SAS 9.3 Guide to Software Updates

18 Chapter 3 / Reviewing Current and Future Software Updates
For help with determining when to place a software order, contact your SAS account
representative.
n how plans to deprecate functionality could affect your site. For example, the SAS
Visual Data Explorer has been deprecated in SAS 9.3. Knowing this information
during the planning stage helps you allot time in your schedule to convert the data
explorations to reports that can be opened in SAS Web Report Studio. For more
information, see “Deprecated Functionality” on page 22.
Current Product Releases
Product Releases by Release Date
Use this table to determine when your product release initially shipped. Use the
Software Order E-mail or Software Order Information to determine the revision number
for the software in your order. For more information, see “Reviewing Your Software
Order” on page 53.
Note: Only products that are mentioned in this document are included in the table. The
table is not a comprehensive list of all the products that shipped at a specific time. For a
list of the products in your order, see the install_doc/order-number/
ordersummary.html file in your SAS Software Depot. If you are installing SAS from a
DVD, the ordersummary.html file is available on SAS Software Disc 1 in the
install_doc\order-number directory.