CASE STUDY: Implementing and Administering SAS® Enterprise Guide® Across the Enterprise As a Solution for Data Access Security Ulf Borjesson Evangeline Collado Linda Sullivan University of Central Florida

Session Highlights  Who We Are  Security & Reporting Need Drivers  SAS Enterprise Guide as the Solution  Integrating Systems with Enterprise Guide  New Security Dimensions  Administration of Enterprise Guide  User Support

University of Central Florida (UCF)

Introduction to the EDS Office Enterprise Decision Support  Unit of Institutional Knowledge Management (IKM)  Data Integration Services  Business Intelligence & Information Portal  Enterprise Data Warehouse  Support Decision-making and Planning

Security & Reporting Need Drivers  Aging hardware  Updates needed for reporting data mart (MS SQL Server)  Enhanced security policies  Operational system ad-hoc query tool change

Integrating Systems with Enterprise Guide  SAS server & systems administration  Integrated Windows Authentication (IWA)  Metadata security groups & access control templates  Query & custom solution conversions  SAS Stored Processes  Enterprise Guide projects  ODBC data set extract conversions  Custom user applications  Data delivery options

New Security Dimensions for EG  Integration with university MS Active Directory Domain Services  New security groups for access & function control  New business process for access requests  Multiple domain access  Windows service account, Windows authentication  Local library references

Administration of Enterprise Guide Responses to significant increase of EG users  Creation of installation depot  Automating predefined option settings EGOPTIONS.xml and ConfigurationV42.xml  MS Sharepoint site - maintenance schedule, tech info  Future development Identify unit IT points of contact for Enterprise Guide issues Enhance server performance monitoring

Enterprise Guide User Support  Individual installation & initial orientation  Individual training by EDS development team  Hands-on workshops for new EG users  User reference documents: Enterprise Guide User’s Quick Start Guide Enterprise Guide Training Resources  EG User reference page within Information Portal  Support challenge: Widely varied user query skill sets

Summary Enterprise Guide has proven to be:  Powerful  Flexible  Adaptable  Versatile  Secure THE SOLUTION OF CHOICE!

Contact Information Ulf Borjesson Systems Administrator Phone: Evangeline (Angel) Collado Senior Database Programmer/Analyst Phone: Dr. Linda Sullivan Director, Enterprise Decision Support Phone: Website: