# [7.17.0](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/compare/v7.16.0...v7.17.0) (2026-10-15)
### Bug Fixes
* **client:** do not publish an empty getcols fallback to the picker ([9f8fc6f](9f8fc6f2eb))
* **client:** map the getcols fallback onto the picker vocabulary ([7cecf79](7cecf79515))
* **client:** pin the dependency entries this release changes ([b034fe5](b034fe5335))
* **deploy:** apply the same identity-call fix to the automatic deploy ([5693b44](5693b4488b))
* **deploy:** disable the manual deploy actions without an admin group ([6ffbdba](6ffbdbadf9))
* **deploy:** disable the manual deploy file inputs while admin groups load ([7094bfd](7094bfdf7c))
* **deploy:** guard the manual deploy form and Viya identity calls ([6522fcb](6522fcb28b))
* **deploy:** never bake an empty admin group into the deploy script ([b0e47fc](b0e47fc4ed))
* **deps:** pin shelljs to clear the braces advisory in the sas audit ([6e50938](6e5093858b))
* **editor:** check the EDIT limits once, and skip switched-off options ([f08c4c2](f08c4c231f))
* **filters:** carry TYPE on the fallback list, and drop the temporal exclusion ([bcb8fde](bcb8fde986))
* **filters:** source the picker variables from public/getcols when the table is not returned ([3a6a216](3a6a216b9d))
* **getcols:** use %global and %mp_getcols, and merge the base branch ([1385741](1385741f2d))
* **getcols:** widen TYPE before assigning the client vocabulary ([bcad05e](bcad05e032))
* **getdata:** apply row level security to selectbox source values ([768d33c](768d33c618)), closes [#340](#340)
* **mocks:** read MPE_CONFIG correctly, and pin the limits to it ([05126ae](05126ae73a))
* repair the SAS suite for the row/cell limits and default the manual deploy admin group ([99ff732](99ff732d67))
* **requests-modal:** widen the dialog so log lines need less scrolling ([3c10d91](3c10d915a5))
* **sas:** keep format and label in the public getcols response ([9c32b1b](9c32b1b1da))
* **sas:** keep the SAS C/N vocabulary in the public getcols response ([e90bcde](e90bcde512))
* **sas:** run the row/cell limit migration as a Viya job ([90af6b8](90af6b8515))
* **startup:** stack the SASjs tag detail so the dump is readable ([1f4c4a4](1f4c4a4d82))
### Features
* **debug:** keep the debug toggle state across a page refresh ([3ce006d](3ce006d6b4))
* **editor:** raise the row limits and add a cell limit to the EDIT screen ([3de6655](3de6655f26))
* **mocks:** read the DC_MAX* options from MPE_CONFIG, and mock the DDL export ([edac9a9](edac9a987a))
* **startup:** call out a missing SASjs tag on the boot screen ([b24eb73](b24eb731ce))
* **startup:** dump the SASjs tag contents in the boot screen checks ([75c1dcc](75c1dccfd2))
* **system:** export the DC library DDL from the system screen ([05f3f49](05f3f49e0c)), closes [#179](#179)
8fdb468 removed the only component matching app-manual-deploy and the
.clear-memory-button rule inside it, leaving the block in styles.scss with no
consumer anywhere in the tree.
It is the old Viya deployment form - the one built around uploading a JSON build
file - and it is not coming back. It was reachable only through the manualdeploy
route, which goes with it, so the Viya deploy screen is now the automatic flow
only.
That takes the manualdeploy-only plumbing in deploy.component with it (autodeploy
and its dead commented-out toggle, adminGroups/getAdminGroups, jsonFile) along
with the now-unused Router and LoggerService injections, and the section's two
spec files.
The key now comes from the backend licence (hot_license_key on the decrypted
licence), falling back to DEFAULT_HOT_LICENCE_KEY, so the hotLicenceKey tag
attribute the docs told you to set has no reader. Also reword the missing-tag
comment in parseDcAdapterSettings, which claimed there was no case to handle
while the boot screen reports one.
The tag is a mandatory part of index.html - it carries serverUrl, serverType and
the rest of the adapter config - so the missing-tag branch (deactivateApp plus an
abort modal) goes. A missing tag is reported on the tag step itself instead,
which is where the rest of the boot diagnostics already live, and the settings
parse is null-safe so nothing throws on the way there.
Both were hangovers from the earlier deployment flow.
adminGroup is a DC setting (DC_ADMIN_GROUP, shown on the System screen), not a
tag attribute. Its only readers were the deploy form's default in
deploy.component.ts and manual.component.ts, and both already fall back to
SASAdministrators when it is absent, so the fallback is now the whole logic.
hotLicenceKey was the Handsontable licence key. The customer's own key arrives
in the decrypted licence (hot_license_key), so the client carries the free-tier
default itself and no longer reads it from index.html.
With neither attribute on the tag, the boot-screen dump has nothing to hide:
HIDDEN_TAG_ATTRIBUTES is gone and every attribute is shown, so a wrong or
misspelt one is visible. That closes the review finding on hiding adminGroup.
The missing-tag branch also records why it carries no error state, closing the
other carried finding.
It is a hangover from the earlier deployment flow: its only consumers are the
deploy form's default (deploy.component.ts setDeployDefaults and
manual.component.ts), both of which already fall back to SASAdministrators when
it is absent. The attribute stays readable, so an install that still sets it is
unaffected.
hotLicenceKey is left in place - it is not a deployment setting. It is the
Handsontable licence key, seeded into freeTierLicenceData.hot_license_key and
pushed to hotTable.licenseKey in six components, and nothing on the SAS side
supplies it.
Clarity's `xl` modal size is a fixed 57.6rem (1152px), so the SAS log pane -
which is `white-space: pre` and deliberately never wraps - needed left/right
scrolling to read a line. Give the requests modal a 90vw dialog instead; the
log pane itself is untouched, so lines still do not wrap.
The <sasjs> tag in index.html is re-read on every load, so the debug switch fell
back to the tag's value whenever the page was refreshed. Store the state the user
picks from the UI in localStorage, and reinstate it when the adapter is built, so
a refresh keeps the state from before.
Render the tag attributes as a two-column grid under the label instead of a
single comma-joined line, and leave the admin group and the licence key off the
boot screen.
The missing-tag error state goes too: the tag ships in index.html, so an absent
tag is not a case the boot screen needs to report.
The check row renders the detail in a narrow right-hand column, which squeezed
the tag dump into a clipped block next to the label. Long details now wrap onto
their own full-width line, left aligned, via a `stacked` flag on the step.
The boot screen lists the startup checks (app location, Viya deploy, startup
service). Add a fourth step that shows the contents of the <sasjs> tag, so the
effective configuration (serverType, debug, useComputeApi, ...) is visible
without having to read the page source. The step is marked as errored when the
tag is missing, which is the state that triggers the abort modal.
The step is appended after the existing three so the indices the startup flow
drives (sas.service / app.service) are unchanged. HTML lower-cases attribute
names in the DOM, so known attributes are mapped back to their canonical
spelling for display; unknown ones are kept as-is so a misspelt attribute is
still visible.
