A nice feature of SAS Enterprise Guide is the “Files” folder. This provides direct access to the file system where the workspace server is running. You can take advantage of this by configuring a central location where users can store data, SAS code, CSV files, Excel files, or anything useful. If this is not configured it defaults to a user-specific area. In some cases this may be the most appropriate location of the “Files” link. Simple Ways to Use Centralize SAS code developed by users Centralize SAS datasets or other types of data for users Stage incoming files from external sources for end users to consume and analyze Important Note: Make sure file permissions are set appropriately for the file system location on the server! How to Configure the “Files” Folder Use SAS Management Console to configure the location of the “Files” folder. This requires an administrative role to accomplish because it is seen across the enterprise. The workspace server runs SAS code from EG so it will be the item of interest in Management Console. Since users will access data and submit code through the SASApp context server, you will want to navigate to the workspace server through the […]
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Selecting multiple individual dates in prompted reports
The date prompt from SAS Prompt Framework provides the options of single selection or a range, however what if you need to select multiple individual dates such as Monday (May 28), Wednesday (May 30), and Friday (June 1) of last week? There are a few a…
How to search your SAS Enterprise Guide project files
If you are like many SAS Enterprise Guide users, you’ve amassed a large collection of project files (EGP files) that contain important content: programs, logs, notes, results, and more. However, to most tools and processes, the EGP file is opaque. That is, you can’t see what’s inside of it unless […]
Change your passwords without locking out your connection
Did you change your LinkedIn password yesterday? (If you didn’t, you should!) But did it happen to be the same as your corporate password? First, tisk tisk. Second, change your corporate password NOW! Ok, now that this is done ~ don’t let your save…
ERROR 29-185: Width Specified for format —- is invalid
You see “ERROR 29-185: Width Specified for format —- is invalid” message in the log file when you try to specify the DATE format but used an invalid width. DATE format will not result in a date if it is too long or too sh…