I've received multiple requests on how to disable the involuntary zoom in and out of a chart that happens when a user is viewing a report.  Sometimes it happens because they need to scroll down but the mouse is still on the chart and then they zoom in and struggle to get back to where they were.  I'm wondering if there is a way to disable it as an admin.  ... View more

There are Linux PAM modules like pam_oddjob_mkhomedir and the older pam_mkhomedir that do the job of automatically creating a home directory for a user that has not logged in before. This removes the requirement for administrators to manually create home directories for new Linux platform users. Unfortunately this does not work as expected with the SAS Object Spawner as it seems that the sasauth module does not trigger PAM session handling. There is a comment in the sasauth.conf file that confirms this (with respect to the use of Centrify): "Centrify requires that pam_setcred be called. sasauth traditionally has not done this, since there's no "session" like an interactive login." The Configuration Guide for SAS 9.4 Foundation for UNIX Environments also states that “Session and password modules are not supported”. In addition to SAS 9.2, 9.3, and 9.4, this also applies to the SAS Object Spawner used by SAS Studio 4.2 with SAS Viya 3.2   Whilst this no-session would be true for SAS Metadata Server authentication, it doesn't seem correct for the SAS Object Spawner, when launching standard SAS Workspace Servers as the requesting user, since that launch will fail if the user has no home directory.   Can we get the sasauth module enhanced to trigger PAM session handling and avoid the need for workarounds?    See the blog post and comments at https://platformadmin.com/blogs/paul/2017/04/sas-user-linux-home-dir-auto-creation/ for a discussion of why a workaround is necessary because of this.   Thanks Paul ... View more

We would like to know if it is possible to make the error when trying to log in more specific and indicate the reason why it was not possible. Sometimes the username and password are correct but the real reason for not being able to log in is that the account is locked in the active directory and this is not shown in the application message. Can the error messages be customized to be more specific? For example: Cannot log in because the user does not exist. Cannot login because the password is invalid. Cannot login because the account is locked in the active directory. Cannot login because your password has expired, or your password expires in x days.   ... View more

At the moment, it is possible to create a single connection to a single LDAP server and in that connection, 2 queries, a single query for users and a single query for the groups.   In the past, the User Bulk loading could allow an array of queries, for both the users and the groups, and also a certain pagination based on number of observations or based on alphanumeric order and you could split the queries.   It would be really nice and useful in SAS Viya, especially in SAS Visual Analytics environments, where it is expected a usage of thousands of users per organisation , the possibilities to:   Create multiple queries, for users and for groups, having different baseDNs and to split internally those queries in additional queries, based on number of observations and/or starting letter (alphanumerical)   ... View more

Hi All,  Just a request, it is possible to display user last login date/time as the attached pdf? It is requested by customer due to compliance policy. Cheers. Regards, Kian Sin ... View more

SAS needs similar functionality as RMarkdown that allows for code and output to be more directly controlled.    This would make it easier to create tutorials and reference materials for students, teaching and blog posts. Jupyter Notebook offers some functionality that's similar but doesn't have the full suite of capabilities as RMarkdown.    https://communities.sas.com/t5/ODS-and-Base-Reporting/create-SAS-help-pages-and-examples/m-p/716671#M24844 ... View more

Show timestamps beside existing programs in the open-file-dialog in  SASStudioV (Version 5.2 Viya 03.05). Perhaps also possibility to sort the rows i the dialog in  timestamp-order. Now it's sorted  by name and no timestamp visible..     ... View more

We are now using the Prompt Container with a list to achieve this but it's pretty "clunky." It is difficult to resize the title within the Prompt Container. I found out that I could add spaces to the title but then it would not resize appropriately so we couldn't use that option. Hovering over a Prompt Container with a list gives a strange looking Tip with the word "Selections" and we can't seem to format that as well.   Although I appreciate the Prompt Container and the ability to add multiple controls,  I'm hoping for a one object multiple select drop-down control at some point!     ... View more

