topic Re: switch autoexec depending on the group to which the user belongs in New SAS User

switch autoexec depending on the group to which the user belongs

AsakoOkano — Thu, 06 Dec 2018 07:45:18 GMT

I want to set environment variables using SAS/config/Lev1/SASApp/appservercontext_env_usermods.bat depending on specific group that logon user belongs to.

I tried to get which groups current user belongs to from metadata as follows.

1. Create GetUserGroup.sas program that export user and group information from metadata using %mduextr macro, and create a GetUserGroup.bat that kicks GetUserGroup.sas.

2. Call GetUserGroup.bat in appservercontext_env_usermods.bat

3. Add if~else statement in appservercontext_env_usermods.bat to switch values that is set to environment variables.

GetUserGroup.bat works properly by itself. In appservercontext_env_usermods.bat "if~else" statement also works properly.
But call GetUserGroup.bat in appservercontext_env_usermods.bat and EG start up workspace server,somehow pre-assined libraries are missing.

if anyone has any idea please advise me.

thankyou

Re: switch autoexec depending on the group to which the user belongs

Kurt_Bremser — Thu, 06 Dec 2018 08:28:55 GMT

Pre-assigned libraries will only work if you use the correct metadata connection, and a server context in metadata that the libraries are assigned to.

[SAS configuration]/Lev1/SASApp/BatchServer/sasbatch.bat does that on its own.

What environment variables are you setting? Wouldn't it be easier to just retrieve a user's group information in the autoexec_usermods.sas?

Re: switch autoexec depending on the group to which the user belongs

andreas_lds — Thu, 06 Dec 2018 09:44:55 GMT

Do you really need system environment variables, or could global macro values be used to accomplish the same?

If group memberships change not to often, you could create a sas-file per user with the necessary %global-statements and include those in autoexec_usermods.sas with the statement

%include "/path/&SysUserId..sas";