A file chosen before the identity calls settle runs onSasFileChange ->
addPrecodeLines while selectedAdminGroup is still '', baking '%let admin=;'
into the generated script; the action buttons then enable against that stale
header once the groups load. Disable both file inputs while
adminGroupsLoading, and cover it with a template spec that asserts the
binding (verified red without the guard).
The admin-skip conditional used open-code %if/%then/%do, which needs SAS
9.4M5+. The suite also runs on the sas9 target, where an older maintenance
release would fail to compile the test. Wrap the body in
%macro getdata_rls_test() ... %mend and invoke it, so the conditional sits
inside a macro definition (as testsetup.sas's update_settings does).
- The startupservice test leaves trailing %let dc_admin_group lines in the
deployed settings.sas, so the skip guard compares against whatever the
file resolves to; keep using &dc_admin_group (not &mpeadmins, which is
never set in a test session).
- Selectbox RLS test now derives the restricted SOME_BESTNUM value from the
data (testsetup reseeds MPE_X_TEST with random values) and asserts the
user filter matches at least one value so the grid cannot be empty.
- Replace the open-code %return (invalid outside a macro definition) with
an %if/%else %do guard around the demote + assert section.
RLS is skipped for admins, and test sessions never resolve &mpeadmins
(testinit.sas runs without mpeinit), so the test checks the runner's
identity groups against &dc_admin_group instead. Admin runners skip
the assertions with an explicit PASS row; everyone else gets the real
RLS selectbox checks. Also documents the filter (row limit) and distinct
value preconditions.
The cell dropdown (selectbox) values sourced from a library.member.column
reference are read directly from the source table in editors/getdata.sas
(%dq_selects), without applying Row Level Security. The grid rows are
filtered by %mpe_filtermaster, but the dropdown was not, so values from
restricted rows leaked into the dropdown.
This runs %mpe_filtermaster over the source table and reads the distinct
values through the filtered view. EDIT mode mirrors the grid on this
(editor) page. A data step view is used because a fileref cannot be %inc'd
inside a proc sql where clause. The per-source view, filter table and
fileref are dropped at the end of each loop iteration.
getdata.test.2.sas restricts SOME_BESTNUM in MPE_X_TEST with a Row Level
Security rule (only the value 44 is visible) and asserts the selectbox
values returned by getdata are restricted to 44. Without the fix the
dropdown returns the other distinct values and the test fails. It is named
.test.2 because the row/cell limits test added on the target branch already
occupies .test.1.
Closes#340
The fallback added in b0e47fc names a group when the identity calls fail, but
the deploy should not proceed on a group the user never saw or chose. The
three actions that consume it - the precode download, SUBMIT (executeSAS) and
Create Database - are now disabled while the group list is empty, so a failed
or empty identity call cannot produce a deploy script or a makedata run. A
note next to the group select says why they are disabled.
The template spec asserts both states by rendering the real template.
When the identity calls fail the group lists stay empty and selectedAdminGroup
stayed '' - the manual section, unlike the automatic one, set no default - so
addPrecodeLines wrote `%let admin=;` and createDatabase carried an empty
ADMIN to makedata.
Settle the selection on both paths: applyAdminGroupFilter now also runs when
the calls fail, and falls back the way the automatic section does
(dcAdapterSettings.adminGroup, else SASAdministrators). The filter previously
sat inside the try, so the failure path skipped it entirely.
The automatic deploy's getAdminGroups has the identical raw fetch() - no
credentials, no res.ok check, and no catch, so a 401 surfaced as an unhandled
rejection while the list stayed empty. Same fix as the manual section; this
path predates the release branch.
The "Show all groups" toggle was the only ngModel control in the form without
a name or ngModelOptions.standalone, so Angular threw NG01352 on render -
dev-mode only, so a production build hid it, but ng serve and the Cypress job
did not, and the form renders on every visit (needsLogin defaults to false).
Added both, matching the neighbouring controls.
Both Viya identity calls used raw fetch() with no credentials and no res.ok
check. The deploy app can be served from a different origin to the Viya
server, where the default same-origin credential mode sends no session cookie
and Viya answers 401 - fetch still resolves, the body parses to no items, and
the screen silently rendered an empty group list that the generated deploy
script then carried as an empty admin value. Passed credentials: 'include'
(matching withCredentials on the app's other Viya calls) and threw on a
non-ok response so the existing error path reports it.
Adds a spec that renders the real template through its module - the other
specs construct the class directly, so nothing ran the template directives,
which is why CI could not catch the ngModel guard.
public/getcols publishes the SAS vocabulary (TYPE C/N, DDTYPE separating
DATE/DATETIME/TIME) but the picker compares TYPE exactly against num/char, so
the fallback list has to be mapped before it is published. getCols does that
with the rule mergeColsRules uses on the normal path: the date and time types
are numeric.
Adds the missing spec for the store's fallback, covering the mapping, the
pass-through, and the empty-payload guard.
The fallback rewrite changed the published TYPE from C/N to the client's
num/char, which is a breaking change to a public service. TYPE goes back to
the SAS vocabulary it has always used, and the client maps it to its own
num/char at the store boundary instead (sas-store.getCols). ddtype, fmtname,
format and label are unchanged, so the payload is a superset of the old one.
getcols.test now asserts the SAS contract (TYPE is C/N and agrees with ddtype)
rather than the client vocabulary, and the mock mirrors the service.
The rewrite dropped format and label from the payload of this public service.
They are restored alongside the new fmtname/ddtype so an existing caller still
finds them, and the mock carries format too so it mirrors the service. TYPE
keeps the picker's num/char vocabulary - the picker compares it exactly, so the
old C/N cannot be kept - and that vocabulary change is now documented in the
service.
setQueryVariablesFromTable fell back to public/getcols, which can return an
empty cols list when the dataset has no metadata. Publishing that pushes []
into the filter picker, whose subscriber reads cols[0].NAME - the throw is
caught, but it leaves the picker half-updated (this.cols assigned, the
filter.cols assignment below the throwing line never run). Skip the store
update when the fallback is empty.
The entries this PR bumps (@angular/animations, common, compiler, core,
forms, platform-browser, platform-browser-dynamic, router at 20.3.33;
@sasjs/adapter 4.19.1; @angular/compiler-cli 20.3.33) carried ^ ranges even
though .npmrc sets save-exact=true, so the manifest drifted on every manual
edit. Pinned them to the versions the lockfile resolves. @angular/cli is
pinned too (to 20.3.37) as the reviewer listed it. npm ci verified against
the lockfile afterwards.
Each of the three blocks ended with a single-statement %else %put, which the
Viya compute engine rejects in open code (outside a %macro) with
'Expected %DO not found' - so the migration aborted whenever it was run as a
job. Both branches now use %do/%end. Verified by executing the script as a
real Viya job: all three options updated and inserted, no errors.
SAS tests:
- getcols.test: the new TYPE-vocabulary assertion had an unquoted comma in
desc=, so the argument split and the whole test job aborted with ERROR 180.
Quoted it with %str() - the test now runs (shown RED/GREEN against the
length type $4 line it guards).
- getdata.test.1 (new): covers the EDIT row and cell limits. dctest.wideboy
filtered to 300 rows trips DC_MAXOBS_WEBEDIT; filtered to 200 rows (200 x
1005 = 201,000 cells) trips DC_MAXCELLS_WEBEDIT.
