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This sample program illustrates one way in which the SAS^® Open Metadata Interface can be used to generate a listing of users and their group memberships as they are defined in a SAS metadata repository.

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These sample files and code examples are provided by SAS Institute Inc. "as is" without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Recipients acknowledge and agree that SAS Institute shall not be liable for any damages whatsoever arising out of their use of this material. In addition, SAS Institute will provide no support for the materials contained herein.

 
   /* Use the META* options to specify the options for connecting to the */
   /* metadata server that contains the user information. */

options metaserver=metadata_server_name.IP_address /* network name/address of the metadata server, */
                                                   /* for example, metaserver=d441.na.sas.com) */
                                        
        metaport=8561               /* The port on which the metadata server is listening. */

        metauser="metadata\userid"  /* The domain-qualified user ID for the connection to */
                                    /* the metadata server. */

        metapass="password"         /* Password for the METAUSER= user ID. */
 
        metaprotocol=bridge         /* Protocol for the metadata server. */  

        metarepository=Foundation;  /* The default location of the user information that */
                                    /* is in the foundation repository. */

data users_grps;
   length uri name group groupuri $256 id $20;
  
       /* Initialize variables to missing. */
   n=1;
   uri='';
   name='';
   group='';
   groupuri='';
   id='';
  
       /* Determine how many person objects are defined. */
   nobj=metadata_getnobj("omsobj:Person?@Id contains '.'",n,uri);
   if nobj=0 then put 'No Persons available.';

   else do while (nobj > 0);

         /* Retrieve the current person's name. */
      rc=metadata_getattr(uri, "Name", Name);

	 /* Get the group association information for the current person. */
      a=1;
      grpassn=metadata_getnasn(uri,"IdentityGroups",a,groupuri);
      
         /* If this person does not belong to any groups, set their group */
         /* variable to 'No groups' and output the name. */
      if grpassn in (-3,-4) then do;
         group="No groups";
         output;
      end;

         /* If the person belongs to any groups, loop through the list */
         /* and retrieve the name of each group, outputting each on a */
         /* separate record. */
      else do while (grpassn > 0);
         rc2=metadata_getattr(groupuri, "Name", group);
         a+1;
         output;
         grpassn=metadata_getnasn(uri,"IdentityGroups",a,groupuri);
      end;
	   
         /* Retrieve the next person's information. */
      n+1;
      nobj=metadata_getnobj("omsobj:Person?@Id contains '.'",n,uri);
   end;
  keep name group;
run;

   /* Display the list of users and their groups. */
proc report data=users_grps nowd headline headskip;
   columns name group;
   define name / order 'User Name' format=$30.;
   define group / order 'Group' format=$30.;
   break after name / skip;
run;

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These sample files and code examples are provided by SAS Institute Inc. "as is" without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Recipients acknowledge and agree that SAS Institute shall not be liable for any damages whatsoever arising out of their use of this material. In addition, SAS Institute will provide no support for the materials contained herein.

   User Name                       Group

   SAS Administrator               No groups

   SAS Demo User                   Oracle Group 
                                   Portal Demos
                                   User Group 1

   SAS Guest                       No groups

   SAS Trusted User                SAS General Servers
                                   SAS System Services

   SAS Web Administrator           Portal Admins
                                   SAS System Services

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