Administering Role-Based Settings |
The following sections list all of the capabilities that are provided for use with SAS Enterprise Guide. The roles that are listed for each capability are those that are installed with SAS Enterprise Guide. The organization that is used in this topic matches the organization of capabilities in SAS Management Console.
Open or Import Capabilities |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
If granted, the user can open or import a file from the local file system. If not granted, the Open File dialog box does not allow the user to navigate to the local system, and the user cannot copy and paste or drag from the local file system. This capability does not provide a substitute for system security. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
If granted, the user can open an OLAP cube source in a project. If not granted, all menus and the tree view should not allow the user to open an OLAP cube or navigate to an OLAP server. |
Roles |
Programming, Advanced |
Description |
If granted, the user can open or import a file from the file system of a SAS server. If not granted, the Open File dialog box does not allow the user to navigate to the file system of the SAS server. The SAS server file system tree is also removed from the SAS Enterprise Guide tree view. This capability does not provide a substitute for system security. |
Roles |
Advanced |
Description |
If granted, the user can open a source from Microsoft Exchange into a project. If not granted, the menus and process flow diagram do not allow a Microsoft Exchange file to be opened. |
Roles |
Advanced |
Description |
If granted, the user can open a source from an installed OLE DB provider. If not granted, the menus and process flow diagram do not allow an OLE DB source to be opened. |
Roles |
Advanced |
Description |
If granted, the user can open a source by using an ODBC driver. If not granted, the menus and process flow diagram do not allow an ODBC source to be opened. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Open Information Map task. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Import Data task. |
Save or Distribute Capabilities |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
If granted, the user can save a file or project to the local file system. If not granted, the Save File dialog box does not allow the user to navigate to the local file system, and the user cannot copy and paste or drag to the local file system. This capability does not provide a substitute for system security. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
If granted, the user can save files or projects to the file system of SAS servers. If not granted, the Save File dialog box does not allow the user to navigate to the file system of the SAS server. The SAS server file system tree is also removed from the SAS Enterprise Guide tree view. This capability does not provide a substitute for system security. |
Roles |
Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
If granted, the user can change the output location for tasks and wizards. If not granted, all controls that allow the user to change the output location are removed from tasks and wizards. |
Roles |
Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
If granted, the user can copy and paste from SAS server files and libraries. If not granted, the applicable menu items are removed and the drag-and-drop feature is disabled. This capability does not provide a substitute for system security. |
Roles |
Advanced |
Description |
If granted, the user can create or modify a publish wizard to distribute content to a distribution channel. If not granted, the Publish menu item is removed, and the user is not allowed to make any changes to a publish wizard step. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
If granted, the user can create or modify a wizard to distribute files by using e-mail. If not granted, the menu items E-mail Recipient and E-Mail Recipient as a Step in Project are removed. The user is not allowed to make any changes in existing e-mail distribution steps. |
Content Capabilities |
Roles |
Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
If granted, the user can create and modify advanced queries in projects. If not granted, the Query Builder menu item is removed, and the user is not allowed to make any changes to existing advanced queries. |
Roles |
Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
The user can create or modify a table join in an advanced query. If not granted, the Add Table and Join menu items are removed. |
Roles |
Programming, Advanced |
Description |
If granted, the user can create and modify code nodes in projects. If not granted, the user is allowed to run the code in an existing project, but might not be able to make changes to the code. Users are also not allowed to open existing SAS programs in SAS Enterprise Guide projects. |
Roles |
Programming, Advanced |
Description |
If granted, the user can create or modify custom code that runs in a SAS Enterprise Guide task. If not granted, the user is not allowed to add or modify code in a task. |
Roles |
Programming, Advanced |
Description |
If granted, the user can create or modify stored processes in projects. If not granted, the Create Stored Process and Write TaskCode to Stored Process menu items are removed. The user is not allowed to make any changes to existing stored processes. |
Options Capabilities |
Roles |
Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
If granted, the user can change the internal server reference for all projects that run on the server. If not granted, the Select Server menu item is removed. |
Roles |
Advanced |
Description |
If granted, the user can change the security options for projects. If not granted, the user can view the security options, but cannot change them. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
If granted, the user can change the e-mail options for projects. If not granted, the user can view the e-mail options, but cannot change them. |
Roles |
Programming, Advanced |
Description |
If granted, the user can change the performance options for projects. If not granted, the user can view the performance options, but cannot change them. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
If granted, the user can modify the options that are listed in the Options dialog box. If not granted, the user can view the options, but cannot change them. |
Tools and Help Capabilities |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
If granted, by default the user can use custom tasks that are not registered in metadata. Specific custom tasks might still be disallowed. If not granted, the user cannot use custom tasks that are not registered in metadata. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
If granted, the user can modify the styles that are used to create reports. If not granted, the Style Manager menu item is removed. |
Roles |
Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
If granted, the user can create and modify scheduled projects. If not granted, the Schedule Project and Schedule Process Flow menu items are removed. If the user opens a project that contains a schedule project node, the user cannot modify the settings for the project. |
Roles |
Advanced |
Description |
