The error "Unable to load the children for the item named "xxx"" occurs when expanding a library after refreshing in SAS® Enterprise Guide®


In SAS® Enterprise Guide® 8.3, SAS® Enterprise Guide® 8.4, and SAS® Enterprise Guide® 8.5, the following error occurs:

"Unable to load the children for the item named "WORK".

This issue occurs when you complete steps similar to the following:

Scenario One

  1. Submit the LIBNAME statement twice with access=readonly in a way that overwrites a library already defined in pre-assign.
  2. Refresh the library.

Scenario Two

  1. Submit a LIBNAME statement on SASApp. For example, libname test "c:\temp";.
  2. Expand the Libraries in the Servers list to view the TEST library.
  3. Submit the same LIBNAME again with the access=readonly: libname test "c:\temp" access=readonly; option.
  4. Right-click Libraries in the Servers list and click Refresh. The icon for the TEST library now contains a lock icon because it is read-only.
  5. Click the TEST library to open it. The error occurs.

Scenario Three

  1. First, choose to submit the read-only library.
  2. Open the Libraries branch of the Server-Tree. Then, submit the LIBNAME to make it writable.
  3. Refresh the library. The error occurs.

There is no workaround for this issue.

The issue is fixed in SAS® Enterprise Guide® 8.6.