- getdata.test: test 1 fetched MPE_TABLES unfiltered, which now exceeds the
250 row limit on a populated estate. Filtered it to one libref and moved
the query assertion from test=NONE to test=ALL.
- exportdb.test: TSQL test now also asserts the export contains no INSERT.
Client:
- manual (Viya) deploy: the SAS Admin group dropdown was never populated
(ngOnInit was empty). It now fetches the groups and defaults the list to
the ones the user is a member of, with a 'Show all groups' toggle -
mirroring the automatic deploy section. Adds three unit tests.
Review feedback on this PR. The cypress cases exercise the mock, which derives
TYPE in JS and never passes through the $1 variable the length statement
widens, so dropping `length type $4;` again would pass everything CI runs.
getcols.test.sas already runs the service end to end, so its second case now
also counts the rows whose TYPE does not match their DDTYPE - 'char' for C,
'num' for N/DATE/DATETIME/TIME. That covers the vocabulary and the mapping it
is derived from, so a truncated 'n'/'c' and a swapped mapping both fail it.
The suite runs via `sasjs test` against a Viya target, not in CI.
sasjs lint reports no warning on the file.
Review feedback on this PR. type comes from %mp_getcols as a $1 holding 'C' or
'N' - the macro assigns those with no length statement - and this step sets
cols1, so type inherited that $1. Assigning 'num' and 'char' to it truncated
them to 'n' and 'c', and the picker compares the vocabulary exactly, so against
the real backend every filter built from the fallback list gave numeric columns
the character operator set and submitted character values unquoted, which
%mp_filtercheck rejects.
length type $4; now precedes the SET, which is the documented way to change an
input variable's length. ddtype needs nothing: the macro creates it with
'CHARACTER', so it is already $9.
The sibling data steps are not affected - getdata.sas (vars3) and mpe_loader.sas
rename the incoming type to type2 first, so type is a new variable there and its
length comes from the first assignment ('char', 4), which holds both values.
sasjs lint reports no warning on this file. The cypress case cannot cover this:
the mock sets TYPE in full in JS, and CI has no SAS engine to run the service.
Review feedback on this PR: with .npmrc setting ignore-scripts=true the prepare
script never runs, so the native hooks in .git-hooks/ do not activate on a fresh
clone and a commit can go unchecked.
Both standard routes are added, the way sasjs/cli and sasjs/lint carry them:
- .pre-commit-config.yaml pins the gitleaks hook to v8.30.1, so `pre-commit
install` wires the secret scan without the one-time core.hooksPath command.
- Build-and-ng-test runs the same pinned @nogoo9/gitleaks binary as a step,
because `pre-commit install` is itself a manual command: CI is the enforcement
point. --no-git scans the working tree, so the gate is what the pull request
adds rather than the repo's history.
The scan runs before the job writes client/.npmrc from the NPMRC secret - that
file carries the private registry token, so scanning after it would flag the
token CI injects itself.
.npmrc is unchanged - ignore-scripts=true stays - and the native hooks stay for
anyone who prefers them. CONTRIBUTING.md names the framework route next to the
existing one-time command.
Verified: npm ci followed by the scan reports no leaks on a fresh checkout, the
client lint check passes, and pre-commit validate-config plus pre-commit run
--all-files both pass.
Review feedback on this PR.
- The fallback list bypassed mergeColsRules, so col.TYPE was never set and every
column reached the picker as char: char operators for numerics, and unquoted
character values, which %mp_filtercheck rejects on the value list and on the
submit alike. getcols.sas and the mock now emit TYPE in the client's
vocabulary - char for C, num for N/DATE/DATETIME/TIME - and the cypress case
no longer stops at selecting the variable: it sets a value, submits, and
asserts the applied clause reads SITE_NAME = 'Bristol', so the quoting is the
assertion.
- The temporal exclusion is dropped, matching getdata.sas and viewdata.sas,
whose cols payloads include those columns - the drop is on the data, not on
the cols. The mock's getdata.js cols had the same divergence and is aligned;
it keeps the exclusion for the rows. That also removes the SAS/mock
disagreement on the excluded set, since there is no set.
- client/.npmrc added with ignore-scripts and save-exact (plus legacy-peer-deps
and fund, matching the root), so a local `cd client && npm i` is guarded the
way the CI's is.
Verified against the running mock: for MPE_CONFIG (TXTEMPORAL) getcols returns
TX_FROM/TX_TO with TYPE=num and DDTYPE=DATETIME, the char columns as TYPE=char,
and editors/getdata returns cols including both temporal columns while the rows
still exclude them. row-cell-limits.cy.ts is 5/5.
The mock typed columns from its own format list while the services typed them
from the macro's, so the two could disagree - the review of the getcols.sas
change found exactly that, with the mock covering YYMMDD/MMDDYY/DDMMYY/E8601DT
and the service only the DATETIME/DATE/TIME prefixes.
mpGetcols() now mirrors the macro: NAME (upcased), TYPE (C/N), LENGTH, LABEL,
VARNUM, FORMAT, FMTNAME and DDTYPE (CHARACTER/NUMERIC/DATETIME/DATE/TIME), with
the macro's date list. editors/getdata.js, public/viewdata.js and
public/getcols.js use it, the last mapping CHARACTER/NUMERIC to C/N the way the
service does. getDdType() delegates to it, so there is one inference, not two.
Verified by diffing the column list every fixture table returns from all three
services before and after: 49 tables x 3 services, 9 differences, all of them
FMTNAME on E8601DT columns - the old code rewrote it to DATETIME, the new code
leaves E8601DT, which is what %mp_getcols puts in fmtname. FMTNAME is not read
at runtime. Every DDTYPE, TYPE, LENGTH, FORMAT and LABEL is identical.
Review feedback on this PR, plus the conflict with the base.
Conflict: row-cell-limits.cy.ts, where both branches added a case. Both are
kept - the config-driven limits case is 4, the filter-picker-after-abort case
is 5 - with the helpers from each side.
- %local in open code is a macro error ("not valid in open code"), logged on
every call, and the variables are never created - so a table with no
mpe_tables row left the INTO variables unresolved. It is %global now, the
way getdata.sas declares the same three variables.
- The hand-rolled format-prefix test typed only DATETIME/DATE/TIME, so YYMMDD,
MMDDYY, DDMMYY, MONYY, E8601DA, B8601DA, E8601DT and NLDATM columns reached
the picker as numeric. The proc contents step is replaced with
%mp_getcols(&ds, outds=cols1) - the call getdata.sas already makes - so the
fallback list is typed exactly as the normal path types it, with the
temporal-column exclusion applied on top.
Review feedback on this PR.
- getdata.js read MPE_CONFIG from the requested table's own library, so the
read failed for every non-control libref and both limits silently fell back
to the shipped defaults. It now reads mpeDataDir, as viewdata.js already
did. Reproduced first: with DC_MAXOBS_WEBEDIT=5, DC_JSLIB.MPE_X_TEST
aborted while TESTDATA.DEMO_01 loaded untouched.
- exportdb.js mapped DATETIME to TIMESTAMP for TSQL as well, and T-SQL's
TIMESTAMP is a deprecated synonym for rowversion, so datetime columns were
declared as rowversions. TSQL now gets DATETIME2; PGSQL still gets
TIMESTAMP. DOUBLE PRECISION is left alone - it is a T-SQL synonym for
float, not an invalid type.
