Did you know that with SAS® 9.3 you can promote (export/import) SAS metadata packages containing users, groups, roles, and ACTs, just like you can with Jobs, Tables, Libraries, Stored Processes, Reports and Information Maps? I needed to do this myself…
Tag: Metadata Promotion
Migrating SAS Access Control Templates
I ran into a tricky issue today whilst migrating some Access Control Templates (ACTs) from an old SAS® 9.3 M1 deployment to a new SAS 9.3 M2 deployment. I’d seen it before and I initially forgot how I resolved it. It took a little while to r…
SAS Platform Object Framework MakeFolder Metadata Utility
Back in July last year I posted MKDIRMD Macro: Creating Tree Folders in Metadata about a SAS macro I wrote to create tree folders in a SAS metadata repository using the SAS Open Metadata API. Just recently I discovered an alternative method using a utility already present in a SAS 9.2 installation: MakeFolder. I stumbled […]
Interesting SAS notes relating to Portal Promotion
I noticed a couple of recent SAS usage notes relating to the new portal content promotion capability in SAS 9.2: SAS Problem Note 42231: The script used to promote SAS® Information Delivery Portal content removes the Portal Application Tree when an incorrect name is passed to the script SAS Usage Note 41692: Scripts for promoting […]
Updated SAS Admin Docs (inc Portal Promotion)
I noticed that several of the SAS® platform administration documents have been updated recently following the release of the 4.3 versions of SAS Enterprise Guide and the various mid-tier web apps (SAS Information Delivery Portal, SAS Web Report Studio, SAS BI Dashboard etc.). The updated documents include: SAS® 9.2 Intelligence Platform System Administration Guide, Second […]