Tag Archives: Best Practices

WriteMemberMetadata Permission

By Paul Homes | Published: 16 July 2011

The WriteMemberMetadata (WMM) permission was a welcome addition back when SAS 9.2 was released, because it allowed an administrator to distinguish between a users ability to manage a metadata folder from their ability to manage its contents. In SAS 9.1.3 there was only the WriteMetadata (WM) permission and, if you had the ability to manage [...]

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Favourite Platform Admin Papers from SAS Global Forum 2011

By Paul Homes | Published: 9 June 2011

These are some of my favourite papers from SAS Global Forum 2011. As a platform administrator and metadata fan I am obviously biased to a specific subset of papers. I’m sure there were many other great papers at the conference, but these are the ones that I liked the most based on my own interests. [...]

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Resources for Designing and Configuring I/O Subsystems for SAS® Software

By Paul Homes | Published: 3 September 2010

As a SAS platform administrator, I often find myself discussing the importance of well designed I/O subsystems with customers and I.T administrators/architects. Sometimes it can be a challenge explaining how important it is for SAS applications to have a high sustained sequential I/O throughput. In some cases they may not consider I/O requirements for SAS [...]

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Roles (or not) in Access Controls: SAS® 9.1.3 vs SAS® 9.2

By Paul Homes | Published: 19 August 2010

Today I noticed a difference between SAS 9.1.3 and SAS 9.2 with respect to the use of roles in metadata security access controls. In SAS 9.1.3 it was possible, though not recommended, to use roles in access controls such as Access Control Entries (ACEs) and Access Control Templates (ACTs). Here is a screenshot of SAS [...]

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Best Practices with SAS® 9 Metadata Security Presentation at SFANZ 2010

By Paul Homes | Published: 18 August 2010

Thanks to everyone who attended my presentation at SFANZ last week, especially those who asked questions and provided feedback. If you would like a copy of the presentation, you can download it here in both PowerPoint and PDF formats. It should also be available from the SAS Forum Australia & New Zealand site too. Best [...]

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