Accessing WRDS from SAS OnDemand

[kf8642610]

Hi,

I cannot remotely sign onto WRDS from SAS Studio OnDemand. I am using my personal PC (Mac) from outside the campus, and it seems that it is due to the proxy related connection problem. Following are the codes I used:

%let wrds=wrds-cloud.wharton.upenn.edu 4016;
options comamid=TCP remote=WRDS; 
signon username=_prompt_;

and

%let wrds=wrds-cloud.wharton.upenn.edu 4016;
options comamid=TCP remote=WRDS;
signon username=xxxx password="xxxxxx";

I was able to log into WRDS when I used the second code on campus using SAS software installed in the university PC. However, none of these are working at the moment in SAS OnDemand.

I even installed/connected to the University VPN, yet it is not working. 

I used Terminal to access WRDS cloud since I have Mac, but it is too hard for me to extract data using the Terminal. 

I was wondering whether I can remote log onto WRDS using SAS OnDemand off-campus.

Thanks in advance. 

[Cynthia_sas]

Hi:
I do not believe you have that functionality from inside the SAS OnDemand Server. You might want to work with the Wharton support for WRDS to verify. I think you sign on from this site to get to their contact information: https://wrds-www.wharton.upenn.edu/pages/about/?_ga=2.178948132.1283544892.1556286343-1361592916.155... .

Cynthia

[kf8642610]

Hi Cynthia,

Thanks for your response. I just received a support from WRDS and now I can use SAS Studio in WRDS!

Best regards,

Vicky

[AndreaFSU]

Hi Vicky, 

Can you let us know what the solution was? Was it a specific command? I am facing a similar problem trying to remote sign-on onto WRDS using SAS studio from my Mac. Thanks! 

Andrea

[kf8642610]

Hi Andrea,

Instead of accessing WRDS from SAS OnDemand, I logged into my WRDS account and then selected 'Get Data' tab - 'SAS Studio' under PROGRAMS menu - 'Open SAS Studio'. If you click SAS Studio, it will lead you to the log-in page. You just have to type in the same ID and Password you use for WRDS. 

If you do this, you do not need to remotely log-in and can just start writing codes or extracting the data directly even by clicking folders such as CRSP and  FF (Fama-French) which are in 'My Libraries'. I hope this helps.

Best,

Vicky