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Usage Note 53915: Preventing access to specific SAS® object types from SAS® Home 7.52 and earlier

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To prevent users from opening certain object types from SAS Home 7.52 and earlier, follow these steps:

  1. Log on to SAS® Management Console as an administrator.
  2. From the Plug-ins tab, navigate to Application Management ► Configuration Manager ► SAS Application Infrastructure ► Visual Analytics 7.x.
  3. Right-click Visual Analytics Hub 7.x and select Properties.
  4. In the Properties dialog box, click the Advanced tab.
  5. Click Add to open the Define New Property dialog box.
    1. For the Property Name, enter vah.typesToSuppressCSV
    2. For the Property Value, enter any of the following values, depending on which objects you want to block:

Object

Property Value

Stored process StoredProcess
Stored process report Report.StoredProcess
SAS report (2G) Report.BI
SAS report Report
Visual exploration VisualExploration
Visual data query VisualDataQuery
Table Table

 

Note: To block more than one object type, separate the object types with a comma. For example, the following entry blocks stored processes, stored process reports, and tables: StoredProcess,Report.StoredProcess,Table

  1. Click OK twice to exit both dialog boxes and save the changes.
  2. To enforce the new setting, restart your web application server.

When this property is enforced, users cannot open the specified object types from the SAS Visual Analytics home page. If all object types are specified, then users cannot browse at all from the home page.



Operating System and Release Information

Product FamilyProductSystemProduct ReleaseSAS Release
ReportedFixed*ReportedFixed*
SAS SystemSAS Visual AnalyticsMicrosoft® Windows® for x647.19.4 TS1M2
Linux for x647.19.4 TS1M2
* For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be fixed.