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Problem Note 55449: "The user does not have permission to perform this action" error when importing SAS® code into SAS® Data Integration Studio
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When you use the code importer to import SAS code into SAS Data Integration Studio, you might receive the following error:
Error accessing metadata: The user does not have permission to perform this action.
You might also receive errors similar to the following in your import log:
ERROR - com.sas.metadata.remote.MdException: The user does not have permission to perform this action.
at com.sas.metadata.remote.MdOMIWrapperImpl.DoRequest(MdOMIWrapperImpl.java:791)
at com.sas.metadata.remote.MdOMIUtilImpl.DoRequestNoReturn(MdOMIUtilImpl.java:2635)
at com.sas.metadata.remote.impl.MdObjectBaseXMLImpl.updateMetadataAll(MdObjectBaseXMLImpl.java:535)
at com.sas.metadata.remote.MdObjectStoreImpl.updatedMetadataAll(MdObjectStoreImpl.java:332)
at com.sas.etl.models.impl.OMRAdapter.save(OMRAdapter.java:430)
at com.sas.wadmin.sascodeimporter.JobParser.createJob(JobParser.java:407)
at com.sas.wadmin.sascodeimporter.JobParser.parseAndCreateJob(JobParser.java:154)
at com.sas.wadmin.sascodeimporter.AnalyzeCode.runAnalyze(AnalyzeCode.java:222)
at com.sas.wadmin.sascodeimporter.SASCodeImporterTab.doAnalyze(SASCodeImporterTab.java:632)
at com.sas.wadmin.sascodeimporter.SASCodeImporterTab.access$1000(SASCodeImporterTab.java:76)
at com.sas.wadmin.sascodeimporter.SASCodeImporterTab$1.run(SASCodeImporterTab.java:575)
at com.sas.workspace.OpRequestUI$cOperationThread.run(OpRequestUI.java:932)
Caused by: com.sas.iom.SASIOMDefs.GenericError: The user does not have permission to perform this action.
at com.sas.iom.SASIOMDefs.GenericErrorHelper.read(GenericErrorHelper.java:21)
at com.sas.iom.SASIOMDefs.GenericErrorHelper.extract(GenericErrorHelper.java:46)
at com.sas.meta.SASOMI._portable_stub_IOMI.DoRequest(_portable_stub_IOMI.java:581)
at com.sas.metadata.remote.MdOMIWrapperImpl.DoRequest(MdOMIWrapperImpl.java:742)
... 11 moreThe error messages might occur if the user who is importing the SAS code does not have WriteMetadata permissions to library and table objects referenced in the code. WriteMetadata permissions to the library and tables should not be required to import the SAS code into a SAS Data Integration Studio job.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS Data Integration Studio | Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 4.8 | 4.901 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit | 4.8 | 4.901 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 4.8 | 4.901 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit | 4.8 | 4.901 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 4.8 | 4.901 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 4.8 | 4.901 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 4.8 | 4.901 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro | 4.8 | 4.901 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 4.8 | 4.901 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 4.8 | 4.901 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | 4.8 | 4.901 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 4.8 | 4.901 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 4.8 | 4.901 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 4.8 | 4.901 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 4.8 | 4.901 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 4.8 | 4.901 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 4.8 | 4.901 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 4.8 | 4.901 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 4.8 | 4.901 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 4.8 | 4.901 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 4.8 | 4.901 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 4.8 | 4.901 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 4.8 | 4.901 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 4.8 | 4.901 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||