The initial installation of a SAS Metadata Server allows for all undefined (in SAS User Manager) users to have access. It is recommended (after testing the entire install & before deploying to the business) that the security defined in the ‘Users & Permissions’ tab of the Default ACT is modified
If you are assigning special authorization for one SAS Object (Library, Folder, Server) to a specific User Group in SAS Management Console, using the Authorization Tab on that Object makes sense. However, if you have multiple SAS Objects to assign this special authorization to, it makes more sense to create
Just wanted to let everyone know of this new (but still experimental) functionality in SAS Management Console: An experimental SAS Management Console plug-in is available in 9.1.3 called BI Lineage. The following Sample document provides an overview of the tool, with screenshots on it's use: http://support.sas.com/kb/33/574.html This SAS Note provides
When accessing an external data source from Oracle, Teradata, SQL, etc with SAS it is widely accepted that the SAS program should use the SQL Pass-Thru functionality rather than a libname reference. However when linking to a defined external data source in the SAS Metadata from SAS Information Maps, the
If you don't have SAS Management Console, you can still view the BIP Tree from SAS Enterprise Guide. This is particularly useful for (cough -- all) organizations that need to reduce their exposure of incorrect Metadata changes. In SAS Enterprise Guide, Select 'View' -> 'SAS Folders'. Then users can create
A fun article for April Fools Day. Reference:http://www.sascommunity.org/wiki/Special:ListSubBlogs/User:Richard.thesasguy 1. SAS is not like Oracle, your email system, or anything else for that matter. When viewed as a system, SAS software does not behave like a database, or any other operational system. Usually, very little goes on without the direct involvement
Well, the countdown to the SGF09 event began (at least according to an email I saw this morning). For those attending; the educational, networking and entertainment opportunities abound. But for those of you who are unable to attend, I found an interesting article from a fellow twitterer that you might
It's obvious that you have missed the submission deadline to get your own paper into the SGF2009 Washington DC Conference, so that can not be the reason to attend. So what steps can you take to convince your boss that paying for the conference is a good benefit for them
Posted on https://blogs.sas.com/content/sascom: Our friends at Zencos also offered a few predictions and recommendations, including: Increasing efficiencies: Companies will be reallocating resources effectively to succeed (or at least stay in business). Focused industries: Follow the new administration’s priorities to see which industries will bounce back first – government infrastructure, healthcare
We recently confirmed (via http://support.sas.com/forums/forum.jspa?forumID=10&start;=0) that SAS Enterprise Guide does not support proxy servers between itself and SAS servers (metadata, workspace, stored process, etc). However, if the proxy server can be transparent then EG can work through it. While implementing SAS BI at a customer site we needed to access