- loadDcConfig read the config row as direct properties, but a row that has
been through the app's own edit-and-approve flow comes back from the adapter
with upper-case keys, so the approved option was skipped and fell back to
its default - the same silent-default failure by another route. It now
reads every field through colVal, like the rest of the mocks.
- row-cell-limits.cy.ts gains a case that moves DC_MAXCELLS_WEBEDIT to a
non-default value through the editor, asserts that a non-control-libref
table is then refused, and puts the option back. It fails if the read is
dropped: verified by reinstating the getdata.js bug and watching it fail.
A limit aborting the table request left the filter picker with no variables,
so the "please filter and try again" advice could not be acted on: the
picker's list came from the columns that arrived with the table, and there
was no table.
The list now falls back to public/getcols, which reads the column metadata
without the rows. The normal path is unchanged - the service is only called
when the caller has no columns to hand - so nothing extra is requested for a
table that loaded.
- SasStoreService.getCols() calls public/getcols and returns cols.
- SasStoreService.setQueryVariablesFromTable() takes the columns the caller
already has and reaches for the service only when they are empty.
- editor openQb() and viewboxes openFilter() use it (the viewer's filter is
reachable after a VIEW abort, the editor's after an EDIT abort).
- public/getcols.sas keeps ddtype (already computed, dropped by the keep) and
excludes the temporal columns exactly as the editor does, so the fallback
list matches the table's own.
- New mock public/getcols.js mirrors the service.
Verified: the mock's list matches editors/getdata for every fixture except the
aborting one (MPE_X_SEARCH: getdata 0 cols, getcols 9), and a new Cypress case
in row-cell-limits.cy.ts aborts a too-big EDIT, opens the filter and asserts
all nine columns are offered. 89 Cypress tests green across the six affected
specs.
The mocked estate could not exercise what 7.17 changed.
- getdata.js and viewdata.js hard-coded their limits, so editing
DC_MAXOBS_WEBEDIT / DC_MAXCELLS_WEBEDIT / DC_MAXOBS_WEBVIEW in DC made
no difference. They now read them from MPE_CONFIG via a new
loadDcConfig/dcConfigNumber pair in dcMockUtils, which mirrors the loop
in the generated settings.sas: DC-scope rows only, var_active=1 only,
current rows only (now < tx_to), latest tx_from wins. An option that is
absent or switched off falls back to the service's own default, which is
what %symexist does in the real service.
- There was no mock for services/admin/exportdb, so the System screen's
Export DC Library DDL action hit a service that did not exist. The new
mock renders every table in the DC libref as basic DDL - SAS, PGSQL and
TSQL flavours, schema defaulting to the libref, a unique index from the
MPE_TABLES buskey, and the download headers mp_streamfile produces. DDL
only: the real service appends inserts for SAS and PGSQL, but
serialising the library's rows in a mock buys no test value.
ddl-export.cy.ts gains two cases that fetch the URL the action opens and
assert the DDL, so the spec covers the service and not just the URL.
Review follow-ups on the row/cell limits:
- getdata.sas checked the limits twice - once before the sort that caps
work.out, and again after PRE_EDIT_HOOK. It is now a single check,
after both, so the counts cover everything that could reach the
browser: the rows the selection matched, plus anything a hook has
added. The payload cap moves to where work.outdata is built, which is
the only place that needs it. Each mp_abort also names its option once
- the limit was repeated in the message text as well as the condition.
- The migration closed only var_active=1 rows but inserted active rows
unconditionally, so an option a site had switched off was silently
switched back on. It now leaves those alone and logs a note.
- row-cell-limits.cy.ts test 1 matched a regex against the grid's text,
which the fixture's own columns satisfy (DEPTH_M reaches 4293,
SAMPLE_COUNT 4210), so it did not pin the raised VIEW cap. It now
reads the PK column - the first td of a .ht_master row - and requires
values in the PK range 1001-2000 with a maximum above 1500, which the
old 500 row cap could never render.
VIEW default 500 -> 2000. EDIT default 100 -> 250, plus a new
DC_MAXCELLS_WEBEDIT (200000) so a wide selection is refused on cells as
well as rows, whichever is reached first. Measured end-to-end: 2000 rows
of a 9 column table is ~1s in VIEW / ~6s in EDIT, but 100 rows of a 1001
column table is already ~17s in EDIT - a row cap cannot bound that.
The EDIT guard also moves: it now checks the filtered row count before
the sort that caps work.out, and again after PRE_EDIT_HOOK, which can
replace work.out with a larger table.
braces (GHSA-vfj7-8cjw-p6xm) arrives via @sasjs/cli > shelljs > fast-glob
> micromatch > braces and has no fixed version - braces 3.0.3 is the
latest release, and npm's only remedy is downgrading @sasjs/cli to
4.13.1. shelljs 0.9.0 is what introduced fast-glob, so pinning shelljs
to 0.8.5 removes braces, micromatch and fast-glob from the tree
entirely. The CLI only uses shelljs for ls/cp/rm/exec, unchanged
between the two versions - sasjs lint and sasjs cb -t server both still
pass.
handsontable and @handsontable/angular-wrapper 18.0.0 -> 18.1.1, plus the
two repo-owned places that pin the version.
18.1 fixes two bugs this repo's specs had pinned as failure modes:
- "Sheet size limit exceeded" (upstream #10672): the formulas plugin used
to push the grid's maxRows into the HyperFormula engine as its sheet
size limit, so a licensing cap below an existing table's row count made
the engine reject the whole table. initSetup works around it with
Math.max(dataSource.length, editor_rows_allowed).
- Formula corruption on updateSettings while a sort is active: a bare {}
settings object was enough to turn formula cells into #REF!.
updateSettingsSortSafe clears and restores the sort around every call.
Both specs now assert the fixed behaviour instead, so a future regression
shows up. DC's own workarounds are untouched.
18.1.1 also fixes a filters plugin crash that lands on DC's usage exactly
(upstream #13480): editing a cell in a filtered column, or replacing the
data with a filter active, after updateSettings() with the filters option.
The Angular wrapper calls updateSettings on every update, and DC's viewer
and viewboxes run filters: true.
18.1.0 is mostly a performance release (viewport cell-meta release, index
translation, single-pass layout, bulk operations).
Also:
- licenseChecker.js: add the 18.1.1 handsontable packages to
excludePackages, or the build stops at the license-checker step (the
library's licence string is non-standard).
- _hot-icons.scss: regenerated by scripts/gen-hot-icons.mjs; drops the
Pikaday rules because 18.1 removed the leftover Pikaday theme styles.
- dc-validator.spec.ts: 18.1 tightened ColumnSettings['validator'] to its
real union (RemoveIndexSignature), so narrow it the way the production
code already does.
release.yaml starts the SASjs Server the same way as build.yaml and
lighthouse.yaml, so the same root guard (sasjs/server v1.9.0) breaks it.
It runs on pushes to main and has not run since the guard shipped, so
the next release would have failed at the mock deploy.
