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Problem Note 64540: You see an "access is denied" error when you try to view a workflow diagram with SAS® Workflow Administrator on SAS® 9.4 (TS1M6)

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When you edit a workflow-enabled object in a SAS® solution, such as SAS® Model Risk Management, you might not be able to view the diagram of the associated workflow instance. When you select the Workflow tab to view the running workflow instance, you might see the following error:

Cannot access this application: Access is denied. To access the SAS Workflow Administrator application, you must log in using an account name that is a Workflow Administrator role.

The problem occurs with SAS 9.4 (TS1M6). In SAS 9.4 (TS1M6), a user must have the Workflow Administrator role in order to view a workflow diagram in a SAS solution. Prior to SAS 9.4 (TS1M6), you could use the SAS® Web Administration Console to assign workflow template management roles to users and groups. The SAS Web Administration Console in SAS 9.4 (TS1M6) might not include the ability to assign these roles. As a result, users might not be able to view a workflow diagram with SAS Workflow Administrator.

Click the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue.

After the hot fix is installed, you must assign the Workflow Administrator role to users who should have the ability to see the workflow diagram in the SAS solution. In the Authorization page of the SAS Web Administration Console, choose a user or group, and assign the role, ROLE_WORKFLOW_ADMINISTRATOR, as shown below:

SAS Web Administration Console

 

Notes:

  1. In order to assign roles in the SAS Web Administration Console, you must log on as the sasadm@saspw user or as an administrative user in the ROLE_ADMIN role.
  2. When you use Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox to assign roles, the Finish button might remain inactive. To work around the issue, use the Google Chrome web browser.


Operating System and Release Information

Product FamilyProductSystemProduct ReleaseSAS Release
ReportedFixed*ReportedFixed*
SAS SystemSAS Web Infrastructure PlatformMicrosoft® Windows® for x649.4_M69.4_M79.4 TS1M69.4 TS1M7
64-bit Enabled AIX9.4_M69.4_M79.4 TS1M69.4 TS1M7
64-bit Enabled Solaris9.4_M69.4_M79.4 TS1M69.4 TS1M7
HP-UX IPF9.4_M69.4_M79.4 TS1M69.4 TS1M7
Linux for x649.4_M69.4_M79.4 TS1M69.4 TS1M7
Solaris for x649.4_M69.4_M79.4 TS1M69.4 TS1M7
* 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.