Remote Access to Enterprise Miner

Account Setup

Apply for an IF account with WNT services (or add WNT services to your existing IF account) at

Room COM 27 (the underground structure near Speedway and UT Tower)
Online

Client Download

Download Citrix client for your platform
Install Citrix client

The order of the following steps is very important!

Connecting to Citrix Server

(a) Linux

Click on Menu item Options|Settings
Select Server Location from pop-up menu
Add the following server to the Address list

earthquake.cc.utexas.edu
Now, add/configure your ICA connection
1. Under the Network pop-up menu
  Check the "Published Application" button (instead of the "Server" button), then click on the "..." button to select an application, e.g.
  
  SAS Enterprise Miner GUI
2. Enter
  - Username:Your IF Username
  - Domain:WNT
  - Password:Your IF Password
3. Connect to the server using this setup

(b) Windows

Click on the Settings button on the toolbar to invoke the "Custom ICA Connections" Dialog box.
- In the Address List below 'Server Group', Add
  
  earthquake.cc.utexas.edu
  
  and keep the other settings as default (TCP/IP, Primary)
- If you are inside a , click the "Firewalls..." button to configure the "Address of proxy to use" and "Port". Consult your administrator for details regarding whether to use SOCKS proxy. (Don't check the "use alternate address for firewall connection" box)
From the Main ICA windows, Select "Add ICA Connection" Icon
1. Choose "Wide Area Network"
2. Check the "Published Application" button, NOT the "Server"
3. Select "SAS Enterprise Miner GUI" from the pop-up list
4. Enter
  - Username:Your IF Username
  - Domain:WNT
  - Password:Your IF Password
5. Connect to the server using this setup

FAQ

If you see a logon screen prompting you for Username/Domain/Password, then you may have

Connected to a server instead of a published application, or
Specified an incorrect username/domain/password

For other clients, the trick is to

First define earthquake.cc.utexas.edu as the server to look for in the global options/settings (independent of the connection)
Define a new ICA connection using 'Published Application' and NOT server

Always save your project on the drive local to where Enterprise Miner is running (e.g. usu. drive C:, for the citrix server and the LRC lab machines). After you are done, then back it up to a non-local drive. This will speed things up a lot as Enterprise Miner writes numerous intermediate files to disk during computation.