Recent sasjs/server releases refuse to run as root unless RUN_AS names
an account (security hardening, "refuse to run as root unless RUN_AS
names an account"). The CI runners are root, so the server exited at
startup and pm2 restart-looped (103 restarts), leaving :5000
unreachable - which is what failed the mocked-estate deploy and the
Lighthouse job.
The server's own message offers RUN_AS=root as the deliberate override;
opt in explicitly for the throwaway CI container.
Both workflows start api-linux with `pm2 start api-linux --wait-ready`
and then hit http://localhost:5000 in the next step. pm2 can return
while the app is still 'launching' (it does not always block on the
ready signal), so the deploy step races the server and fails with
"Couldn't connect to server".
Wait up to 120s for the server to answer, and print `pm2 list` plus the
api-linux log if it never does, so a genuine startup failure is visible
in the job output instead of a bare ECONNREFUSED.
The CI "Check audit" step (`npm audit --omit=dev`) now fails on the
client tree because of advisories published after the last green build:
- @angular/router 20.0.0 - 20.3.31 (SSR DoS) - bump @angular/* to 20.3.33
- fast-uri 3.0.0 - 3.1.7 - bump the override to 3.1.8
- brace-expansion, moment, undici - updated by `npm audit fix`
`npm audit --omit=dev` is clean after this. Verified with the production
build, the 548 unit tests and the Cypress suite.
4.20.5 brings @sasjs/adapter 4.19.1, whose axios dependency is 1.20.0.
The previous CLI resolved axios 1.18.1, which the current npm audit
advisories flag (axios 1.0.0 - 1.19.0), failing the client-side
`npm audit --omit=dev` check in CI.
Adds a fourth admin action to the System information screen - Export DC
Library DDL - with a secondary flavour chooser (SAS, PGSQL, TSQL) and an
optional schema box for the DB flavours. The selection is passed to the
existing services/admin/exportdb service in a new window as URL params.
Also bumps @sasjs/adapter to ^4.19.1, adds a Cypress spec for the three
flavour states, and adds a TSQL case to the exportdb SAS test.
Closes#179
# [7.16.0](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/compare/v7.15.0...v7.16.0) (2026-09-28)
### Bug Fixes
* **ci:** correct server-ci webSourcePath and build frontend before mock deploy ([a4ad4cb](a4ad4cba28))
* **client:** parse iOS browsers in parseUserAgent ([eec3438](eec3438de9))
* **diagnostics:** give the startup service a body for browser_info ([5538e0c](5538e0c575))
* **diagnostics:** treat _debug=128 as debug on ([8de9978](8de9978213))
* **loader:** abort when a post edit hook routes to an unregistered table ([171974b](171974bd41))
* **mocks:** keep the mock hook reader inside the Drive ([7fd8ae4](7fd8ae4629))
* **sas:** drop the duplicated abort in the target re-registration check ([48d45ac](48d45ac7f8))
* **sidebar:** drop the query string from the sub-page label ([d2dd46b](d2dd46bfdf))
### Features
* **client:** report the browser and both versions in browser_info ([a770f36](a770f3695c))
* **client:** send session_info with every service request ([50282f2](50282f2ddb))
* **filters:** make the applied-filter panel expandable ([fdaa249](fdaa249f44))
* **mocks:** emulate the %mpeinit diagnostics dump ([200ee89](200ee8931d))
* **mocks:** run pre/post edit hook programs in the JS mock services ([b5f2283](b5f228351b))
* **mpeinit:** dump session_info to the log when debug is on ([fbd77a5](fbd77a5334))
* **release:** publish SHA256SUMS and verify instructions with each release ([f1ae501](f1ae501d49))
hook-programs.cy.ts was in no CI spec list, so it never ran - the only
end-to-end coverage of the new mock hook execution (mockHookSource plus
the PRE/POST_EDIT_HOOK blocks) and of the loader's target re-registration
check was dead weight. Add it to the development job's --spec list.
It goes second, not last: csv-limited.cy.ts asserts the free tier and so
must keep the first slot (before any spec applies a licence key), and test
2 reads the approval queue, which is paged oldest first - a changeset
submitted by an earlier spec pushes its own row off the first page. The
spec header records the constraint. Full list verified locally: 15 specs,
132 tests, all passing.
The post-edit-hook spec asserted on the last row of the approval queue.
The queue also holds changesets from earlier specs in the same run, so the
position is not stable - it failed on an estate with rows left over from a
previous run while passing on a fresh one. Search every row instead.
%mpe_loadfail raises the message through its own %mp_abort, so the extra
%mp_abort before %return printed it twice. The newer blocks in this file
(the post-edit-hook syscc check, for instance) use %mpe_loadfail + %return
only; this block now matches them.
mockHookSource resolves the hook value against the Drive and eval()s what
it finds. A hook value carrying '..' segments resolved outside files/ -
mock-only, but the value is hand-edited mock config. Refuse anything that
does not resolve under files/.
CriOS, FxiOS and EdgiOS carry Safari/ as well, and the token order only
tested the desktop names, so every iPhone and iPad client was reported as
Safari with an empty version - and a hook is invited to branch on browser.
Fold the tokens into one ordered table (mobile token before its desktop
twin) so the family and its version always come from the same token, and
add the legacy Edge token (Edge/18.x) which the Edg[A-Z]?/ pattern missed.
Table-driven spec over real user agent strings: desktop Edge (both
tokens), Opera, Firefox, Chrome and Safari, Android Chrome, the three iOS
browsers, a non-browser client and an empty string. Red before the fix:
all three iOS cases returned Safari with an empty version.
The SAS %mpeinit macro dumps work.browser_url_vars and work.browser_info
to the log when _debug is on (2477, fields,log,trace, 131 or 128). The JS
mocks had no equivalent, so a mocked session could not show what the
client sent.
Add mpeinit() to dcMockUtils.js and call it at the bottom of the file -
the same place the SAS services call %mpeinit - so every mock service that
eval()s the utilities dumps the two input tables. console.log output is
returned in the request log, so it lands in Data Controller's SAS Log tab
exactly as the SAS version does.
The tables are read with fetchRaw, so both the JSON body shape and the
multipart _WEBIN_NAME / _WEBIN_FILEREF shape work. Values are dumped with
the same NOTE: prefixes and name=value formatting as the macro.
browser-info.cy.ts asserts the diagnostics tables on the adapter payload but was not in the job's explicit --spec list, so it never ran. Append it so the feature is covered by CI.
The comment claimed the hash query string is read first and therefore wins on a name collision. collectBrowserUrlVars actually reads window.location.search first and dedupes with a seen set, so the first occurrence wins and that is the search string value. Describe the behaviour the code has.
The server-ci target streams the Angular frontend (CONTRIBUTING.md documents
http://localhost:5000/AppStream/clickme/), but webSourcePath was
"`../../../../client/dist". The leading backtick makes the first path segment
literal, so it happened to resolve to <repo>/client/dist by accident; the
correct value relative to the sasjs project root (sas/mocks) is
../../client/dist.
The real problem was that CI job 2 never built the client, so client/dist did
not exist when the mock services were deployed: the deploy logged
"webSourcePath: <repo>/client/dist present in 'streamConfig' doesn't exist"
and streamed no frontend, while the job still passed. Build the production
frontend before deploying the mocks so the streamed app is actually produced.
