Why is the N: drive accessed in the ENS lab and the N: drive accessed via Citrix different?
The Citrix version of EM runs on a machine outside of the ECE dept., and therefore has its own storage space that is different from your ECE LRC account storage space.
Data
Where to save project files?
Always save your project on the drive local to where Enterprise Miner is running (e.g. usu. drive C:, for the citrix server and the LRC lab machines). After you are done, then back it up to a non-local drive. This will speed things up a lot as Enterprise Miner writes numerous intermediate files to disk during computation.
How to import text data into EM?
1) Minimize the window, allowing the SAS window to be active
2) select from the menu: File/Import
This will allow you to import a variety of text data into one of the libraries in EM. See the next question on how to create/use a permanent library.
Try to use 8 chars for variable headings (limitation of SAS)
How to create a customized library?
Assuming you have enough space on your home directory, you can
1) create a new library, e.g. mydatalib in the SAS window (the file
cabinet icon) that is assigned to your home directory, e.g. h:\mydatalib
2) import your data into this library once and for all
3) However, each time you open EM, you won't see this 'mydatalib' library
because it is not added to the default list of libraries. To remedy this,
a){SASROOT} is where EMiner is installed, e.g. C:\SAS or N:\Ntapps\SAS
copy this file from {SASROOT}\addon\dmine3\autoexec.sas
to somewhere in your homedirectory, e.g. h:\autoexec.sas
b) append h:\autoexec.sas with this line
libname mydatalib 'h:\mydatalib'
c) now, you can create your own shortcut to EM in your homedirectory,
(Just copy the current EM shortcut), and change the target to:
{SASROOT}\sas.exe -config {SASROOT}\addon\dmine3\config.sas -autoexec
h:\autoexec.sas
This way, you tell EM (with your customized shortcut) to run your
h:\autoexec.sas each time, so that your personal library will show up.