A profile
defines the connection between SAS Enterprise Guide and a SAS Metadata
Server. The SAS Metadata Server contains metadata definitions for
objects such as workspace servers, libraries, and users that are used
by SAS Enterprise Guide and other applications. After you use a profile
to connect to a source of metadata definitions, you can use SAS Enterprise
Guide Explorer to define libraries. However, the primary application
for creating metadata definitions is SAS Management Console, which
you can also use to define libraries, as well as servers, users, groups,
and authorization settings.
If you use SAS Enterprise
Guide without a profile, you can access only a SAS server that is
installed on your local machine. You cannot define libraries or share
SAS resources with other SAS applications.