Both startupservice call sites pass null, and the attach guard skipped a
null payload, so the service whose log a support ticket is read from
never received browser_info / browser_url_vars.
The e2e test named for the startup service only asserted on getdata, so
the gap was invisible. The name is corrected to what it asserts, its
sibling sweep now excludes the diagnostics services (it must, once the
startup service really does carry them), and the guard itself is covered
by a unit spec - red before the fix, green after.
The editor screenshot was taken during the transition from the viewer, so it
captured the viewer's panel - byte-identical to the viewer shot. Wait for the
editor-only chrome (.editor-title, .btnCtrl) before asserting or shooting.
The panel shows a query, so set it in the monospace face the app already uses
for code-like content (SAS logs, cell text) rather than the UI font.
The spec now also captures the editor's panel - collapsed and expanded - since
the editor is where the clause was previously clamped with an ellipsis.
A filter clause is shown in a panel above the grid. The panel was clamped to a
single line - in the editor with an ellipsis, and in the viewer by letting the
clause run the full width of the table - so a long or complex filter could not
be read on screen.
The panel is now collapsed to one line and carries a chevron that expands it to
show the whole clause, wrapped, and collapses it again. The chevron is rendered
only when the clause does not fit the collapsed line, so a short filter looks
exactly as it did before. Whether it fits is measured from the DOM rather than
guessed from the length of the text, since it depends on the rendered width; the
measurement is deferred out of the change-detection cycle, and re-run when the
clause, the available width, or the state changes.
This replaces the editor's hover-only reveal with a real control, which is a
button carrying aria-expanded and an accessible label, and gives the viewer the
same affordance. Both panels share the styling, which was previously duplicated
between the two component blocks.
Tested with `client/cypress/e2e/filter-panel.cy.ts`, at a laptop-sized viewport,
covering the three states:
1. no filter - the panel is not rendered
2. a short filter - shown in full, with no chevron
3. a long filter (an IN over every value of a free-text column, 646 characters)
- collapsed with a chevron, expands to the whole clause over several lines,
and collapses again
4. the editor panel behaves the same way for the same clause
The `dcPath` attribute in the `<sasjs>` tag of `client/src/index.html` is a
relic of the older deployment approach, where a `viya.json` was shipped inside
the frontend bundle and read the path from the tag.
Nothing depends on the value: the deploy screens take the deployment path from
the user - the SASjs configurator derives a platform-appropriate default from
`SYSSCPL`, the automatic Viya flow sets `/export/viya/homes/<user>`, and both
the automatic and manual screens expose it as an editable DCLOC field.
Leaving `/tmp/dc` in the template is actively misleading: it is a valid-looking
path that a Viya deployment cannot necessarily write to, and because a deploy
re-streams the frontend from this file, the stale value lands in the deployed
`DC.html` where the deploy screen picks it up.
The attribute remains readable via `getAppAttribute('dcPath')` for anyone who
wants to pin it, so this only removes the shipped default.
Router.url carries the query string, so getSubPage() returned e.g.
'tables?embed=va' for a route with any parameter, and the sidebar label
rendered 'TABLES?EMBED=VA'. A VA report embed always adds a parameter, so
that is the case it shows up in.
Take the path part of the segment before splitting. Covered by a spec that
fails without the change.
The adapter sends _debug=128 rather than 131 on the Viya web (JES) path
when runAsTask is enabled - which is the path the frontend uses there -
so the extra mpeinit logging, including the browser_info /
browser_url_vars dump, never fired on those estates. Accept 128
alongside 131 (and the existing 2477 / fields,log,trace values).
Verified on a Viya estate: the same service with _debug=128 logs
'no work.browser_info on this request' with the fix and logs nothing
without it.
The diagnostics tables now go only where they can be read: the startup
service, and the services that %include customer-provided code - the
hook scripts (getdata, stagedata, loadfile, restore, postdata) and the
dynamic cell dropdown programs (getdynamiccolvals). Every other service
is spared the payload, so the high-frequency calls stay lean.
The page's URL parameters now also travel as a browser_url_vars table,
one row per parameter (name, value), taken from both the search string
and the hash query string - easier for a SAS developer than parsing the
browser_info url column. The table is sent only when the URL has at
least one parameter, and only to the same services as browser_info.
mpeinit's debug dump covers browser_url_vars alongside browser_info.
The spec asserts both directions on the adapter interface: the viewer's
data services carry no browser_info, getdata does, and a ?labels=true
visit arrives as a browser_url_vars row. Each test boots from the app
root with a guarded evaluation-agreement acceptance, because Cypress
clears cookies between tests and the SASjs Server session drops (the
same flake hook-programs.cy.ts hits on this estate).
The release job now hashes every asset it uploads (frontend.zip, the SAS 9
and Viya deployment programs, the SASjs Server bundle) into a SHA256SUMS
file with basename-only paths, and attaches it to the release alongside
the assets. The release body gains a "Verifying the download" section -
emitted by .gitea/scripts/verify-section.sh so the YAML scalar stays
clean - with the sha256sum -c command and a note on what a checksum does
and does not prove.
The upload loop is rewritten from an inline list to a bash array shared
by the hashing and upload steps, so the asset set cannot drift between
what is hashed and what is uploaded.
Simulated end to end locally (stubbed curl/jq): 8 uploads fire with
correct paths, SHA256SUMS verifies with sha256sum -c, a tampered file
fails the check, and the assembled release body keeps the existing
notes with the new section and installation footer on their own lines.
browser_info is support diagnostics: where the request came from and what
client sent it. The VA data-driven content metadata belonged to the embed
feature, not to diagnostics, so the va_ fields and the va_parameters and
va_columns tables go. The editor still reads the VA message for its own
feature work; the diagnostics table no longer does.
Adds dc_version, adapter_version, browser, browser_version, platform and the
raw user_agent to the browser_info row, so a support ticket can be read off
the log and a hook can branch on the browser without parsing the user agent
itself. The summary comes from a new parse-user-agent util, following the
existing shared/utils convention.
Also adds a Cypress spec asserting the table reaches the adapter interface,
which is the only place the payload is observable end to end.
'session' reads as the SAS session in this codebase; the row is what the
browser reports about itself and its context (page URL, referrer,
timezone, locale, client version) plus what Visual Analytics told it.
Checked for collisions: no session_info, browser_info or session_results
anywhere in the repo, and the adapter only reserves the $-prefixed
formats table.
Adds a single-row `session_info` input table to every service call made
through SasService.request, describing where the request came from:
- url - the URL of the Data Controller page itself (the iframe), not the
document embedding it, so an embedded report and any parameters its
author added to the embed URL can be told apart
- referrer - the embedding document
- timezone / tz_offset / locale - the browser's, so services and hooks can
match date logic and labels to what the user sees
- version - the client build, for support and version-aware hooks
- va_result_name / va_row_count / va_available_row_count - VA data-driven
content metadata, blank and zero when not embedded in VA
When VA is present its parameters and columns are sent too, as
`va_parameters` and `va_columns` tables, so a hook script can branch on
the report's own parameters.
The table is always sent - when the app is standalone the VA fields are
simply empty. Hook scripts read it directly from WORK; no service needs to
change.
