Installation Instructions for Hot Fix N08001

Windows for x64


Hot fix N08001 addresses the issue(s) in SAS BI Dashboard 4.4 on Windows for x64 as documented in the Issue(s) Addressed section of the hot fix download page:

https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/N08.html#N08001


The hot fix downloaded, N08001pt.zip, contains the updated files required to address the documented issues.
Do NOT extract the contents of N08001pt.zip. The hot fix installation process will extract the contents as needed.


IMPORTANT NOTES

  1. You must have SAS BI Dashboard 4.4 installed on your system before applying this hot fix. Refer to SN-35968 for instructions on how to determine which product releases you have installed.

  2. Files delivered in this hot fix will be backed up during the installation process. However, it is good general practice to back up your system before applying updates to software.

  3. You must have Administrator Privileges on your CLIENT or SERVER machine.

  4. All currently active SAS sessions, daemons, spawners and servers must be terminated before applying this hot fix.

  5. This hot fix should be installed using the same userid who performed the initial software installation.


INSTALLATION

The N08001 hot fix for SAS BI Dashboard 4.4 will be installed using the SAS Deployment Manager (SDM). By default, the SDM will search in the <SASHOME>\InstallMisc\HotFixes\New directory for hot fixes to be applied, but will also prompt for a location if you have downloaded hot fixes to a different directory.

After downloading N08001pt.zip, follow the instructions for applying hot fixes in the SAS Deployment Wizard and SAS Deployment Manager 9.4: User's Guide.

The content of this hot fix is listed in the hot fix manifest.


POST-INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

This hot fix requires post-installation steps that will update the web application deployed to your application server.

Follow the steps documented in the rebuild_redeploy_webapp doc to update and deploy sas.bidashboard4.4.war and sas.eventsgenerationframework.war in the SAS BI Dashboard 4.4 webapp.



This completes the installation of hot fix N08001 on Windows for x64.