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JMP® PER File Locations for Microsoft® Windows and Macintosh® OS X

The JMP.PER file is built from a JMP® SID license file

The SID file has a standard naming convention: JMPvvv_oooooo_ssssssss_ccccccc.txt

  • v = version of JMP the SID can be used with
  • o is the order number the SID was delivered with
  • s is the site ID
  • c is the computer platform (i.e. Windows or Mac). 

When the SID file is applied to JMP in a manual installation, it creates another file called a JMP.PER file.  The PER file contains abbreviated information from the SID that allows it to license the product for use during the given time frame.  The JMP PER is a protected text file and the name of the file (JMP.PER) should not be changed nor should the contents be changed as this will invalidate the file.

For Windows:

JMP on Windows provides two storage locations for the JMP PER file with the default location being the JMP Program Files Folder.

  • User's AppData folder:  C:\Users\{UserID}\AppData\Roaming\SAS\JMP\{version}\
  • JMP Program Files folder C:\Program Files\SAS\JMP\{version}\ 

JMP searches these locations in the order listed.  The default location is the JMP Program Files folder.

 

For Mac OS:

The JMP.PER file is located here:

  • /Users/{UserID}/Library/JMP/{version}
    • Select Go from Finder menu
    • Select Go to Folder
    • Type in: ~/Library/
    • Open the JMP folder
    • Open the {version} folder

Additional information about JMP License files can be found in the JMP Deployment Guides.

 

Any licensing issues should be directed to JMP Technical Support.

 

[Previously JMP Note 55149]

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