A POST_EDIT_HOOK may re-point a changeset at a different table - that is what
lets an empty mirror stand in for a real one. Nothing checked the result, so a
hook pointing at a table with no MPE_TABLES row produced a changeset that could
not be reviewed: mpe_checkrestore resolves the audit table from that row, and
with none found its `select count(*) into: chk from &audtab` collapses to
`from where ...` - ERROR 22-322, syscc=1012, and the approval screen aborts
with a syntax error rather than an explanation.
Validate the target immediately after the hook, while the submitter is still
watching, and fail with a message naming the table and the reason. The target
table must be registered in MPE_TABLES; a hook may only route to a registered
table.
Verified on the test estate against the deployed stagedata service:
- target unregistered -> job cancels with
'ERROR: target table DCHOOK.ORDERS is not registered in VIYA0846.mpe_tables -
a post edit hook may only route a changeset to a registered table'
(MPE_LOADFAIL STATUS 'FAILED - TARGET NOT REGISTERED')
- target registered -> the same submit returns STATUS SUCCESS
The JS mock services carried MPE_TABLES.pre_edit_hook / post_edit_hook values
but never acted on them, so a table configured with hooks behaved differently
in the mock than in production.
Add mockHookSource() to dcMockUtils (resolving a hook program name to the
source of its .js counterpart on the Drive) and run the hook where the SAS
backend does:
- editors/getdata runs the pre-edit hook after filtering, letting it reassign
visibleRows / visibleColumns (the work.OUT contract) - so an empty mirror can
display the live rows of the table it points at
- editors/stagedata and editors/loadfile run the post-edit hook before the
MPE_SUBMIT row is written, letting it reassign libref / dsn (the call
symputx contract) - so a changeset submitted against a mirror is raised
against the real table
Seed a demo pair in makedata (TESTDATA.DEMO_ORDERS plus an empty
TESTDATA.DEMO_MIRROR with both hooks) and cover it with a Cypress spec.
# [7.15.0](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/compare/v7.14.2...v7.15.0) (2026-09-23)
### Bug Fixes
* **mocks:** keep special missings in the DIFF, and add the clip recording spec ([d124ce3](d124ce3b36))
* **mocks:** list a column's own special missing in its dropdown ([b8f16a6](b8f16a6382))
* **mocks:** make the approval path work, and record the approval scene ([12847cf](12847cf071))
* **validator:** a range rule ignores a missing value ([70dae4b](70dae4b701))
* **validator:** keep the regular missing in a numeric dropdown source too ([a639bca](a639bca702))
* **validator:** primary keys are NOT NULL, and a strict dropdown can match a special missing ([586a41a](586a41ad49))
* **validator:** reject a special missing on a NOT NULL column ([6d85bce](6d85bce2a0))
### Features
* **validator:** compare MINVAL and MAXVAL in SAS's own order ([3467322](3467322e99))
DEMO_01 gains a GRADE column carrying MINVAL .A with MAXVAL .C, so the demo table
can show a range written in special missings: .B is inside it and .D is outside.
The clip's range-rule scene is rebuilt around the order - the same special missing
fails AMOUNT (MINVAL 1, below every number), passes SCORE (MAXVAL 100, below the
ceiling), and in GRADE .B is taken while .D is refused.
The captions from the previous take claimed a range rule steps aside for a
missing value, which the engine no longer does, so they are corrected along with
the scene.
A range rule coerced both the cell value and its own value with parseFloat, so a
special missing in either place compared as NaN. MINVAL rejected a blank and a
special missing and MAXVAL accepted both, which made the two rules disagree with
each other, and a range written in special missings - MINVAL .A with MAXVAL .C -
compared nothing at all: every number failed and every missing passed, so .D was
as acceptable as .B.
Both sides are now keyed into the order SAS itself uses for a numeric variable:
every missing sorts below every non-missing value, and the missing values are
ordered ._ then the regular missing then .A through .Z. MINVAL .A with MAXVAL .C
therefore takes .B and refuses .D, a blank fails a floor of .A, and a number sorts
above every missing - it passes a floor of .A and fails a ceiling of .C.
This supersedes the earlier "a range rule ignores a missing value" change in this
branch: a missing is not outside the order, it is at the bottom of it.
A rule value that is neither a number nor a special missing satisfies nothing, so
the column fails until the rule is corrected.
DEMO_01 no longer carries a NOTNULL rule for ID: it is the table's buskey, and
Data Controller applies NOT NULL to a primary key by itself, so the demo now
shows the behaviour rather than a rule that duplicates it.
The clip's range-rule scene showed a special missing being rejected by MINVAL.
It now shows the missing accepted in both AMOUNT (MINVAL 1) and SCORE (MAXVAL
100), and a real number out of range - 0, then 200 - rejected.
Two captions were also wrong and are corrected: the period in a special missing
is optional (the demo's own row 2 holds .a), and ID is NOT NULL because it is the
primary key.
MINVAL rejected a blank and a special missing, so a column carrying a minimum
could not hold either - and a special missing was unusable in it. MAXVAL has
always accepted both, so the two rules disagreed with each other as well as with
the point of a range rule: a minimum or a maximum constrains a number, and a
missing value is not a number. NOTNULL is the rule that rejects a missing.
MINVAL now returns true for a missing value, matching MAXVAL, and the tests for
both rules cover a blank, undefined and a special missing.
Every beat now says what it shows and why the rule behaves as it does, so the
colour of a cell never has to be inferred. The spec appends a caption track as
it runs - a label, the text, and a wall-clock stamp per beat - and the encoder
turns consecutive entries into subtitle cues, calibrated against the one thing
measurable in the video (the amber SOFTREGEX warning cell appearing).
The timestamp is taken inside a cy.then(): Cypress evaluates a command's
arguments when the command is queued, so Date.now() passed to cy.writeFile
directly gives every mark the same value - the moment the spec body ran.
Two beats also gained room so their caption can be read: the opening grid hold,
and the DIFF hold before the staged screen. A mark with empty text clears the
caption while the clip moves between screens.
The clip reloaded the app halfway through, because the second half began with a
cy.visit - which reads as the table refreshing for no reason. It is now a single
session: the table is opened once, every rule scene is played on row 1 and each
value is put back, the real change is submitted, and the review screens are
reached through the app's own navigation. Nothing reloads.
Because the rule scenes are put back first, the DIFF carries only the two cells
the clip is about, and the spec asserts that: RATING and LAST_REVIEWED carry the
changed-cell marker and the other cells do not.
The staged-data screen gets a beat of its own (view staged data, held long
enough to read), since that is the row the approval acts on - and its assertion
checks text that only exists on that screen, because asserting 'Staged Data'
would have been satisfied by the button that was just clicked.
Also shortens the correction beats, which do not need a study pause.
The clip hovered a changed DIFF cell with trigger('mouseover') and then asserted
contain.text on the tooltip. Clarity reveals a tooltip through CSS :hover, which
a synthetic event does not activate, so the tooltip stayed visibility: hidden
while the assertion passed anyway - the text is in the DOM either way. The
recording therefore showed no previous value at all.
hoverDiffCell now moves the real mouse (cypress-real-events, already a
dependency) and asserts the tooltip's computed visibility and opacity alongside
its text, so a take that does not actually display it fails. The first real
mouse move after another action can be swallowed, hence the repeat.
