topic Re: Make code read only in Process flow of a SAS EG project in SAS Enterprise Guide

Make code read only in Process flow of a SAS EG project

sasecn — Mon, 20 Jul 2020 13:32:26 GMT

Hello:

I have a general question. I have a EG project (.egp file). I would like to make the code (the code in each process flow only not the .egp file) read only. i.e. when the end-user used the project, they can run it and get result, but they cannot modify the code.

Thanks,

Re: Make code read only in Process flow of a SAS EG project

Kurt_Bremser — Mon, 20 Jul 2020 14:06:37 GMT

Store the code as a .sas file on the server, and then make sure that only you have write permission to it there.

Re: Make code read only in Process flow of a SAS EG project

sasecn — Mon, 20 Jul 2020 14:14:19 GMT

Can you provide some steps how to save the code as .sas file on the server and set permissions from the EG project (.egp file)? Do I have to save each program code in each process flow?

Sorry for bother with these questions. If you have any recommended articles, please let me know.

Thanks,

Re: Make code read only in Process flow of a SAS EG project

AhmedAl_Attar — Mon, 20 Jul 2020 14:42:52 GMT

@sasecn

Beside reading the Enterprise Guide Help Documentation, have a look at this tutorial Getting Started with SAS Enterprise Guide , it may give some tips

Hope this helps,

Ahmed

Re: Make code read only in Process flow of a SAS EG project

Kurt_Bremser — Tue, 21 Jul 2020 09:00:31 GMT

I work with a UNIX server, so the workflow is this:

create a directory on the server outside your home directory
create symbolic links to this directory in the home directories of all users (including you)
in Enterprise Guide, open the program, select Save - Save as, Servers, your server, Home, and then the link to the directory
make sure that, when viewed from a commandline on the server with ls -l, the directory and files belong to you, and have a permission string of drwxr-xr-x (directory) and -rw-r--r-- (files)

Then, nobody but you can update the file. But they can still embed the code back into the project and edit it there.

EG project files are not really good for this type of collaboration.

Re: Make code read only in Process flow of a SAS EG project

sasecn — Wed, 22 Jul 2020 17:04:47 GMT

Thanks for the details. Even-though, I have to ask our company's IT to do this. But that is what I was looking for.