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BrianGaines · ‎06-14-2020

Hi @snoopy369, No worries at all about bringing this thread back to life. I looked into this and, from what I can tell, the defaultValue attribute for a DataSource element actually was first introduced in SAS Studio 5.1 and not SAS Studio 3.8. I believe its inclusion in the SAS Studio 3.8 documentation when James & I originally looked at it was a mistake, which is why it has since been removed from the documentation. At the time, I just didn't actually verify that it worked in that version. I did just try to use it in SAS Studio 3.8 and it also did not work for me, but it does work in SAS Studio 5.1. So unfortunately, the workaround I mentioned previously is still the only way to deal with it in SAS Studio 3.8 that I am aware of. Hopefully this information is helpful! Please post again if you have any additional task writing questions. Speaking of which, this is a shameless plug, but for this year's SAS Global Forum I wrote a paper on custom task writing. The focus of the paper is on writing custom tasks that generate CASL code, but I believe most of the tips and information in the paper are applicable to custom task writing in general. I just wanted to bring it to your attention in case the paper is useful. Best, -Brian

jamesBFD · ‎09-02-2019

Managed to figure this out myself. It's one of two connected things: 1. I had an empty data source tag inside the <DataSources> section in <Metadata>. As the SAS code that the task creates doesn't need a data source this is unnecessary so I removed it. 2. Saving a CTM file as a CTK causes it to insert into the Task template a <TemplateValues version="x.x"> section. That includes JSON data for the default values for the controls and data sources in the task. Making a new task that includes that TemplateValues tag data means a default value for the datasource can be taken out and any default values for controls that are unwanted. They then won't be overwritten when that CTM is saved as a CTK.

Kurt_Bremser · ‎06-27-2019

Submit this to SAS technical support ASAP. They are best when such internal errors (not caused by your code) happen.

Vince_SAS · ‎06-24-2019

Try this simple stored process, and be sure to specify the location and name of the PDF file that you want to save: %STPBEGIN() ods pdf file='specify-location-and-filename-for-PDF-file'; proc print data=sashelp.class; run; quit; %STPEND() Vince DelGobbo SAS R&D

AllanBowe · ‎06-07-2019

Yes indeed - the 'better way' would be to seperate style and content (frontend and backend) by putting your HTML / Javascript directly on the SAS Web Server (eg htdocs) and calling SAS Stored Processes via AJAX to retrieve just the data you need, when you need it. This approach is outlined here: https://www.rawsas.com/building-web-apps-with-sas/

jamesBFD · ‎05-14-2019

Thanks, the reset print statement worked perfectly.

BrianGaines · ‎05-10-2019

No problem, @jamesBFD, I'm glad to help! And it's great to hear that it solved your problem!

Jlochoa · ‎05-01-2019

I created a Global Repository using AWS S3 bucket to host the repository files (.ctm, .xml, .html...) so that custom SAS Tasks are automatically linked/created when a user logs into SAS Studio. As for hiding SAS Tasks depending on user groups, I have not done this type of configuration. I would be interested in this as well. As for hiding code or log while the SAS Task is running, the approach is as follows: 1) Create a .sas driver program that contains the macro variables (if required) from the .ctm inputs. 2) The driver program is placed at the very bottom of the .ctm file with a %include statement. 3) The same driver program has the following options at the top of the program, options minoperator nomstored nomlogic nomprint nodate nosource nonumber;

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