Enterprise Miner copied project / cannot open

Question

we have the following problem. We tried, in the management console, in the folder view, to copy a miner project form one folder to another. If we try to open it from EM (Enterprise Miner) we get an error message:

"The selection is not a mining project"

If we try to open it from the original folder everything works perfectly. We have not moved the files on the filesystem. Only copied in the management console. The user who is trying to open it has all the permissions to do so. I also tried with my username and I get the same problem. Anyone have any idea why?

Thanks in advance, Umberto

Answer 1

The way that SAS products interface with Base SAS can be very complicated. Take a look at SAS KB 32904, which gives a description on how to do move a project.

1. Copy the project folder from the current location to the new location using filesystem commands

2. Open SAS Enterprise Miner and select "View Metadata..."

3. Delete the project

4. Create a new project using the same name and specifying the new location

In your case, let's assume we have a project named "Foo" whose project folder (not the metadata folder) is in C:\Have and we want to move it to C:\Want.

Navigate to C:\Have and copy the folder Foo to C:\Want.

Next, open up Enterprise Miner, click "View Metadata...", and find the metadata object for project Foo. Right click and delete. If you skip this step, SAS will error out at the last step of project creation saying that metadata for this project already exists.

Create a new project named Foo. Point its location to C:\Want (do not point it to C:\Want\Foo), and click Next. EM will pause for a moment, and a box will pop up:

Click "Yes." After you are done creating the new project, you will find that all diagrams and datasets are restored.