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vamsinuthalapat
Obsidian | Level 7

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?

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ballardw
Super User

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

vamsinuthalapat
Obsidian | Level 7

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

Like work parameter value setup in sasv9_local.cfg file. 

SASKiwi
PROC Star

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. 

Sajid01
Meteorite | Level 14

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

vamsinuthalapat
Obsidian | Level 7
Hi @Sajid01,

Usually customization not required but few business units using it. So, checking configurations related to this.
gwootton
SAS Super FREQ
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;
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Greg Wootton | Principal Systems Technical Support Engineer
Sajid01
Meteorite | Level 14

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).

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