topic Pre-assigned libraries in SAS Enterprise Guide

Pre-assigned libraries

Riana — Tue, 26 Jan 2016 14:21:15 GMT

I have access to some libraries in SAS EG with yellow color in background. There are some other libraries

which have white color and when I try to open them or when I right-click and choose Assign, I recieve an error message:

An unexpected error has occurred.

The library could not be assigned by the SAS server.

As a beginner in SAS:

Could you tell me that how someone as a SAS administrator can change them so he can have access to them like other libraries with yellow background?

How pre-assigned libraries can be used in a SAS program?

Thank you.

Doriana

Re: Pre-assigned libraries

Kurt_Bremser — Tue, 26 Jan 2016 14:28:49 GMT

Right-Click, choose Properties, then Engine. There you will see the physical path of the library.

You can then check (or have checked by the server administrator):

does the directory (folder) exist?
does the userid you used to start the workspace server have the proper permissions (access privileges) for this directory?
is anything else wrong with this directory?

Re: Pre-assigned libraries

LinusH — Tue, 26 Jan 2016 14:53:48 GMT

Having pre-assigned libraries or not, is an architectural/design decision, which your administrator should be able to discuss.

Also, if a change to pre-assigned is ok for your site, your administrator should be the person who know (and does) that change.

Re: Pre-assigned libraries

Riana — Wed, 27 Jan 2016 10:14:59 GMT

Thank you for your reply.

Yes, there is a folder.But I cannot change the properties because there are many other users who use this folder and I can only change properties to my ID. If there is any way to do this?
I'm not sure if my ID has a proper permission for this directory. How can I check it? In management console what should be changed about my ID (and where)?
Nothings wrong.

Re: Pre-assigned libraries

Kurt_Bremser — Wed, 27 Jan 2016 10:20:40 GMT

How did you check that the folder exists?

I ususally use some SSH client (like PuTTY) to log on to the server, then do a cd pathname to the directory in question, and try a ls (UNIX, on Windows use dir) there. This verifies that I have the necessary permissions (read and execute in UNIX)