SAS 9.3 Guide to Software Updates

o When you import, migrate, or open from XML an information map that was
created prior to SAS Information Map Studio 4.2, the following special
considerations apply to any of its prompts with a static (custom) list:
n If the static list contains duplicate formatted values, then each unformatted
value is enclosed in square brackets ([ ]) and appended to its corresponding
formatted value.
n If the static list contains a row that is invalid in SAS Information Map Studio
4.31 (for example, if a row contains blank or null unformatted values), then
the row is deleted.
o When you export or migrate an information map that was created prior to SAS
Information Map Studio 4.2, the default values for any multi-value prompts within
that information map are saved in reverse order.
o SAS Information Map Studio 4.31 cannot automatically convert prompt values to
uppercase before a query is run. Any prompt that was created prior to SAS
Information Map Studio 4.2 but that is saved in this release will also lose that
ability. For more information about prompts, see the SAS Information Map Studio
4.31 Help.
n You can no longer export information maps as XML files. (You can still use the
Open from XML menu option to import previously exported information maps.) For
information about importing and exporting information maps as packages, see the
section about using promotion tools in the SAS Intelligence Platform: System
Administration Guide.
n The icons in the user interface no longer indicate when a table column is a unique
key or when you are denied WriteMetadata access to an information map or folder.
Upgrading from SAS Information Map Studio
4.2
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SAS Information Map Studio 4.2 has the same new features and enhancements as SAS
Information Map Studio 4.31. The difference between these two releases is that SAS
Information Map Studio 4.31 runs on SAS 9.3, and SAS Information Map Studio 4.2
runs on SAS 9.2.