Acquire or Verify Your SAS Privileges

1.
On your SAS Visual Analytics computer, navigate to your equivalent of the following directory:
C:\Program Files\SASHome\SASManagementConsole\9.4
2.
Right-click sasmc.exe, and select Open.
start SAS Management Console
3.
Log on to SAS Management Console as the SAS Administrator. Here is an example of the necessary connection information:
connection to SAS Management Console
4.
On the Plug-ins tab, select User Manager.
5.
On the right, clear the Show Groups and Show Roles check boxes.
  • If you are not listed, go to the next step.
  • If you are listed, double-click your name, and make sure that your properties are as described in the remaining steps. No further action is needed.
users
6.
On the Plug-ins tab, right-click User Manager, and select Newthen selectUser.
new user
7.
On the General tab, enter your name.
user name
8.
On the Groups and Roles tab, move the Visual Analytics Data Administrators, Visual Data Builder Administrators, and SAS Administrators groups to the Member of list.
member of
Note: For the purpose of this book, the Visual Analytics Data Administrators group provides all necessary SAS privileges. The other group memberships are optional.
9.
On the Accounts tab, click New to add a login.
a.
Enter your Windows user ID in its fully qualified format (userID@domain.extension, domain\userID, or machine\userID).
b.
Do not enter a password.
c.
Select the DefaultAuth authentication domain.
d.
In the New Login Properties window, click OK.
new login
10.
In the New User Properties window, click OK.
new user
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