SAS Quick Start

Compute Resources

• Have questions or need help with compute, including activation or issues? Follow this link.

• User Agreement

Docker Usage

• The information contained on this page assumes that you have a knowledge base of using Docker to create images and push them to a repository for use. If you need to review that information, please see the links below.

• Docker and the RIS Compute Service

• Docker Basics: Building, Tagging, & Pushing A Custom Docker Image

Quick Start

Interactive GUI Session

• Interactive GUI sessions are done via Open On Demand (OOD).

  • You can use the SAS application.

  • You can also use the Compute RIS Desktop application.

• You can find out more about OOD here: Compute Quick Start.

• Fill out the fields with the appropriate information (explained in the quick start).

• Launch the job through the methods described in the quick start.

• If you use the SAS application, SAS will be started up automatically.

• If you use the Compute RIS Desktop application, please follow the steps below.

  • Once in an interactive session using the following commands to load and launch SAS.

  module load SAS
  sas
  

  • Versions available can be seen via the following command.

  module avail SAS
  

Interactive Command-Line Session

Note

If you are a member of more than one compute group, you will be prompted to specify an LSF User Group with -G group_name or by setting the LSB_SUB_USER_GROUP variable.

• If you wish to use SAS in an interactive command-line session, you can do so via the THPC terminal.

• You can find out about using the THPC terminal here.

• You load SAS just like in the OOD version.

module load SAS

Earlier Versions:

These are previous versions of SAS that are still available but no longer directly supported. Please refer to the latest version if you would like direct support.

• SAS Compute Tool - Deprecated