How is Data Backing in SAS EG

[anoopmohandas7]

Hello,

We use SAS EG by running it through Citirx i.e running it from a virtual machine. I had a talk with the SAS admins and tney informed me that data is backed by them. But my past experiences in recovering data has proved that it's always safe to keep a copy of it though admin might be backing it up.

So my question is apart from manually saving a copy of the code/project in a different project is there a way to automate it so that we can implement it across the team. I am also aware of the project recovery option in SAS EG as well the commit option. But I am curious to explore if I had any options for individual codes that are not part of a project and hence cannot be committied.

[LinusH]

If there's something about the existing backup / restore functionality that you aren't happy about, it seems easier / better to fix that rather than go ahead and implement a team specific solution.

[anoopmohandas7 · Accepted solution]

Hmm. Thanks. After talking to admins they again confirmed that the data is getting backed every day 3 times a day. So for now we have decided to convert codes into projects and do a commit on them and save it.

Thanks for your thoughts.

[SASKiwi]

A much higher level of EG code and project backup control can be achieved with version control tools if you think it would be useful.

[anoopmohandas7]

Thanks. Do you have any specific in mind that other than GIT ?

[SASKiwi]

We are actually using MS Visual Studio and TFS (Team Foundation Server) with EG and it is very nice indeed. From within MVS double clicking on a SAS program opens it directly in EG - no more remembering what directory you stored your program in or figuring out what is the current version. This is so superior to manual code management.