Upgrading to SAS 9.3

Before You Convert

If a data exploration was created from an OLAP cube or SAS Information Map that is saved to a restricted directory (such as My Folder), then the converted report will not be available to other users at your site. Before converting a data exploration, re-create this data exploration by using a SAS Information Map. Users of the final report must have permission to the directory where the information map is saved.

If your data exploration includes a calculated measure that is used as a slicer, this calculated measure is removed when the data exploration is converted to a report. As a result, you cannot open the report in SAS Web Report Studio. To avoid this issue, move the calculated measure to the row or column axis before you convert.

Note: If you have not applied the second or third maintenance release for SAS 9.2, then you cannot use the SAS Visual Data Explorer to save data explorations as reports. If you want to save your data explorations as reports before upgrading your SAS 9.2 deployment, use SAS Web OLAP Viewer 4.2 for Java. For more information, see SAS Note 34876 at http://support.sas.com/kb/34/876.html.

Differences between Data Explorations and Reports

Some reports might appear slightly different from the data explorations. Here are some examples of how the report and data exploration differ:

The colors in the report and data exploration are different.
Conditional images are removed from the reports.
Calculated measures that are used as slicers are lost when the data exploration is converted to a report.
The Percent of Total columns and rows are removed from the reports.
A color-mapped table is removed or replaced by a noncolor-mapped table.
- If a data exploration contains a color-mapped table and a table, then the color-mapped table is removed.
- If a data exploration contains only a color-mapped table, then the color-mapped table is replaced with a table.
If a data exploration contains a bar-line chart, then this chart might not display as expected. To fix this problem, open the report in SAS Web Report Studio. Right-click on the chart and select Assign Data. Then save the report.
To view the drill-to-detail data of a report, the associated information map must have the Drill-to-Detail option selected in SAS Information Map Studio.
If a data exploration displays data values in a graph, these data values are not automatically displayed in the graph in the converted report. To display these values in the graph in the report, open the graph properties and select the option for displaying data values.