Problem Note 35431: The format of the metadata-key parameter in the outputgen command causes some parameters to be ignored when scheduling reports on the UNIX platform
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When scheduling a job in SAS® Web Report Studio, an in-line command is created to run the outputgen utility. The metadata-key parameter is added to this command line. However, because the format of the metadata-key value includes a semicolon, the UNIX command line processor ignores everything that follows the semicolon. Therefore, the outputgen utility has no way to recognize such additional parameters.
For example, if you add the --log and --log-level parameters to the command line after the --metadata-key parameter, they will be ignored. Also, the value for the --source parameter can be a metadata-key and thus, the same problem will occur.
This problem might cause errors when attempting to schedule a report in SAS Web Report Studio.
If you manually create your own command line for the outputgen utility, the parameters can be listed in any order. However, to work around this problem you should list the --metadata-key parameter last.
Another way to avoid the problem is to add the --log-file and --log-level parameters directly to the server definition. Parameters that are supplied by the server definition take precedence over job specific options.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS Enterprise BI Server | 64-bit Enabled AIX | 4.2 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 4.2 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 4.2 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||||
| HP-UX IPF | 4.2 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||||
| Linux | 4.2 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||||
| Linux for x64 | 4.2 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||||
| Solaris for x64 | 4.2 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||||
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | medium |
| Date Modified: | 2009-04-07 10:21:21 |
| Date Created: | 2009-04-02 10:31:20 |