The error "Write access to member SASUSER.DATA.DATA is denied" might occur when you attempt to write to the SASUSER library in SAS® Enterprise Guide®


You might see this error when attempting to write to the SASUSER library in SAS Enterprise Guide.

A popup error that says "The open data operation failed. The following error occurred, [ERROR] Write access to member SASUSER.DATA.DATA is denied"

The Write access error occurs because the SASUSER library in a SAS planned configuration is set to Read-Only by default.

To work around this issue, follow these steps:

  1. Close SAS Enterprise Guide.
  2. Navigate to the C:\SAS\Lev1\SASApp folder and open the sasv9.cfg file in Notepad.
  3. Modify the line -rsasuser by commenting out the statement, as shown here:
    (/* -rsasuser */)
  4. Save the configuration file.
  5. Close and reopen SAS Enterprise Guide.