I've been having this gray area about PC Files for several years now. If you read the definition of what it serves for:   SAS PC Files Server and the associated SAS/ACCESS Interface to PC Files enable SAS users to access and manipulate data stored in various PC file formats, such as Microsoft Excel and Access, directly within SAS. This allows users to read data from these files, use it in SAS reports and applications, and create PC files from SAS datasets.  Yet, on a SAS 9.4 platform WITHTOUT PC Files installed, I do the following: 1.- In SAS Studio, open any SAS dataset from a library 2.- Export the dataset as a Microsft XL file (xlsx) 3.- In a SAS program, run the following: Libname PC XLSX "<MyFolder>\postalcodes.xlsx"; proc import datafile="<MyFolder>\postalcodes.xlsx" dbms=xlsx out=work.postalcodes replace; run; My SAS products list shows 'SAS/Access interface to PC Files' and that's it. So why would I need PC Files??? ... View more

Hi, I want to use the 'sas-viya' CLI tool with Viya 21-##-##. I've set the trusted certificate (copied from the sas-logon pod) and a valid sas user, I get 'Login failed. Bad userid or password'. While trying the documented 'sas-viya --insecure auth login', which bypasses the TLS auth, I still can't connect.   Attached is the output I get using: sas-viya --insecure auth login --verbose   Any clues appreciated. Thx.   ... View more

Hi,   Yes, I know, don't ask me why we need to know this, but as a SAS Admin, we need to know everything. We may not care, but we need to have the answer, more precisely.   I searched pretty much every SAS pod in my deployment, but to no avail.     Rex       ... View more