SAS Contextual Analysis projects enable you to use a data source that is located in a mapped drive.  Work with your SAS Contextual Analysis compute (application)-server administrator to follow the steps below to create a symbolic link to the location of the data source:

1. Assign the "Create symbolic links" right to the administrator's user account if needed:

2. Launch Command Prompt as an administrator and run the following command:

location - file system location where you want to create the symbolic link

UNC path - Uniform Naming Convention path to the directory on the mapped drive where your data source resides

Example:  you want to create a symbolic link named test under C:\temp.  Your mapped drive resolves to \\server\data in the Uniform Naming Convention path, and your data source resides in the data directory. Run this command:

If the symbolic link is created successfully, then the following message is displayed in Command Prompt:

3. Create a new SAS Contextual Analysis project.  Navigate to the data source in the mapped drive via the symbolic link when you select the Use files in a directory option on the "Data Source" tab:

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