Prerequisites for Running a DataFlux Job or Profile in a SAS Data Integration Studio Job

These additional prerequisites apply if you want to incorporate a DataFlux data job, process job, data service, or profile into the flow for a SAS Data Integration Studio job. The job, service, or profile must be deployed to a DataFlux Data Management Server. It is assumed that this server is secured with a SAS Metadata Server, as described in the next section.

SAS Data Integration Studio can access DataFlux jobs, services, or profiles if they have been deployed to a DataFlux Data Management Server. In production environments, this server is usually secured. It can be secured with either a DataFlux Authentication Server or a SAS Metadata Server. SAS offerings that include SAS Data Integration Studio 4.8 and later typically use the SAS Metadata Server to authenticate users on a DataFlux Data Management Server. The administrator who maintains your data management environment should know which authentication method is being used to secure the server where the DataFlux jobs, services, or profiles have been deployed.

If authentication is handled by a SAS Metadata Server, then follow the steps in the next section. If authentication is handled by a DataFlux Authentication Server, then see Prerequisites for Running a Job When a DataFlux Server Is Used for Authentication.

A DataFlux Data Management Studio user deploys jobs, services, or profiles to a DataFlux Data Management Server. He or she should ensure that the objects can be executed on the server and that they deliver the expected results. The next display shows a job, Sort Emp, that has been deployed to a server called DM Server 1.

For information about deploying jobs, services, and profiles, see the chapters for data jobs, process jobs, and profiles in the DataFlux Data Management Studio User’s Guide.

This task is performed on the Data Management Servers riser in DataFlux Data Management Studio. It is performed by the administrator for the DataFlux Data Management Server where jobs, services, or profiles have been deployed. This administrator grants users or groups the general permission to list and execute deployed objects on the data management server. He or she also grants the appropriate user or group access to these specific objects.

For example, you can grant List and Execute permissions to the SAS Data Integration Group, as shown in the next display.

Next, identify the individual jobs, services, or profiles on the server that SAS Data Integration Studio users should be able to execute. Grant the appropriate user or group access to these specific objects. For example, you can grant permissions so that the SAS Data Integration Group can access Sort Emp, as shown in the next display.

For more information about these tasks, see the “Security Administration” chapter in the DataFlux Data Management Server Administrator’s Guide.

After you have met the prerequisites above, you can do the following tasks: