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Workbench on Windows 11 requests password instead of allowing single-sign on?
We have seen some cases (e.g. after upgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 11) where Workbench does not obey single-signon settings (Kerberos SSO) when connecting remotely from Workbench to SLC. Users are expecting "passwordless" login but find they are prompted for their password/authentication. This is sometimes found to be…
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How to verify the different Altair license methods for SLC on Windows?
(A) Single Machine e.g. Windows 11 MSI's to install: Workbench, SLC, and Altair Licensing. 1. SETINIT (wpskey) legacy license Apply the setinit license. Check the file C:\ProgramData\altair\slc\5\setinit.dat is in place. Select 'Local Server' > menu > Restart Check 'Log for Local Server' window. Time until 'Log for Local…
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How does Altair Analytics Workbench handle character encodings and languages?
If there is an encoding problem where part or all of the special characters (accents, etc.) in a document are not correctly displayed in Workbench, it may be that the character set used to display them is not identical to that of your document. For example, if you open a UTF-8-encoded file when Workbench is set to…
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Can I install Altair Analytics Workbench 2023, 2024, and/or 2025 in parallel on my PC?
Can I install Altair Analytics Workbench 2023, 2024, and/or 2025 in parallel on my Windows PC? Yes. Bear in mind that Altair SLC and Analytics Workbench are both required and are installed from separate MSIs. You will probably need to edit the file "workbench.ini" and add the line: -Dwpshome=C:\Program…
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Connecting to a Snowflake database from Altair SLC on Windows
If you have data stored in a Snowflake database, you can connect using the ODBC driver for snowflake. To install the connection software you need to: * * Download and install the Snowflake ODBC driver (.msi) from the Snowflake website. Make sure you select the 64-bit driver version to match the Altair SLC installation. *…
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How do I do password-less authentication with Altair SLC Link?
You need to have a private key on your client workbench machine stored in a local SSH directory called .ssh at the root of your user account, typically $HOME/.ssh on Linux and macOS, and C:\Users\USERNAME\.ssh on Windows. You also need a public key to match, and this file will have to be copied to the server machine where…
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How do I change the Workbench use of the user's home folder on the C drive?
This information is for software administrators who are installing and configuring Altair Analytics Workbench for multiple users e.g. via a virtual desktop system such as Citrix. By default Altair Analytics Workbench uses the following locations in each user’s home folder on the C: drive……
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How do I apply a SETINIT license key to Altair SLC on a Windows-based platform?
These steps can be followed to apply a new setinit license for the first time, or to replace an existing license that has expired or that needs to be superseded. Please note that the legacy "setinit" (wpskey) license method has been phased out in favour of the Altair Units license method. Please refer elsewhere to…
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How to set up a new Altair SLC Link from Windows Workbench to Linux Server
1. Install Altair SLC for Linux on the Linux server and apply your Altair SLC server license. For example, you may install Altair SLC for Linux into /opt/altair/slc/2024. 2. Install Altair Analytics Workbench for Windows on the PC. When you get to the optional components step, you can opt not to include the Local Server.…
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How do I create code abbreviations in the workbench?
Code abbreviations and expansions are handled in Workbench using code templates. If you wish to include more extensive code for a procedure or a data step you can set this up in Window->Preferences->Altair->Code Templates where you can create named templates. Select the New button and enter the name of your template, such…
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How to I change the workbench theme for a different appearance?
It is possible to change the background theme using Window->Preferences->General->Appearance where you should find a pulldown list of supported themes including 'Dark'. The workbench is essentially a plugin to the Eclipse IDE framework meaning sites such as http://guari.github.io/eclipse-ui-theme/ may provide some other…
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How do I create log files from the workbench?
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…
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Helping users to configure Workbench on their Windows workstations for connection to a shared SLC Server
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…
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How to use Japanese character set?
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…
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How do I find out what procedures and functions are supported in Altair SLC?
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…
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How do I send the Workbench log file to Altair customer support?
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…
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Connecting to an Oracle database from Altair SLC on Linux
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…
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Connecting to a MySQL database from Altair SLC on Linux
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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Connecting to a Snowflake database from Altair SLC on Linux
If you have data stored in a Snowflake database, you can connect using the ODBC driver for Snowflake. To install the connection software you need to: * * Download and install the Snowflake ODBC driver (.tar.gz) from the Snowflake client repository. SLC currently supports only 64-bit versions from 2.21.5. * Once the file is…
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How do I share or re-use a Workbench perspective?
Altair Analytics Workbench is essentially a plugin to the Eclipse IDE framework and each workspace has a special metadata folder to store all your preferences and configuration data related to that workspace. You can probably find references in google describing possible ways of re-using perspectives that you prefer. The…
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What file size limitations exist?
File size restrictions are influenced by both the computer operating system and the bit-ness of the application being used. 32-bit Altair SLC has a much smaller address space than 64-bit Altair SLC. The total number of observations generally allowed in a WPD format dataset is controlled by two system options OBS and…
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Verify or change the Java JRE / JDK version
Issue Sometimes a customer does not wish to use the JRE (Java Runtime Environment) provided with Altair Analytics Workbench and Altair SLC. For example, there may be some widespread publicity about a bug in a version of Java, or a requirement to use one specific version that is approved by the customer's IT systems…
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Altair SLC, Altair Analytics Workbench and Altair SLC Hub software service lifetime (sunset) policy
Altair Engineering provide technical support until the End-Of-Life (EOL) date for each version of Altair SLC, Altair Analytics Workbench and Altair SLC Hub software released. Versions and Version Numbers Note the distinction between product version numbers such as 2024.0 and software version numbers which may be 5.24.1,…
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How do I apply a SETINIT license key to Altair SLC on a Mac?
MacOS requires the correct privileges for saving files to certain locations on the filestore. You will need admin privileges and even then once you have the software and the key you may need to install the key from the command line due to the elevated privileges needed to save files in the /Applications area. Try this: Use…
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Software Support Policy for Data Analytics Products
Software Support Policy Latest Product Versions Product Name Current Version Versions Supported Altair Monarch (formerly Altair Modeler) 2024 Versions 2023 Altair Monarch Server 2024 Versions 2023 Altair Panopticon (formerly Panopticon Server) – Visualization Server 2024 Versions 2023 Altair Knowledge Studio/Seeker 2024…