Prerequisites for Actions

Some actions that can be selected on the Status Handling tab require server setup, as described in the following table.
Prerequisites for Status Handling Actions
Action
Description
Any action that sends e-mail.
E-mail must be enabled for the SAS Workspace Server that executes the job that includes the action. For more information, administrators should see the section called "Add or Modify E-Mail Settings for SAS Application Servers" in the SAS Intelligence Platform: Application Server Administration Guide.
Send Event
SAS Foundation Services must be installed, and the Event Broker Service must be properly configured for the software that receives the events. For more information, see the documentation for SAS Foundation Services and for the software that receives the events.
Custom
The Custom action enables you to call SAS code to provide user-defined status handling for a job or transformation. Examples include SAS code that is added to the Precode and Postcode tab in a job or transformation, or a macro in a SAS Autocall library. The SAS code must have valid SAS syntax based on the location it is being called from.
If you call a macro in a SAS Autocall library, the SAS Application Server that executes the job must be able to access the relevant Autocall library. For details about making Autocall macro libraries available to SAS Data Integration Studio, see the “Administering SAS Data Integration Studio” chapter in the SAS Intelligence Platform: Desktop Application Administration Guide.
Any action that requires a libref
The libref must be assigned before the job or transformation executes. To assign a library within SAS Data Integration Studio, you can select the Pre and Post Process tab in the properties window for the job or transformation and then specify a SAS LIBNAME statement as a preprocess.
To assign a library outside of SAS Data Integration Studio, you can pre-assign the library to the SAS Application Server that is used to execute the job. Some tasks that are associated with pre-assigning a SAS library must be done outside of SAS Data Integration Studio or SAS Management Console. For details, see the “Assigning Libraries” chapter in SAS Intelligence Platform: Data Administration Guide.
Note: If an action requires you to specify a physical path, then use relative paths for portability.