Debugging SAS error message "ERROR: Cannot retrieve metadata from SAS Metadata Repository."

Question

I get the above error when submitting code as follows:

337   data x;
338   set nz.aa;
ERROR: Cannot retrieve metadata from SAS Metadata Repository.
339   run;

The NZ library is on a Netezza server accessed via UNIX (libname engine), SAS 9.1.3. Our signon script is automated and not easily visible.

What is the most likely cause of such a message, and/or how can further detail be obtained?

Answer 1

I'd first check to see that the user running the code has permissions in metadata to read the library. That seems the most likely culprit to me.