SAS Enterprise Guide software has a built-in expiration date, which is generally five to six years after it has been released. The software expiration dates are as follows:
- SAS® Enterprise Guide® 2.05: December 1, 2008
- SAS® Enterprise Guide® 2.1: December 1, 2008
- SAS® Enterprise Guide® 3.02: December 1, 2009
- SAS® Enterprise Guide® 4.1: December 1, 2010
- SAS® Enterprise Guide® 4.1: December 1, 2015, with hot fix 9 and above applied
- SAS® Enterprise Guide® 4.1: December 1, 2020, with hot fix 18 and above applied
- SAS® Enterprise Guide® 4.2: December 1, 2015
- SAS® Enterprise Guide® 4.2: December 1, 2020, with hot fix 13 and above applied
- SAS® Enterprise Guide® 4.3: December 1, 2020
- SAS® Enterprise Guide® 5.1: December 1, 2020
- SAS® Enterprise Guide® 6.1: December 1, 2020
- SAS® Enterprise Guide® 6.1M1: December 1, 2035, with hot fix 17 and above applied
- SAS® Enterprise Guide® 7.1x: December 1, 2035
- SAS® Enterprise Guide® 7.15: No die date with hot fix 6 and above applied
- SAS® Enterprise Guide® 8.x: No die date
If SAS Enterprise Guide has expired, you receive the following message, beginning on the day of expiration:
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Error
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This SAS Institute Inc. product expired on <date-the-software-expired>.
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OK
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If you have questions regarding the SAS Enterprise Guide expiration dates, or to request the latest version of the software, contact SAS Technical Support.