If granted, the user can use the SAS Enterprise Guide Explorer application. If not granted, the Enterprise Guide Explorer menu item is removed. The user also cannot start the SAS Enterprise Guide Explorer application directly, from outside of SAS Enterprise Guide. |
Roles |
Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Assign Project Library task. |
Roles |
Advanced, Programming, Analysis |
Description |
Enables the Update Library Metadata task. |
Roles |
Advanced |
Description |
If granted, the user can open the Project Maintenance dialog box, which allows the user to rename servers and libraries throughout a project. If not granted, the user cannot open the Project Maintenance dialog box. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
If granted, the user can navigate to the SAS Technical Support Web site from SAS Enterprise Guide. If not granted, the menu items under SAS on the Web that link to SAS Technical Support are removed. |
Data Capabilities |
Roles |
Advanced, Programming, OLAP, Analysis |
Description |
Enables the Append Tables task. |
Roles |
Advanced, Programming, OLAP, Analysis |
Description |
Enables the Delete Data Sets and Formats task. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Compare Data task. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Data Set Attributes task. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Create Format task. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Random Sample task. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Rank task. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Sort Data task. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Standardize Data task. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Split Columns task. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Stack Columns task. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Transpose task. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Download Data Files to PC task. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Upload Data Files to Server task. |
Describe Capabilities |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the List Report Wizard task. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Distribution Analysis task. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Characterize Data task. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the List Data task. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the One-Way Frequencies task. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Summary Statistics task. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Summary Tables task. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Table Analysis task. |
Graph Capabilities |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Contour Plot task. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Bubble Plot task. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Radar Chart task. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Box Plot task. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Donut Chart task. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Area Plot task. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Pie Chart task. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Line Plot task. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Bar Chart task. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Create Map Feature Table task. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Surface Plot task. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Map Graph task. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Bar-Line Chart task. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Tile Chart task. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Scatter Plot task. |
ANOVA Capabilities |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Linear Models task. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Mixed Models task. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Nonparametric One-Way ANOVA task. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the One-Way ANOVA task. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the t Test task. |
Regression Capabilities |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Generalized Linear Models task. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Linear Regression task. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Logistic Regression task. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Nonlinear Regression task. |
Multivariate Capabilities |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Canonical Correlation task. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Cluster Analysis task. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Correlations task. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Discriminant Analysis task. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Factor Analysis task. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Principal Components task. |
Survival Analysis Capabilities |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Life Tables task. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Proportional Hazards task. |
Capability Capabilities |
Roles |
Advanced |
Description |
Enables the CDF Plots task. |
Roles |
Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Histograms task. |
Roles |
Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Q-Q Plots task. |
Roles |
Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Probability Plots task. |
Roles |
Advanced |
Description |
Enables the P-P Plots task. |
Control Charts Capabilities |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Box Chart task. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the c Chart task. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Individual Measurements Chart task. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the np Chart task. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the p Chart task. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the u Chart task. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Mean and Range Chart task. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Mean and Standard Deviation Chart task. |
Pareto Capabilities |
Roles |
Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Pareto Chart task. |
Time Series Capabilities |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Forecast Studio Create Project task. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Forecast Studio Open Project task. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Forecast Studio Override Project task. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the ARIMA Modeling and Forecasting task. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Regression Analysis with Autoregressive Errors task. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Basic Forecasting task. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Regression Analysis of Panel Data task. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Prepare Time Series Data task. |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Create Time Series Data task. |
Model Scoring Capabilities |
Roles |
OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced |
Description |
Enables the Model Scoring task. |
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