Problem Note 50290: An error occurs intermittently when you try to update metadata objects from SAS® client applications
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You might occasionally receive an error similar to the following when you attempt to update metadata objects from any SAS® client application:
ERROR: The requested person or identity group with name 'username' does not exist in metadata.
The error occurs when ResponsibleParty objects are fetched from the SAS® Metadata Repository. Therefore, attempting to update any object that has a ResponsibleParty object associated with it potentially can produce this error. The error, which occurs intermittently, has been reported specifically in SAS® Data Integration Studio when Job objects objects are updated.
The problem is a result of issues with thread concurrency that cause conflicting query locks in the SAS® Metadata Server, which is why the problem is generally intermittent.
There is no workaround for this problem other than to retry the update request.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS Metadata Server | Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition | 9.21 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition | 9.21 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||||
| Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | 9.21 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||||
| z/OS | 9.21 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition | 9.21 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.21 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.21 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.21 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.21 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | 9.21 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64 | 9.21 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.21 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.21 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||||
| Windows Vista | 9.21 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||||
| Windows Vista for x64 | 9.21 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.21 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||||
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 9.21 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.21 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.21 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||||
| Linux | 9.21 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||||
| Linux for x64 | 9.21 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.21 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||||