SAS Server Software List

The following list are recommended software used with SAS.  This is recommended to InSite used in creating the initial installation and configuration of SAS server. These are only recommendations.

SAS Server Software
  1. Adobe Acrobat Reader - This is the minimum required to view PDF files.
  2. Adobe Acrobat Professional - This includes the distiller which is used in creating PDF files.
  3. Adobe Page Maker - Graphics layout package used to create case report form or annotations to case report forms.  Either this or FrameMaker can be used.
  4. Adobe Frame Maker- Graphics layout package used to create case report form or annotations to case report forms.  Either this or Page Maker can be used.
  5. Apache Web Server - In publishing reports, if the output is placed on a web server, it can be easily delivered to users via URL web link.  IIS can also be used.
  6. CDISC Builder - Reporting tool for verify and create CDISC special purpose domain data.
  7. Cisco SSL VPN - Used for secured remote access.
  8. Definedoc - Used to generate data definition domain documentation DEFINE.XML for electronic submission.
  9. Microsoft Office - Reports produced in RTF or as an CSV or Excel type format would be useful to view using MS Word or MS Excel.  If data is received in MS Access, that may also be useful.
  10. PKZIP - Used to compress large SAS datasets.  May be part of Windows depending on version.
  11. PROC PROC CDISC - View and verify CDISC data models.
  12. SAS Hot Fix - Latest patches, service packs and hot fixes for SAS 9.1.3. 
  13. SAS System Viewer - A data viewer to view SAS related data.
  14. SyValidate - Change control and validation software for managing SAS programs.
  15. Syview - SAS data viewer complementing SAS System viewer which prevents data locking.
  16. ThesQA - MedDRA and WHO Drug thesaurus dictionary verification and management

Prerequisite Installation
The following list is a subset of the software list which InSite has identified to be installed prior to the installation of SAS 9.1.3.

  1. Adobe Acrobat Standard - This includes the distiller which is used in creating PDF files.
  2. Microsoft Office - Reports produced in RTF or as an CSV or Excel type format would be useful to view using MS Word or MS Excel.  If data is received in MS Access, that may also be useful.
  3. WinZIP - Used to compress large SAS datasets.  May be part of Windows depending on version.

Additional Installation
The following list is a subset of the software list which InSite has identified to be installed in addition to the initially SAS installation of SAS 9.1.3.

  1. PROC PROC CDISC - View and verify CDISC data models.
  2. SAS Hot Fix - Latest patches, service packs and hot fixes for SAS 9.1.3. 
  3. SAS System Viewer - A data viewer to view SAS related data.

 

    last updated on April 11.2008