topic Re: Customized workspace folders in Administration and Deployment

Customized workspace folders

vamsinuthalapat — Fri, 07 Jun 2024 16:19:19 GMT

Few business units using customized workspace folders instead of default work spaces (like /saswork, /tmp).

Is there any way to check customized workspace configuration in SAS 9.4 M7?

Re: Customized workspace folders

ballardw — Fri, 07 Jun 2024 17:03:03 GMT

Check for what? Existence? Location? Contents? Who is using them?

Re: Customized workspace folders

vamsinuthalapat — Fri, 07 Jun 2024 17:13:30 GMT

I am looking which file consists of customized workspace folders information?

Like work parameter value setup in sasv9_local.cfg file.

Re: Customized workspace folders

SASKiwi — Sun, 09 Jun 2024 21:06:58 GMT

Defining SAS WORK folders with the WORK system option can be done in a variety of ways: in a SAS CONFIG as you have posted, from a SAS command line with the WORK option, and even in SAS programs with the USER system option. These settings are not recorded anywhere centrally, so I think you will have to check SAS CONFIGs manually or ask users from the various business units how they have defined these.

Re: Customized workspace folders

Sajid01 — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 00:19:20 GMT

Hello

SASWork is a temporary storage area. Once the user session ends normally the space is freed.
Can you please elaborate a bit as to why customization is needed?
In the meantime the following are some helpful links.
Using SASv9.cfg, autoexec.sas, SAS Registry, and Options to Set Up Base SAS®
Solved: How to change the WORK library folder location based on user - SAS Support Communities

37593 - Dynamic allocation of the SAS® Work folder in a Windows operating environment

Re: Customized workspace folders

vamsinuthalapat — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 12:01:55 GMT

Hi @Sajid01,

Usually customization not required but few business units using it. So, checking configurations related to this.

Re: Customized workspace folders

gwootton — Wed, 19 Jun 2024 12:49:58 GMT

Running this code will return the value of the WORK option and how that value was set (if set in a file it would indicate which file), so this could be run by any user that has a customized WORK path.

PROC OPTIONS option=work value; run;

Re: Customized workspace folders

Sajid01 — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 15:28:02 GMT

Hello @vamsinuthalapat
While it is possible to have multiple workspace location, but SAS will randomly select it.
I am not aware of your environment but on Linux system users session folders are created with permission 700. It does offer a degree of privacy. (Typically sas admins and installer account are do not have sudo/root access on Linux server).

Better have a tract open with SAS tech Support.