Pre-generated Reports from SAS Web Report Studio

Verifying Permissions for the Distribution Library

SAS Web Report Studio stores information about report distribution (such as channels and recipients' e-mail addresses) in SAS data sets. By default, the storage is set up as follows:

Data sets are in your equivalent of the SAS-configuration-directory\Lev1\SASApp\Data\wrsdist directory on the metadata server.
A corresponding SAS library is registered in metadata (for example, SASApp - wrsdist) within the \Products\SAS BI Report Services folder path.
The SAS library, SASApp-wrsdist, is designated as the distribution library for SAS Web Report Studio and can be viewed or managed in the BI Rep Svc Wkspace Config 4.3 Properties dialog box within the SAS Management Console Configuration Manager.
The launch credential of the server-side pooled workspace server (for example, sassrv) has full access to this directory. In the standard configuration, only this account reads from or writes to this directory.

If you adjust your workspace server configuration, it might be necessary to adjust host access to this directory as follows:

If you alter the standard configuration so that SAS Web Report Studio uses standard workspace servers, give users who create distribution lists full access, and make sure that users who distribute reports have read access.
If you alter the standard configuration so that SAS Web Report Studio uses client-side pooled workspace servers, give every puddle login full access.

CAUTION:: The primary security concern for the wrsdist directory is limiting the write access so that users cannot add themselves to inappropriate distribution lists.

If pooling is enabled, pooled users in the Windows environment need modify access to the directory. Pooled users in the UNIX and z/OS environments require read, write, and execute access to the directory.

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