Local vs Remote server

[AJ_Brien]

Hello, 

I'm new to SAS and just wanted to get a few concepts right, googling hasn't helped so far.

I run my codes on SAS EG which is connected to SASApp or SAS Metadata server.

Is SASApp a local or a remote server?

When I use winscp, I understand that the left hand side is the local machine and the right hand side is unix. On the right hand side I have a folder called sasuserhome and every user has their individual sasuserhome folders. Is this sasuserhome folder located on local or remote server?

And then there are the actual sasgrid folders that I understand are remote servers where all the production files usually go. How do I transfer files from the sasuserhome server to this sasgrid server? I tried using x cp command but that seems to be not working. Is proc export the way to go here?

Thank you.

[34reqrwe]

SASApp is remote . 

Sounds like your sasuserhome is remote . 

Before you start writing to where 'production files usually go' suggest you talk to your Unix administrators . 

If you are copying files you could theoretically do that within winscp if you had the correct permissions.

Or if copying SAS datasets  you could do that using a libname. Depends what you are trying to do . 

[AJ_Brien]

I was able to create the log file in sasuserhome location using 'proc printto log = [path of sasuserhome location]' command but now I need to make sure everyone else can access them, so I need to move them to the sasgrid location to which everyone has access. I tried x cp for doing that but that didn't work. Was wondering how can I make such transfers.?

I tried replacing the sasuserhome path with the sasgrid path in the 'proc printto log' command hoping the log files would directly be created in the sasgrid and I wouldn't have to transfer, but then no files were created at all.

[andreas_lds]

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@AJ_Brien wrote:

I was able to create the log file in sasuserhome location using 'proc printto log = [path of sasuserhome location]' command but now I need to make sure everyone else can access them, so I need to move them to the sasgrid location to which everyone has access. I tried x cp for doing that but that didn't work. Was wondering how can I make such transfers.?

I tried replacing the sasuserhome path with the sasgrid path in the 'proc printto log' command hoping the log files would directly be created in the sasgrid and I wouldn't have to transfer, but then no files were created at all.

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"didn't work" means anything or nothing, please post the error message. To get a solution working in your environment you should talk to your it-staff.

[AJ_Brien]

I'm sorry, when I used x cp, then nothing happened.

I have raised a request to get IT support but this usually takes weeks (if they ever contact back), I really can't count on them for any help/ guidance.

Is there any specific question that you have that I can try answering that would help you help me? 🙂

[AJ_Brien]

Another thing I noticed, when I try to directly write into the file on the sas grid folder (the one that is accessed by everyone), I get the error: physical file does not exist. 

I even tried reading a dataset from that sas grid location and got the same error. However I can access that location through winscp. Is there anything specific I need to do to access that location through my SAS EG code?

[andreas_lds]

Maybe SASApp is not allowed to access the shared folder.

[AJ_Brien · Accepted solution]

Yeah so this is what I did, and looks like it works.

Just got into properties, under code submission selected use grid if available.