Specifying RSASUSER
enables a group of users to share Sasuser data library members by
enabling all users to have read-only access to members. For example,
if RSASUSER is in effect, each user can open the Sasuser.Profile catalog
for read-only access, enabling other users to concurrently read from
the Profile catalog. However, no user can write information out to
the Profile catalog; you receive an error message if you try to do
so.
Specifying RSASUSER
in a SAS session affects only that session's access to files. To enable
a group of users to share members in the Sasuser data library, the
system administrator should set RSASUSER in the network version of
the SAS configuration file, which is shared by all users who share
the Sasuser data library.
If you specify RSASUSER
but no Profile catalog exists in the Sasuser data library, the Profile
catalog is created in the Work data library.
Whether the RSASUSER
system option is useful depends on how SAS is being used. While the
RSASUSER system option is extremely useful when users must share information
(such as the Profile catalog) stored in the Sasuser data library,
it is not useful if these same users are using
SAS/ASSIST software.
SAS/ASSIST software requires update access to the Sasuser data library.