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Administering Role-Based Settings

Capability Listings

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


Open Files from Local Computer

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.


Open Cube from OLAP Server

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.


Open Files from SAS 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.


Open Data from Exchange

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.


Open Data from OLEDB

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.


Open Data from ODBC

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.


Open Information Map

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the Open Information Map task.


Import Data

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the Import Data task.


Save or Distribute Capabilities


Save Files to Local Computer

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.


Save Files to SAS Servers

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.


Modify Output Data Location in SAS Tasks

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.


Copy and Paste SAS Server Content

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.


Publish to Distribution Channel

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.


Send Content to E-mail Recipient

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


Create or Modify Advanced Query

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.


Create or Modify Data Join in Advanced Query

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.


Create or Modify SAS Program

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.


Add or Modify Custom Code to SAS Task

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.


Create or Modify SAS Stored Process

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


Modify SAS Server Reference in Project or Document

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.


Modify Security Options

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.


Modify E-mail Options

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.


Modify Performance Options

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.


Modify All Options

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


Access Unregistered Custom Tasks

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.


Modify Styles

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.


Create or Modify Schedules

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.


Access SAS Enterprise Guide Explorer

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.


Assign Project Library

Roles

Advanced

Description

Enables the Assign Project Library task.


Update Library Metadata

Roles

Advanced, Programming, Analysis

Description

Enables the Update Library Metadata task.


Access Project Maintenance

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.


Access SAS Technical Support

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


Append Tables

Roles

Advanced, Programming, OLAP, Analysis

Description

Enables the Append Tables task.


Delete Data Sets and Formats

Roles

Advanced, Programming, OLAP, Analysis

Description

Enables the Delete Data Sets and Formats task.


Compare Data

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the Compare Data task.


Data Set Attributes

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the Data Set Attributes task.


Create Format

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the Create Format task.


Random Sample

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the Random Sample task.


Rank

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the Rank task.


Sort Data

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the Sort Data task.


Standardize Data

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the Standardize Data task.


Split Columns

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the Split Columns task.


Stack Columns

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the Stack Columns task.


Transpose a set of data

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the Transpose task.


Download Data Files to PC

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the Download Data Files to PC task.


Upload Data Files to Server

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the Upload Data Files to Server task.


Describe Capabilities


List Report Wizard

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the List Report Wizard task.


Distribution Analysis

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the Distribution Analysis task.


Characterize Data

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the Characterize Data task.


List Data

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the List Data task.


One-Way Frequencies

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the One-Way Frequencies task.


Summary Statistics

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the Summary Statistics task.


Summary Tables

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the Summary Tables task.


Table Analysis

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the Table Analysis task.


Graph Capabilities


Contour Plot

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the Contour Plot task.


Bubble Plot

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the Bubble Plot task.


Radar Chart

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the Radar Chart task.


Box Plot

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the Box Plot task.


Donut Chart

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the Donut Chart task.


Area Plot

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the Area Plot task.


Pie Chart

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the Pie Chart task.


Line Plot

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the Line Plot task.


Bar Chart

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the Bar Chart task.


Create Map Feature Table

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the Create Map Feature Table task.


Surface Plot

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the Surface Plot task.


Map Graph

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the Map Graph task.


Bar-Line Chart

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the Bar-Line Chart task.


Tile Chart

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the Tile Chart task.


Scatter Plot

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the Scatter Plot task.


ANOVA Capabilities


Linear Models

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the Linear Models task.


Mixed Models

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the Mixed Models task.


Nonparametric One-Way ANOVA

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the Nonparametric One-Way ANOVA task.


One-Way ANOVA

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the One-Way ANOVA task.


t Test

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the t Test task.


Regression Capabilities


Generalized Linear Models

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the Generalized Linear Models task.


Linear Regression

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the Linear Regression task.


Logistic Regression

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the Logistic Regression task.


Nonlinear Regression

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the Nonlinear Regression task.


Multivariate Capabilities


Canonical Correlation

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the Canonical Correlation task.


Cluster Analysis

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the Cluster Analysis task.


Correlations

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the Correlations task.


Discriminant Analysis

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the Discriminant Analysis task.


Factor Analysis

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the Factor Analysis task.


Principal Components

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the Principal Components task.


Survival Analysis Capabilities


Life Tables

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the Life Tables task.


Proportional Hazards

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the Proportional Hazards task.


Capability Capabilities


CDF Plots

Roles

Advanced

Description

Enables the CDF Plots task.


Histograms

Roles

Advanced

Description

Enables the Histograms task.


Q-Q Plots

Roles

Advanced

Description

Enables the Q-Q Plots task.


Probability Plots

Roles

Advanced

Description

Enables the Probability Plots task.


P-P Plots

Roles

Advanced

Description

Enables the P-P Plots task.


Control Charts Capabilities


Box Chart

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the Box Chart task.


c Chart

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the c Chart task.


Individual Measurements Chart

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the Individual Measurements Chart task.


np Chart

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the np Chart task.


p Chart

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the p Chart task.


u Chart

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the u Chart task.


Mean and Range Chart

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the Mean and Range Chart task.


Mean and Standard Deviation Chart

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the Mean and Standard Deviation Chart task.


Pareto Capabilities


Pareto Chart

Roles

Advanced

Description

Enables the Pareto Chart task.


Time Series Capabilities


Forecast Studio Create Project

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the Forecast Studio Create Project task.


Forecast Studio Open Project

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the Forecast Studio Open Project task.


Forecast Studio Override Project

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the Forecast Studio Override Project task.


ARIMA Modeling and Forecasting

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the ARIMA Modeling and Forecasting task.


Regression Analysis with Autoregressive Errors

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the Regression Analysis with Autoregressive Errors task.


Basic Forecasting

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the Basic Forecasting task.


Regression Analysis of Panel Data

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the Regression Analysis of Panel Data task.


Prepare Time Series Data

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the Prepare Time Series Data task.


Create Time Series Data

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the Create Time Series Data task.


Model Scoring Capabilities


Model Scoring

Roles

OLAP, Analysis, Programming, Advanced

Description

Enables the Model Scoring task.

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