SAS

SAS (Statistical Analysis System) is a statistical analysis software. METU has licensed SAS Windows by the year 2009.

SAS Academic Analysis Suite is the licensed software package. This package and some other additional components available are as follows:

Base, Stat, Graph, Connect, Share, ETS, FSP, Access to ODBC, Access to PC File, Access to Ole DB, AppDev Studio, Insight, IML, Enterprise Guide, SAS/QC, SAS Enterprise Miner, SAS/OR, JMP.

For SAS Windows installation, four DVD's are required, these can be borrowed from METU-CC Library (Room No: 109).

For installation instructions please download the SAS Setup Document (in Turkish, temporarily):

SAS Setup Document (sas_setup_cc_usg.pdf)

 Notice: Users, who would connect to the FTP licensed software site with a browser other than Internet Explorer, shall write ftp://user_name@ftp.cc.metu.edu.tr to the address line. Due to the license agreements that are made, this site is accessible to METU personnel only.

SAS Unix/AIX

License of SAS (Unix/Aix) version had expired by the end of 2008 and replaced by SAS Windows. By means of a temporary extension of the license for transition process, SAS (Unix/Aix) will be available on servers until 1st of March 2009.

Renewing Expired SAS Windows License:

Sas Windows performs the license check by a local license file stored in the PC that runs the software and this file should be replaced when its expiration date is close or passed. For this reason when the expiration date is close users should log on to

ftp://ftp.cc.metu.edu.tr/PackagePrograms/Sas/sas_windows_license_files  with their METU usernames and passwords and download the new license file in this directory (in a name format like sas9***.txt ) to their PC's.

After this run sasrenew.exe file at C:\Program Files\SAS\SAS 9.1\core\sasinst\sasrenew or by click on the "Renew SAS Software" button in Start Menu ->SAS -> SAS 9.1 Utilities menu . In the dialog box window click"browse" locate point new license file downloaded and click "next". Then by clicking "OK", "Next" ve "Renew" buttons new license will be processed. Usually new license is valid until the 31th of December in every year.
 

Please contact swadminmetu.edu.tr for your questions about SAS.