This SAS note documents steps for manually modifying sharing and ownership of SAS Forecast Studio for Desktop projects.  The manual modification uses project files on the file-system. You can use this manual method as an alternative to using the SAS Forecast Project Manager for Desktop user interface.  The user interface requires that you have administrative Forecast Studio for Desktop capabilities. 

 

Following these steps should allow other users of the environment to access the project from their SAS Forecast Studio for Desktop application.

1. On the file system, navigate to the environment folder\Registry\Projects folder. environment folder is the location of the SAS Forecast Studio for Desktop environment where the project is saved.

2.  Use a text editor to open the registry file that is associated with the project. This registry file has the same name as the project name. 

3. Change the sharing flag in the file from false to true, and save the file.

 

 

Following these steps should change the ownership of the project to the user ID that you specify in the registry file and Project.xml files.

1.  Use a text editor to open the registry file that is associated with the project from the  environment folder\Registry\Projects folder.  (See steps 1 and 2 from the section above for details.)

2. Edit the user_own and user_create flags in the file.  Point to the user ID that you want to own the project.  By default, these flags point to the user ID of the original owner of the project.  Save the file after making the change.

3. Navigate to the environment folder\Projects\project name folder.  Open the Project.xml file in a text editor. 

4. Edit the Project.xml file to change the createdByUserID and owningUserID values.  Specify the user ID of that you want to own the project.  By default, these flags point to the user ID of the original owner of the project. Save the file after making the change.

The user ID should now be able to access the project from their SAS Forecast Studio for Desktop application. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	Product Release		SAS Release
			Reported	Fixed*	Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	SAS Forecast Studio for Desktop	Windows 7 Professional 32 bit	12.1		9.3 TS1M2
		Windows 7 Home Premium x64	12.1		9.3 TS1M2
		Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit	12.1		9.3 TS1M2
		Windows 7 Enterprise x64	12.1		9.3 TS1M2
		Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit	12.1		9.3 TS1M2
		Microsoft Windows XP Professional	12.1		9.3 TS1M2
		Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std	12.1		9.3 TS1M2
		Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std	12.1		9.3 TS1M2
		Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter	12.1		9.3 TS1M2
		Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter	12.1		9.3 TS1M2
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64	12.1		9.3 TS1M2
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2	12.1		9.3 TS1M2
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008	12.1		9.3 TS1M2
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64	12.1		9.3 TS1M2
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition	12.1		9.3 TS1M2
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition	12.1		9.3 TS1M2
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition	12.1		9.3 TS1M2
		Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64	12.1		9.3 TS1M2
		Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit	12.1		9.3 TS1M2
		Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64	12.1		9.3 TS1M2
		Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit	12.1		9.3 TS1M2
		Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64	12.1		9.3 TS1M2
		Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit	12.1		9.3 TS1M2
		Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64	12.1		9.3 TS1M2
		Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit	12.1		9.3 TS1M2
		Microsoft® Windows® for x64	12.1		9.3 TS1M2
		Windows 7 Professional x64	12.1		9.3 TS1M2
		Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit	12.1		9.3 TS1M2
		Windows 7 Ultimate x64	12.1		9.3 TS1M2
		Windows Vista	12.1		9.3 TS1M2
		Windows Vista for x64	12.1		9.3 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.

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Type:	Usage Note
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Date Modified:	2019-01-02 12:19:51
Date Created:	2018-12-13 15:51:14