SAS Web Analytics 5.41 :: SAS(R) 9.3 Guide to Software Updates

New Features in SAS Web Analytics

Overview of the New Features

SAS Web Analytics 5.41 has the same new features and enhancements as SAS Web Analytics 5.4 . The difference between these two releases is that SAS Web Analytics 5.41 runs on SAS 9.3, and SAS Web Analytics 5.4 runs on SAS 9.2. (For information about installing SAS 9.3, see the SAS Intelligence Platform: Installation and Configuration Guide.)

New User Features and Enhancements

new Adobe Flash user interface
enhanced Online Analytics Data Model
improved performance
extended search reporting with new internal search capabilities
response tracking for SAS Real-Time Decision Manager
click-based page overlay
third-party platform support changes
updated support for Google Adwords 2009
search engine handling for new search engines (including Baidu, Bing, Najdi, Terra.com, and Voila.fr)

New Administrator Features and Enhancements

new jobs for preparing analytic data
new aggregates that support internal searches and capabilities for creating custom aggregates
support for data that originates from SAS Real-Time Decision Manager
support for making reports available in a production environment
new tables added to the data model that support internal searches, session attribution, and goals
new capabilities for creating OLAP cubes
new procedures for setting internal and external domains
new documentation enhancements for migrating Web marts and for creating Clickstream jobs

Upgrading from SAS Web Analytics 5.3.3 and Earlier

To upgrade from SAS Web Analytics 5.3.3 and earlier to SAS Web Analytics 5.41, you must first install SAS Web Analytics 5.41, and then migrate your Web marts.

Upgrading from SAS Web Analytics 5.4

SAS Web Analytics 5.41 has the same new features and enhancements as SAS Web Analytics 5.4. The difference between these two releases is that SAS Web Analytics 5.41 runs on SAS 9.3, and SAS Web Analytics 5.4 runs on SAS 9.2.

Post-Configuration Steps for SAS Web Analytics 5.41

Step 1: Identify Directory Paths

After you install SAS 9.3 and SAS Web Analytics 5.41, you must complete your configuration by identifying the directory paths for your Web mart data on SAS 9.3.

Choose the post-configuration process that applies to your site.

Web mart directory path is unchanged. (Recommended)

If the directory path for the Web mart is unchanged from the SAS Web Analytics 5.4 installation on SAS 9.2, then continue to use the existing directory. The existing Web mart data directory will be used by SAS Web Analytics 5.41.

Note: If you have installed SAS 9.3 on a new machine, you must copy the Web mart data to the new machine.

You must redeploy all of the ETL jobs for each site using SAS Data Integration Studio. For more information, see Redeploying Jobs for Scheduling in SAS Data Integration Studio: User's Guide.

Note: You must redeploy the jobs even if the library path did not change.
Web mart directory path is new.
If you are using a different Web mart directory path from the SAS Web Analytics 5.4 installation on SAS 9.2, complete the following steps:
1. Copy the Web mart data to the new directory path.
  
  Note: You must copy the data to the new directory path regardless of whether SAS 9.3 was installed on the same machine or on a new machine.
2. Modify the path in the metadata of all Weba libraries. Use SAS Management Console to modify the directory path.
3. Redeploy all of the ETL jobs for each site using SAS Data Integration Studio. For more information, see Redeploying Jobs for Scheduling in SAS Data Integration Studio: User's Guide.
To modify the library properties using SAS Management Console:
1. Select Data Library ManagerLibraries to locate the library that you want to modify.
2. Right-click the library and select Properties.
3. Click the Options tab and modify the path for the library.
For more information, see the SAS Management Console online Help.

Step 2: Migrate Web Marts (for SAS Web Analytics 5.3.3 and Earlier)

You must migrate your Web marts to 5.4 Web marts. Before you migrate, review Upgrading from SAS Web Analytics 5.3.3 and Earlier. To migrate the 5.3x Web marts to 5.4 Web marts, see “Preparing to Migrate” in Appendix 6 of the SAS Web Analytics 5.4: Administrator’s Guide.

Update the appserver_autoexec.sas and sasv9.cfg Files (SAS Web Analytics 5.41 to 5.41 Migration Only)

To migrate from SAS Web Analytics 5.41 to SAS Web Analytics 5.41 on a different machine, you must complete these steps to update the appserver_autoexec.sas and sasv9.cfg files.

CAUTION:

You must complete these steps, or you will not be able to successfully run SAS Web Analytics jobs or reports.

On the server tier, navigate to the SAS-configuration-directory\lev\appserver context directory. The default appserver context is SASApp.
- Example for Windows operating systems: C:\SAS\config\Lev1\SASApp
- Example for UNIX operating systems: /usr/local/config/Lev1/SASApp
Edit the sasv9.cfg file.
- On the line that follows –rsasuser, add the following text for Windows operating systems:
  -insert sasautos "SAS-installation-directory\SASFoundation\9.3\weba\ucmacros"
- Add the following text for UNIX operating systems:
  -insert sasautos "SAS-installation-directory/SASFoundation/9.3/ucmacros/weba"
After you make your changes, save the sasv9.cfg file.
Edit the appserver_autoexec.sas file.
- On the line that follows /* Include autoexec files */, add the following text for Windows operating systems:
  %include "SAS-installation-directory\SASFoundation\9.3\weba\ sasmisc\weba_autoexec.sas"
- Add the following text for UNIX operating systems:
  %include "SAS-installation-directory/SASFoundation/9.3/misc/ weba/weba_autoexec.sas"
After you make your changes, save the appserver_autoexec.sas file.