Sas University Edition Mac Download

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Step 5: Download the SAS® University Edition vApp Scrolling down the page, you will also find the download link to the SAS ® University Edition vApp: On the next page, you will have to either sign in or create a new profile. Hi, I am a new SAS user having downloaded the latest University Edition in the last few days. I am using SAS Studio on my mac, running VM Fusion (Version 6.0.5) as the virtualization software.I can run most of the sample code provided by my lecturer, but I note that some of the procedures will not run.

Currently there is not a version of SAS available for the Mac OS X operating system. However users can install VirtualBox on their mac. VirtualBox will allow the user to run SAS inside a virtual machine and access SAS from Mac OS with the data and SAS programs in a folder on Mac.

  • Computer
    • Mac OS X 10.8 or later
    • 64 bit hardware
    • One of the following web browsers:
      • Apple Safari 6.0 or later
      • Mozilla Firefox 21 or later
      • Google Chrome 27 or later
  • Software:
    • SAS University Edition virtual image downloaded to your local system
      • Available from: https://www.sas.com/en_ca/software/university-edition/download-software.html#
    • VirtualBox for OS X 4.3.16 or later software
      • Available from: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads/

The VirtualBox Quick Start Guide available at: http://support.sas.com/software/products/university-edition/docs/en/SASUniversityEditionQuickStartVirtualBox.pdf

  1. Download VirtualBox:
    • Go to the Virtual box download page: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads/
    • From the Virtual-5.xx platform packages select OS X Hosts.
    • If your browse asks to Open or Save the file select Save (for default download location) or Save As for a location of your choice
    • The file VirtualBox-5.x.y-zzz-OSX.dmg will begin downloading
  2. Locate the file VirtualBox-5.x.y-zzz-OSX.dmg
    • Double click the file to have its contents mounted
    • A screen will open prompting you to double click the VirtualBox.mpkg installer file
    • This will start the installation process. Note: you will be prompted to select a location to install VirtualBox.
    • After the installation is complete you will find VirtualBox in the Applications folder in the Finder

Download the SAS University Edition File for VirtualBox

  1. Go to http://www.sas.com/en_us/software/university-edition/download-software.html
    • log in to your profile. if you do not have one, create one using your Queen's email. You will receive a activation email from SAS. Follow the instruction to activate and set password.
    • Look for the Download the SAS University Edition vApp
    • Click Get download
    • Click I agree to the Terms & Conditions
    • Click Continue
  2. The next page will open
    • Click Download
    • if prompted to save or run the file, select Save to save the file in your Downloads directory
  1. Create a shared folder for your data that is available to both the SAS University Edition virtual image and to your local system
    • On your local computer create a SASUniversityEdition folder
      • Note: This folder can not require administrative rights to access it
    • You will need to be able to locate this folder readily
    • Within the SASUniversityEdition folder create a subfolder named myfolders
  2. Launch VirtualBox
    • From the File menu select Import Appliance
  3. The Appliance to import screen will open
    • Click the folder icon to the right of the field
    • A file browser screen will open
    • Select the SAS University Edition .ova file
    • Click Open
    • Click Continue
  4. The Appliance Settings screen will open
    • Click Import
    • The imported virtual machine is displayed in the Oracle VM VirtualBox Manager screen
    • Note: if the message drives in use is displayed, click Ignore
    • Select Machine > Settings
    • Click Shared Folders
  5. The Shared Folders screen will open
    • In the Upper right of the screen click the + (plus) sign.
    • The Add Share screen will open
    • In the Folder Path field, click the arrow and select Other.
  6. A file browser screen will open
    • Select the myfolders folder you created, and then click Choose. This folder is mapped to the MyFolders folder in ASA Studio
    • Note: the shared folder name is case sensitive
  7. In the Add Share screen
    • Confirm that Read-only is NOT selected
    • Click Auto-mount
    • Click Make Permanent. Note: If the Make Permanent is not present, you do not need to do anything.
    • Click OK
    • If you wish to create additional shared folders you can do so by following the same instructions. They will appear in the SAS Studio under Folder Shortcuts
    • Click OK

Once VirtualBox is configure (imported: “unvbasicvapp_xxx__ova_en_sp0_1.ova”) and the resulting virtual machine is running (turned on in VirtualBox), you access SAS via the web browser in your Mac (Safari, Chrome, Firefox) at address: http://localhost/10080

  1. Open a browser
    • In the location bar enter http://localhost/10080
    • The SAS University Edition vApp will now be running and ready for you to use.
How

Getting Help

  • Support is from SAS
    • Visit the SAS University Edition Help Center to learn what you need to know to get up and running with SAS University Edition.
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Last Updated: January 17, 2018

Contents
  1. How to download & Install SAS University Edition?

How to download & Install SAS University Edition?

SAS University Edition is a free SAS software provided to faculty, staff and students to use day to day in Universities and at home. To use SAS University edition, we don’t need to pay any licensing fee and it helped to increase the students engagement in Class.

Statistical Analysis system (SAS) was created in 1970s by Jim Goodnight, John Sall and other NC State University Colleagues to analyze agricultural research data. SAS is one of the best tool available for Data analytics. Lot many useful algorithms, intuitive GUI and different statistical methods available in SAS University edition software helps in proper analysis of data.

Download SAS University edition

Before Installing SAS University editions, we must download two softwares for successful SAS installation. They are SAS studio and Virtual Machine. SAS runs on a Virtual Machine, in general we can use Oracle VirtualBox or VMware Workstation.

SAS University edition is for academic and for non commercial use. To download SAS University Edition, click on the URL Get free Software[https://www.sas.com/en_us/software/university-edition.html].

  • Now click on get free software link as shown above and choose your SAS University edition by choosing Operating system.
  • Select your Operating System and select compatible virtualisation software package.
  • Scroll down to the page and check for SAS University Edition installation steps.
  • Download SAS University Edition for VirtualBox or for VMware at https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Download_Old_Builds_5_2.[https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Download_Old_Builds_5_2]
  • Now double click on the downloaded file to install SAS University editions and the VirtualBox get installed.
  • Now load the VirtualBox and open the files ends with an extension .vmx.

Installing SAS University Edition on Mac

Power on the VirtualBox Manager

Sas University Download

Click on the Power on this VirtualBox alongside the green arrow mark to start VirtualBox. Now the VirtualBox will start running as shown below.

Download Sas University Edition

The below screen appears when the SAS VirtualBox is in the state of loading and to open the SAS environment, go to the url shown below.

  • Open any browser tab and load the URL and click on Start SAS studio.

Below is the main window we see on entering the SAS environment. On the left side Navigation pane is available which is used to navigate various programming features and Work Area is available on the right side, which is used for writing and executing code.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we learned how to download SAS University Edition from official website and we successfully Installed SAS University edition on Mac.