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The workbench is an interactive GUI for developing and diagnosing SAS language scripts. The log and listing output are 'tabs' in the custom perspective of this framework and as such are a 'view' of what is going on when a full or part of a program is executed. Once you have your program working the intention is that you…
On Linux and other Unix based systems the Altair SLC command line interface looks like this: cd FOLDER_NAME SLC_INSTALL_ROOT/bin/wps PROGRAM_NAME.sas -print PROGRAM_NAME.lst -log PROGRAM_NAME.log Replace FOLDER_NAME with the full path to the folder where your .sas program files are stored, and replace PROGRAM_NAME with the…
1. The Administrator should carry out the following steps in preparation. 1.1. Install and configure SLC on the server. Apply the licence. 1.2. Install the Altair Analytics Workbench Windows MSI installer on one typical Windows workstation. Be sure to de-select the Altair SLC Server part of the installation when prompted…
It is possible to send email notifications from Altair SLC using the filename email syntax. Typically this would be done by defining the email system options, for example: -EMAILSYS SMTP -EMAILHOST <your_SMTP_server> You could add these to a local altairslc.cfg file (for more information search for configuration files in…
To increase your java heap storage when using Altair SLC please update your <slc_install_root>\eclipse\workbench.ini file to something like openFile -vmargs -Xmx512m and restart the workbench. The argument -Xmx is the one that decides the java heap storage limit and in this case 512M (megabytes) is the value.
In the Workbench there are 2 places where you need to take care over ENCODING settings: The first is the Workbench Server, normally called 'Local' that will execute your SAS programs to process your data such as CSV files. To change your ENCODING value in the workbench follow these steps: Run the Workbench, and goto…
We would recommend you run the code analysis functionality in the Workbench to find out about current language compatibility and support within Altair SLC. If you have imported some SAS language programs into a Workbench project then you can select the project in the Project Explorer and use the right hand mouse button to…
In recent versions of Workbench visit the Help menu and select Workspace Log File and then either Copy to Clipboard or Show Location in System Explorer. The file is called simply ".log" and can be sent to Altair Data Analytics Customer Support as an email attachment. In older versions of Workbench you need to know the…
If you have data stored in an Oracle database, you can connect using the Oracle Instant Client. To install the client you need to: * Download the Basic Package Oracle Instant Client for Linux from the Instant Client download page of the Oracle website. Make sure you select the correct Linux distribution and architecture to…
If you have data stored in a MySQL database, you can connect using the MySQL Connector/C client. To install the client you need to: * Download the MySQL Connector/C client from the MySQL Download Connector/C page of the MySQL website. Make sure you select the correct Linux distribution and architecture to match the Altair…
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