About this Document

This document helps you understand and use the security features of the SAS Intelligence Platform. This document assumes that you are familiar with the concepts and terminology that are introduced in SAS Intelligence Platform: Overview.

This document is organized as follows:

• The first four chapters contain the following basic information:

  • a brief overview of security features

  • instructions for the main security tasks

  • essential facts about SAS users, groups, and roles

  • an orientation to using SAS metadata-layer permissions

• The other chapters contain detailed reference information and instructions for specialized tasks.

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