Assume Another User's Identity

If you have user administration capabilities, you can temporarily add an internal account to another user's definition. This enables you to log on as that user, which can be useful for validating changes or troubleshooting problems.
  1. On the users's Accounts tab, click Create Internal Account and then enter and confirm a password.
    Note: By initial policy, internal passwords must be at least six characters, don't have to include mixed case or numbers, and don't expire.
    Tip
    To ensure that you won't have to change the password on first use, set the account password to never expire.
  2. Use the internal account ID and password to log on to a SAS application and see what access and features the user has.
    Note: Because you aren't using the user's external account ID, this technique won't reproduce a problem that is caused by the user not having a well-formed definition.
    Note: You can't use an internal account to log on to a Web application that uses Web authentication.
  3. When you are finished, return to the user's Accounts tab and click Delete to remove the internal account.