topic Re: app.SetActiveProfile in EG 8.1 in SAS Enterprise Guide

app.SetActiveProfile in EG 8.1

cmcewen — Fri, 08 Nov 2019 21:57:32 GMT

The following code used to work for the vbscript generated by the scheduler function for SAS EG 7.1, but no longer works as is with the upgrade to 8.1. Basically, I need to set my active profile to a different profile besides my default. Was there any change to this process with the upgrade to 8.1?

Set app = CreateObject("SASEGObjectModel.Application.8.1")
app.SetActiveProfile("Profile2")

Re: app.SetActiveProfile in EG 8.1

unison — Fri, 08 Nov 2019 22:05:00 GMT

You could have an issue with your SASEGScripting.DLL (i.e. create object on SASEGObjectModel.Application.8.1 is missing). What is the error message?

Re: app.SetActiveProfile in EG 8.1

cmcewen — Fri, 08 Nov 2019 22:57:16 GMT

That's the breadcrumb I needed. I'm now figuring out that part, but thank you!

Re: app.SetActiveProfile in EG 8.1

unison — Fri, 08 Nov 2019 23:08:52 GMT

Not a problem, I had a similar issue a few months ago when I was attempting to schedule code via vbs script.

cheers,

-unison

Re: app.SetActiveProfile in EG 8.1

daanm — Wed, 15 Jan 2020 09:44:49 GMT

The SetActiveProfile function is not working anymore in the Enterprise Guide 8.1 scripting dll, due to a known bug. See Note 65291: A function call to change the active profile in a VBS file when scheduling a SAS® Enterprise Guide® project results in an error.

Our workaround is to first set the desired active profile in the Eguide 8.1 GUI application (i.e. not programmatically) and then run the vbs code.