Create a Shared Profile Deployment

After you define profiles, you can configure the deployment so that it is shared by SAS Enterprise Guide users. Whenever you make changes to the profile configuration, such as changing the machine that is specified in a profile or adding a new profile, you must provide the changed information to SAS Enterprise Guide users so that they can find the changed profiles. By storing the profile configuration information in a shared location and enabling SAS Enterprise Guide to automatically apply configuration updates, you can avoid manually updating SAS Enterprise Guide users.

To configure profile deployment in SAS Enterprise Guide Explorer, follow these steps:

Select ToolsProfile Deployment Wizard.

The Profile Deployment Wizard starts. Page 1 lists the tasks that the wizard will perform. Click Next.
Page 2 of the wizard lists the name and type of the active profile. To change the active profile or to define a new profile, click Configure Profiles. Click Next.
Page 3 enables you to test the connection to all of the machines that are defined in profiles. When you click Begin Test, the application attempts to establish a connection to each of the defined machines. The Status column indicates whether the connection was successful. When you have finished the test, click Next.
Page 4 enables you to specify the location of the shared configuration update file. By using automatic updating, you can make changes to the profile configuration in SAS Enterprise Guide Explorer, and those changes will automatically be sent to all SAS Enterprise Guide users.

If you specified the location of the configuration update file in the Updates area in the Connections dialog box, then the value that you specified is listed in this field. If you did not specify the location, then enter a network location that all SAS Enterprise Guide users can access.
Click Next.
Specify the location where SAS Enterprise Guide Explorer stores the profile configuration files.

The SDSUpdate.xml file contains the configuration information that is read by SAS Enterprise Guide to provide automatic updating. When the configuration is complete, you should move this file to the location that you specified in step 4. The SDSControl.xml file is distributed with the SAS Enterprise Guide installation package in your organization. This file specifies the location of the automatic update file.

Specify a location on your local drive for these files. When the configuration process is complete, copy the files to the appropriate location.
Click Next.
Specify whether you want to view the readme file. Then click Finish to create the profile configuration files.
Copy the SDSUpdate.xml file from the work directory that you specified when you first configured the profiles to the network location that you specified in the Connections dialog box.
Copy the SDSControl.xml file from the work directory to the network location for the SAS Enterprise Guide installation image. If you change the location of the configuration update file, you must copy the changed SDSControl file to all machines where SAS Enterprise Guide is installed.