Step 6: Add SAS Users

Now that you have deployed SAS and successfully validated that your software is working properly, it is time to add your SAS users to the SAS system. Adding host or domain accounts for SAS users to the SAS metadata gives each user a SAS metadata identity. This enables SAS users to use the software and access SAS metadata objects.
Perform the following steps to add SAS users to SAS metadata:
  1. Grant the host or domain accounts for each user the required Log on as a batch job right. You can do this by adding the user accounts to the SAS Server Users group that was created in the section Set Up an Operating System Group.
  2. Create a metadata identity for each user. Follow these steps using SAS Management Console:
    1. Log On Dialog Box
      From the Windows Start menu, select All Programsthen selectSASthen selectSAS Management Console.
    2. Log On Dialog Box
      In the Log On dialog box, enter the credentials for the SAS Unrestricted User (sasadm@saspw) and the password specified when you deployed SAS.
    3. SAS Management Console User Manager Window
      Select User Manager.
    4. Select Actionsthen selectNewthen selectUser.
    5. New User Properties Dialog Box
      In the Name text box, enter the name of the user.
    6. Click the Accounts tab, and then click New.
    7. New Login Properties Dialog Box
      Enter the fully qualified user ID (for example, domain\user-ID or machine\user-ID). Leave the Password field blank and keep the default value DefaultAuth for the Authentication Domain field.
    8. Click OK.
    9. Then, click OK again.
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Last updated: September 19, 2017