Unless I'm missing the option, I don't see that there is a way to sort Rules in SAS Environment Manager.    It would be nice to be able to sort by the displayed columns by clicking the column either ascending or descending. ... View more

SAS Viya 3.4/3.5 User Activity Reports show URIs instead of report names, which would be more useful. Even though we can look them up via command line, most people use the web interface.   ... View more

I am producing a report in Viya that requires side by side pie charts. My problem is that the pie charts dynamically resize, not just based on screen real estate, but also due to the selected data. Quite often one is smaller than the other and the relative sizes swicth as different data is selected. What I would like is to have both charts the same radius.   I have found that when the label location is set to "outside" they resize depending on the data, so I am getting the two charts changing size when different data is selected. If I set the label location to automatic, they seem to stay the same radius.   Can there be a way of: a) locking in a minimum and maximum radius for pie/doughnut charts or b) setting the dimensions to match an adjacent object. ... View more

Line Chart labels do not avoid collision with lines or other labels causing the visualization to become unreadable and confusing to the user.  Collision avoidance is needed. Thank you.   (Viya 8.3.1)   ... View more

1. Make the smoothed weight of evidence (SWOE) available in PROC BINNING. I learned that a simulation conducted by SAS Institute showed the SWOE to perform the best across a wide variety of conditions. The SWOE formulae appear on p. 4-18 of the course documentation for the SAS Advanced Predictive Modeling course and the simulation findings are described on pp. 4-10 through 4-11.   2. Support project-building via flow diagrams in Viya as an option in line with the way SAS Enterprise Miner is used. If this feature were to be implemented, I highly recommend enabling control-Z as "undo" (which is not currently available in Enterprise Miner - something I discovered when I accidently deleted the contents of a diagram and could not get the diagram back via undo). ... View more

Two-way breadcrumbs are great because some users want to remove a selection but with a one-way breadcrumb, everything past that selection disappears. However, with two-way breadcrumbs, it's impossible to change the selections at times. An example:   A dropdown with Fall, Spring, and Summer options, where we selected Fall. We then select a college, and maybe gender.    I then remove college and gender and then want to go back and select Spring. I can't. I can only see Fall. I assume because the data is not for the fall so there is no way to go back and select Spring.    I can provide more context if needed.  ... View more

We've had multiple complaints and requests for breadcrumbs at the report filter level when we have multiple tabs in a report. It's difficult for users to remember what they selected because they can't always see their selections in drop-down controls or a prompt with a list control.  It tends to be inconvenient to create page filters and copy them to each tab because users have to reselect their options. ... View more

https://community.jmp.com/t5/JMP-On-Air/The-Prediction-Profiler/ta-p/255405   Hi,           An app like the Prediction Profiler in JMP(Above) would be great in VIYA. Students would love it!                      Thank you   ... View more

Could we add “Replace" option for global promote table in SASViya/CAS future version, which will be easy for process, and less confusion for both global and session tables with same name but not created in same time? Thanks. ... View more

Using sas studio in SAS viya environment, the infile statement doesn't support wild cards see https://blogs.sas.com/content/sasdummy/2018/10/09/read-multiple-text-files/#comment-329562  to see how wildcards can be used in infile.   In SAS studio with SAS viya, importing one file using this logic works: filename ACH FILESRVC folderpath = '/Users/jwalker/My Folder/My Data/'; data dsn; infile ACH("myfile1.txt") filename=filename;   However when trying to use wildcards to process all the files does not work: data dsn; infile ACH(*.txt) filename=filename; ... View more

Folks, its really discouraging that this is a topic at all.  I love the visual interface for building logistic models in SAS Viya, but if it can't calculate odds ratios I can't use it for research.  This is not some niche thing.  Adjusted odds ratios are a critical component of a huge part of published research.  We've got 20+ fit statistics but no odds ratios?    I guess I'll keep coding my own models so I can use the output.  Hard for my company to justify paying the exorbitant sums we're paying for something lacking BASIC functionality. ... View more