Problem Note 68293: Canceling the metadata credentials prompt in SAS® Add-In for Microsoft Office might not prevent additional prompts
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When you are prompted for metadata credentials in SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office, an exception might occur or continued prompts for metadata credentials might appear:
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Exception information
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The connection to the SAS Metadata Server has been lost. To attempt to
reconnect, select Connections from the SAS->Tools menu and choose a profile. If
this problem persists, please contact your site administrator.
Exception information
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The connection to the SAS Metadata Server has been lost. To attempt to
reconnect, select Connections from the SAS->Tools menu and choose a profile. If
this problem persists, please contact your site administrator.
Beginning in SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office 8.0, canceling the metadata credentials prompt cancels the action that requires metadata credentials. In addition, the active connection profile becomes do not use a profile.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS Add-in for Microsoft Office | Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 6.1 | 8.0 | 9.4 TS1M5 | |
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit | 6.1 | 8.0 | 9.4 TS1M5 | |||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 6.1 | 8.0 | 9.4 TS1M5 | |||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit | 6.1 | 8.0 | 9.4 TS1M5 | |||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 6.1 | 8.0 | 9.4 TS1M5 | |||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 6.1 | 8.0 | 9.4 TS1M5 | |||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 6.1 | 8.0 | 9.4 TS1M5 | |||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 6.1 | 8.0 | 9.4 TS1M5 | |||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64 | 6.1 | 8.0 | 9.4 TS1M5 | |||
| Microsoft Windows 10 | 6.1 | 8.0 | 9.4 TS1M5 | |||
| Microsoft Windows 95/98 | 6.1 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server | 6.1 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server | 6.1 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Server | 6.1 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional | 6.1 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows NT Workstation | 6.1 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 6.1 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 6.1 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 6.1 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | 6.1 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 6.1 | 8.0 | 9.4 TS1M5 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | 6.1 | 8.0 | 9.4 TS1M5 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 6.1 | 8.0 | 9.4 TS1M5 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 6.1 | 8.0 | 9.4 TS1M5 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 6.1 | 8.0 | 9.4 TS1M5 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 6.1 | 8.0 | 9.4 TS1M5 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 6.1 | 8.0 | 9.4 TS1M5 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2016 | 6.1 | 8.0 | 9.4 TS1M5 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2019 | 6.1 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 6.1 | |||||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 6.1 | 8.0 | 9.4 TS1M5 | |||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 6.1 | 8.0 | 9.4 TS1M5 | |||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 6.1 | 8.0 | 9.4 TS1M5 | |||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 6.1 | 8.0 | 9.4 TS1M5 | |||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 6.1 | 8.0 | 9.4 TS1M5 | |||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 6.1 | 8.0 | 9.4 TS1M5 | |||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 6.1 | 8.0 | 9.4 TS1M5 | |||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 6.1 | 8.0 | 9.4 TS1M5 | |||
| Windows Millennium Edition (Me) | 6.1 | |||||
| Windows Vista | 6.1 | |||||
| Windows Vista for x64 | 6.1 | |||||
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | high |
| Date Modified: | 2021-08-20 15:42:43 |
| Date Created: | 2021-08-20 14:57:13 |