Map Studio enables you to change the classification of a numeric variable to a category data item. These data items can also have applied user-defined formats. T

SAS Notes for SAS®9 - 19846: How to generate the SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office (AMO) log with SAS Financial Management

Thu, 06/24/2010 - 13:39
Contains information on how to enable the SAS Add-in for Microsoft Office log

SAS Notes for SAS®9 - 31616: When you sign on to a UNIX Spawner Program via SAS/CONNECT , the error “Cannot start remote process” might occur

Wed, 06/23/2010 - 17:23
When you sign on to a UNIX Spawner Program (sastcpd), you might receive the following error: NOTE: Remote signon to xxx

SAS Notes for SAS®9 - 39018: SAS Solutions Performance installation might give a BUILD FAILED error

Wed, 06/23/2010 - 17:06
During the installation of SAS Performance Solutions (SAS ® Financial Management, SAS ® Strategic Performance Management, SAS ® Human Capital Management), configuration might fail

SAS Notes for SAS®9 - 30521: How to change the time periods defined for a cycle

Wed, 06/23/2010 - 12:58
Is it possible to add time members that precede the start of the current cycle? Can I define future time periods as years and later add granularity to monthly time periods?

SAS Notes for SAS®9 - 33712: Locating SAS OnlineDoc 9.2 on the SAS Customer Support Web site (support.sas.com)

Wed, 06/23/2010 - 10:54
SAS OnlineDoc 9.1.3 is still available on the SAS Customer Support Web site, but the SAS 9.2 equivalent is available only as an installation from the SAS 9.2 Software Depot.

SAS Notes for SAS®9 - 38182: Logging on to SAS Enterprise Miner(tm) for Desktop gives Error creating bean with name \' ap:platformServicesConfiguration\' denied in file

Wed, 06/23/2010 - 10:19
If you are logging on to SAS Enterprise Miner for Desktop, you might get the following error: Error creating bean with name 'ap:platformServicesConfiguration' denied in file

SAS Notes for SAS®9 - 40029: Semi-additive measures can produce unexpected results when used with VisualTotals and calculations requiring a dimension reference

Tue, 06/22/2010 - 11:12
Semi-additive measures can produce unexpected results when used with VisualTotals and calculations requiring a dimension reference When a calculated measure uses a function that requires a dimension reference, the resul

SAS Notes for SAS®9 - 40007: Understanding solve order in SAS OLAP cubes

Tue, 06/22/2010 - 11:01
Solve order specification is defined in MDX Solutions: With Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services by George Spofford as A higher number indicates that the member is calculated using the values that

SAS Notes for SAS®9 - 40038: \"Libname xxx is not assigned\" when generating queries on a preassigned library in SAS Web Report Studio

Thu, 06/17/2010 - 18:00
When performing a query in SAS Web Report Studio, you might see "Libname xxxx is not assigned" when the query uses a preassigned library.

SAS Notes for SAS®9 - 19864: Instructions for increasing the SAS Financial Management logging level

Thu, 06/17/2010 - 16:06
If you encounter problems with SAS Financial Management and you are asked to increase the logging level, complete the following steps: Note that this example details the steps to increase the logging level for t

SAS Notes for SAS®9 - 21129: Formula in SAS Financial Management Data-entry table changes from simple cell reference to complex CDAGet formula

Thu, 06/17/2010 - 15:52
If you are working in a SAS Financial Management Data-entry table and you enter a simple reference to another cell within the table, such as =C25 that simple cell reference is converted

SAS Notes for SAS®9 - 21126: SAS Financial Management queries take a long time to complete

Thu, 06/17/2010 - 15:33
Beginning with SAS Financial Management 4.3, ODCS/Calculation Clustering can be used to reduce the time multiple queries need to complete. SAS Financial Management Calculation Clustering, (also known as ODCS Cl

SAS Notes for SAS®9 - 21117: How do I determine which users are logged on to SAS Financial Management?

Thu, 06/17/2010 - 15:20
To determine who is logged on to SAS Financial Management Studio, the SAS Information Delivery Portal, or the SAS Financial Management Add-In for Microsoft Excel, perform the following: ensure that SAS R

SAS Notes for SAS®9 - 21113: \"You are not authorized to use this application\" error when trying to access SAS Financial Management Studio

Thu, 06/17/2010 - 15:16
If you are unable to log on to SAS Financial Management Studio and you receive the error message: You are not authorized to use this application ensure that you have been assigned the F

SAS Notes for SAS®9 - 21091: SAS Financial Management release 4.4 modeling formula and driver formula guidelines

Thu, 06/17/2010 - 15:07
When using SAS Financial Management software, the following information should be considered when determining whether to use modeling formulas or driver formulas. The most important decision for a planning im

SAS Notes for SAS®9 - 21090: SAS Financial Management formula scoping guidelines

Thu, 06/17/2010 - 15:01
In SAS Financial Management software, efficient formulas are the result of two separate actions: writing and scoping. Writing efficient formulas identifies the explicit members of the formula, while scoping controls

SAS Notes for SAS®9 - 21089: Model and query size guidelines for SAS Financial Management 4.4

Thu, 06/17/2010 - 14:52
When creating models and queries in SAS Financial Management release 4.4, consider the following guidelines: Practical Limits of Model Size: A cycle or model should not exceed 12 dimensions.<