During a BI Server installation, when you are performing the steps in the instructions.html file, you may receive the following error message when you attempt to add a new Foundation metadata repository:

   User does not have permission to perform this action

This message will appear if incorrect information was entered for the machine name or server name of the computer during the SAS Configuration Wizard process or if the machine name information was deleted from the SAS required account dialog boxes during the SAS Configuration Wizard process.

During the SAS Configuration Wizard process, you are prompted for the passwords for the SAS required accounts, and the SAS Configuration Wizard will automatically populate the machine name and account information (for example, the SAS Administrator account dialog box may have something like testbox\sasadm, where "testbox" is the first part of the machine's full computer name of testbox.na.sas.com).

It is recommended that you do not change the information that the SAS Configuration Wizard automatically presents in the SAS required account dialog boxes, unless for some reason you need to specify a different machine than the one you are on.

If you do change the information that the SAS Configuration Wizard populates, then it may be necessary for you to do the following in order to successfully add the Foundation metadata repository:

1. Stop your SAS Metadata Server from running
2. Remove all SAS Services manually (see 012462 for details on removing services), or by using the SAS Services Configuration Utility located off of the SAS 9.1. Utilities menu. Details on removing a service using this utility can be found in the manual "SAS Companion for Microsoft Windows" in Chapter 9 "Using Windows System Tools with SAS under Windows" (http://support.sas.com/onlinedoc/913/docMainpage.jsp).
3. Uninstall the SAS Configuration Wizard by going to Start>Settings> Control Panel>Add or Remove Programs.
4. Reinstall the SAS Configuration Wizard, and when the SAS Configuration Wizard prompts you for the password for the SAS required accounts, do not change the machine name information that is already pre-populated by the SAS Configuration Wizard. You should only need to enter the password information.
5. Once a new instructions.html file is generated, you should now be able to add the new Foundation metadata repository

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