Hi @Quentin,   Ideally yes a second environment with SAS and LSF to test the deployment and scheduling (obviously the schedule wouldn't run in the same frequency but it enables the developer to get things right before handing over for release).     However in the real world, like your site and a site we manage this sometimes doesn't fit; At a site we manage the developers who have rights to schedule etc are now finding issues like what happens when they go on leave for a period of time, who monitors the job and re-triggers if they fail - given the jobs are scheduled using their ID becomes painful - you need to find a happy medium and have a good relationship with your SAS administrators 😉 .   You could have a group setup in LSF with a lower priority that you could test your schedules and then pass to your admins to release in the production queue etc.   Barry      ... View more

There are particular options in LSF that enable you to allow non-owners to trigger jobs... although the are still called 'Administrators'...   Role Where defined Summary of permissions Normal user Any operating system user on LSF hosts. All users are automatically assigned this role. Normal users can view flow definitions, flows, calendars, and jobs that are owned by all users but can control only work items that they own. Process Manager administrator Users that are specified in JS_ADMINS in the file js.conf after the first one that is listed. Process Manager administrators have full control over all Process Manager items of all users. Process Manager administrators can view, control, and modify flow definitions, flows, calendars, and jobs on behalf of other users. Process Manager Control administrator Users that are specified in JS_CONTROL_ADMINS in the file js.conf. Process Manager Control administrators can view flow definitions, flows, calendars, and jobs that are owned by all users and can control flows and jobs on behalf of other users. Process Manager Group administrator Users that are specified as GROUP_ADMIN in LSF user groups in thelsb.users file when JS_ENABLE_GROUP_ADMIN=true in js.conf. Group administrators can view flow definitions, flows, and calendars owned by all users. Group administrators can control flows and jobs on behalf of users who are members of the same LSF user group.   As an admin I for one like the Idea to only allow admin to schedule (Should have been tested in UAT prior to being released and scheduled in production so no need to test) however this has other issues like who monitors job and resolves issues if it failes etc ... View more

I am Wondering if VA is at the same point of it's life cycle as WRS was when VA was released, given the shift in focus to SAS Viya ... View more

AWS Hosts Worldwide   AWS has about 9 Regions where they host, each Region is split by at least two availability zones.  If your setup is basic with no failover etc your SAS server was stood-up in one of those availability zones.  That Region/Zone was selected by whoever set up the ec2 server and may not be your closest. You could Live on the west coast of the states and have your server in europe, not ideal. For myself I am in Auckland New Zealand and our closest AWS Region is Sydney Australia etc ... View more

Hi.   Really hard to say how to fix with out knowing you network topography and how AWS is setup for your site   What region is you EC2 running, and is it the closest region to your location.  Is you organisiation using AWS direct connect between your Site and AWS or are you accessing over the internet connection?   Several options, Look into direct connect (this will increase you bandwidth and thru put), another option is to have EG installed on a server in AWS and you RDP onto that.     Also Just a warning, AWS charges for data out, so everytime you view a dataset like you have decribed it is costing you organisation money, having EG in AWS also will not incur that data download cost.   Another issue could be that your PC that you have EG installed on is underpowered and is struggling? ... View more

Does this work when not using the a macro var in the name, the error indicates and issue with Library permissions not the table name...    Also what is the value of the macrovar when you get the issue?   Barry ... View more

Have seen this before also but can't recall the exact problem...     I gather the user can't log onto the server directly   Given you have rebooted the server etc, a rouge session doesn't seem to be the issue...   do you have credentials stored in the metadata? or hardcoded in SAS code?  are there any SAS jobs running on the server when the account is locked?  Is it after they do something in SAS or is it even when they don't do anything?   Although it is the SAS server that is seen to be be doing this it may not be SAS that is the issue....   Barry ... View more

Have you got a SAS profile defined or a SAS metadata server running? ... View more

Then you are not testing like for like, try accessing through the information map from EG, as your information map may be using another server etc which may not have the same SAS products installed ... View more