SAS 9.3 Guide to Software Updates

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Current Release at
Your Site
4.4 4.4_M1
Release That You
Are Upgrading to High-Level Steps and Resources
4.5
4.6
1 Before you upgrade, see “SAS Data Integration
Studio 4.4_M1” on page 145, “SAS Data
Integration Studio 4.5” on page 145, and “SAS
Data Integration Studio 4.6” on page 146 (if
relevant).
2 SAS Data Integration Studio 4.4, 4.5, and 4.6
work with SAS 9.3. When you installed SAS
Data Integration Studio 4.4, you upgraded to
SAS 9.3. To upgrade to SAS Data Integration
Studio 4.5 or 4.6, see “Installing a Software
Update” on page 69.
Changes to Note Before You Upgrade to
SAS Data Integration Studio 4.3
Objects That Are Not Migrated
External file metadata that is older than SAS 9.1.3, and any jobs that include such
metadata, will not be migrated. The external files must be re-registered in the 9.3
environment. Any jobs that include external file metadata that is older than SAS 9.1.3
must be re-created in the 9.3 environment.
Updates to Jobs and Transformations during
Migration
After migration, you will see the following changes to jobs and transformations:
n All migrated transformations, including pre-3.2 version-generated transformations,
are converted to use the new prompting framework. For most users, the main impact
of this change is on the Options tab for transformations. It is now easier to select
options from this tab. After migration, jobs with updated transformations should
produce the same output as before.