Month: June 2016

Be a SAS community ‘pen pal’

Years ago… in the world before internet, I had a pen pal who lived in England (it wasn’t Paul!). It was an exciting experience sharing stories over perfume-scented, floral stationery. While I had an assortment of fine stationery for different occasions, the extra special stationery was always spared for letters to my English friend. Our […]

An Easier Way to Trace SAS Metadata Permissions: Beta Testers Wanted

Most SAS® Administrators will be familiar with the challenge of understanding and remembering the relative precedence of SAS permissions. Perhaps you find yourself asking questions like “Why does that person have those permissions on that object?” or “Why doesn’t that person have permissions on that object?” (and then embarking on a time-consuming quest to find […]