topic Re: Libname not resolved in Enterprise Guide in SAS Enterprise Guide

Libname not resolved in Enterprise Guide

sanalitics — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 23:16:02 GMT

Hi All,

I have created the macro @ autoexec with following definition:

%let library_temp= C:\testing;

%global lib_src=&library_temp;

and the definition of the library in DI is:

libname lib_test "&lib_src"

this resolves in DI without any issues.... But the same library when opened from EG I get the following error while expanding Library:

sas eg sds.sds exception

Target site assign

Kindly help me fix the issue

Re: Libname not resolved in Enterprise Guide

Astounding — Sat, 17 Mar 2018 00:16:53 GMT

Two issues stand out as part of the syntax in the base SAS world.

Your LIBNAME statement requires a semicolon at the end of it.

%GLOBAL statements can merely list names of global macro variables. They cannot assign values.

Re: Libname not resolved in Enterprise Guide

LinusH — Sat, 17 Mar 2018 08:07:10 GMT

And %global is implied when using %let in open code.
Not sure why you want to use two variables with the same value...

Re: Libname not resolved in Enterprise Guide

sanalitics — Sat, 17 Mar 2018 12:27:29 GMT

Hi Both, Thanks for the response.

kindly note that I have given logical statement and it’s not the perfect code copied.

i am aware of the semicolon and macro declaration.

the issue is that the macro is available @ Metadata server .. and the library works fine in DI

but the issue is when I open the library in EG... probably something to do with the app server macro variable resolution

Re: Libname not resolved in Enterprise Guide

Patrick — Sun, 18 Mar 2018 01:48:24 GMT

@sanalitics

I have no idea what @ autoexec is but it's certainly not available under @ Metadata server as such macros get executed on the compute tier (workspace server) and not the SAS Metadata tier.

The error you mention sounds more like you having some sort of connection issue with EG independent on what code you want to execute. If so then you should talk to your SAS Admin.

Questions

1. once you've connected to the metadata server can you open a session under the application server you want to run your code (done directly in EG by expanding/connecting to the server in the server pane of your EG window)?

2. are you using the same credentials to connect to the metadata server in EG and in DIS?

Re: Libname not resolved in Enterprise Guide

sanalitics — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 17:49:48 GMT

Hi Patrick... thanks for responding:

once you've connected to the metadata server can you open a session under the application server you want to run your code (done directly in EG by expanding/connecting to the server in the server pane of your EG window)?

YES

2. are you using the same credentials to connect to the metadata server in EG and in DIS?

YES

in fact I found a solution by resolving all level of macros @ autoexec.

Thanks all for the time and support