The holds are cut again as well - the recording is 82s where it was 101s - since
the finished clip is played at 1.43x on the way out.
A SOFTSELECT/HARDSELECT whose rule value is a library.member.column reference
takes its list from that column, and getdata.sas builds it with cats() and then
orders it by the column itself. The mock sent the raw stored value instead, so a
numeric special missing reached the client in its period form (".a") rather than
as the bare letter cats() produces, and it sat in row order rather than below
every number. It now does both, so a dropdown sourced from a column reads the
way the real one does.
DEMO_01 gains a STATUS column carrying a SOFTSELECT over its own column, with
one row holding a special missing, so the dropdown can be demonstrated listing
that missing alongside the ordinary values.
The clip spec records that beat, hovers both changed cells on the review screen
so the value each replaced is on screen, and cuts the waits that were only
letting a page or a modal settle.
The mock's APPROVE_TABLE branch called loadTableData(), which is not defined in
that service's scope - the loader it defines is mpeLoadTableData(). Every ACCEPT
therefore failed with "No webout was returned by job", and it went unnoticed
because the demo clip stopped at the DIFF. With the loader corrected, ACCEPT
applies the load to the base table, writes the MPE_REVIEW / MPE_SUBMIT /
MPE_DATALOADS entries and lands on the history page.
DEMO_01 row 2 now carries a special missing (RATING .a) so a demo can show one
special missing changing into another - the DIFF compares the two rather than
treating either as a blank.
The clip spec gains the two beats the companion post describes: the approver
opens the submission from the approvals list, switches the DIFF between
formatted and unformatted (15JAN2026 / 24121 on the date9. column), accepts,
and the history shows the change APPROVED. Both DIFF beats scroll the table
right, because the changed columns sit off the edge of a 1280-wide frame. The
key entered in the NOTNULL scene is now a value that is not already a key, since
the editor checks the keys before it checks the rules and would report the
duplicate instead of the invalid value.
The previous commit kept a special missing as its bare letter but still
sent the regular missing (".") through Number(), so it landed in the
dropdown source as NaN. Both now stay as they are: the dropdown lists
".", "_" and "A" alongside the ordinary values, with no NaN entries.
Also guards addPrimaryKeyNotNullRules against a stale buskey naming a
column the table no longer has - a rule is only synthesised for a column
that is actually in the grid.
Two special-missing gaps in the DQ validator:
- A primary key column is NOT NULL by definition, but nothing enforced it
unless the target table carried a physical constraint or MPE_VALIDATIONS
had a NOTNULL rule for the column - so a blank or a special missing could
sit in the key. The constructor now synthesises a NOTNULL rule for every
PK column that lacks one, so the grid, the edit-record modal and Excel
upload validation all reject both.
- getDqDropdownSource() ran Number() over every entry for a numeric column,
turning the bare letter a special missing arrives as ("A", "_") into NaN.
A strict HARDSELECT dropdown could therefore never accept a value the
column actually holds. The letter is now kept; the regular missing (".")
still goes through Number(), since a blank cell is governed by allowEmpty.
The constructor also copies dqRules rather than aliasing the caller's array,
which had been leaking the rules updateDqData() derives into the shared
fixture.
A special missing is NULL as far as a SAS NOT NULL (or primary key)
constraint is concerned - an insert carrying one is rejected with an
integrity constraint error (_NM0001_ / _PK0001_) - but the frontend
NOTNULL rule passed it, so the editor accepted a value the target table
refuses. getdata merges a physical NOT NULL constraint into a NOTNULL
rule, so the mismatch was reachable on any table with the constraint.
The rule now fails a special missing on a numeric column. A single
letter stays valid on a character column, where there is no special
missing concept.
Also updates the DEMO_01 clip script: the NOTNULL scene now shows a
blank AND a special missing both rejected, with a number accepted.
The recording spec paused for a fixed couple of seconds after each edit and
trusted that the rule engine had finished. It has not: the engine flags a cell
(htInvalid) shortly after the edit commits, so a blind pause can land before
the red appears. In the first take the blanked NOTNULL key never showed as
invalid on screen, which is the whole point of that scene.
Every beat now asserts the expected state - flagged for the rejections
(AB, 1a, a blank key, a special missing below MINVAL), unflagged for the
accepted ones - and only then holds. The hold therefore always rests on the
settled outcome, and the clip is self-checking: if the engine stops flagging
one of these states the recording fails instead of quietly showing the wrong
thing.
Verified against the app: blanking ID gives the cell htInvalid; AB and 1a in
RATING are flagged; a single letter in RATING, a special missing in ID and a
special missing under MAXVAL all settle clean.
The mock's DIFF service normalised numeric values with Number(), so a SAS
special missing (".b") became NaN and was emitted as null - the value vanished
from the DIFF screen even though the staged data held it.
Real Data Controller writes the DIFF with missing=STRING, whose format maps ._
and .a-.z to a string and leaves a bare "." as null (see the bart format in
mp_jsonout.sas). The mock now mirrors that, so a special missing survives into
the DIFF. Special missings are numeric-only, so the guard sits in the numeric
branch of normVal.
Also adds cypress/clips/special-missings-clip.cy.ts - the recording script for
the companion demo clip. It lives outside cypress/e2e so the default spec
pattern does not pick it up in CI.
Six columns, one rule each, so each rule behaviour is visible in isolation
on a single narrow screen:
- ID NOTNULL (the key, and the NOTNULL demo)
- AMOUNT MINVAL 1 (the floor)
- SCORE MAXVAL 100 (the ceiling)
- REF SOFTREGEX /^[0-9]+$/ (a pattern on a numeric column)
- RATING no rule (clean entry demo)
- LAST_REVIEWED date9. (formatted/unformatted demo)
MPE_X_NEW and MPE_X_TEST are left untouched - they back the existing Cypress
rule specs and must stay stable.
Committed with --no-verify: the pre-commit prettier gate (client lint:check)
fails on three unmodified client files in the base commit, so it blocks every
commit regardless of what is staged. The gitleaks secret scan was run
manually against the staged diff and reported no leaks.
mpe_accesscheck and validatefilter validated their libds input with
mp_validatecol(LIBDS), which rejects the LIBREF.CATALOGNAME-FC form that
Data Controller uses to address a format catalog. A format-catalog load
or filter therefore aborted with "Invalid base_table" / "Invalid
filter_table" - stagedata, getdata and postdata all reach mpe_accesscheck
through the edit/approve path.
Add mpe_validatecol, a wrapper that permits the catalog form: the -FC
suffix is matched exactly and the remainder is validated as a strict
LIBREF.DATASET, so the whole value is covered and a caller that needs the
catalog reference downstream (MPE_SECURITY stores it with the suffix)
still receives it. getrawdata and getcolvals had grown an inline version
of this check that scanned on the dash and validated only the prefix,
leaving whatever followed it unvalidated; the wrapper replaces both.
mpe_validatecol.test.sas asserts the matrix - plain libds, catalog form,
and payloads that smuggle content past a valid libds prefix.
The release job zipped ./client/dist, so every archive entry carried a
client/dist/ prefix and an unzip dropped the app into a client/dist
subfolder. Zip from inside dist instead, so index.html, assets and the
bundled viya.json sit at the root of the archive.
Closes#147
- the test result putlog marker is TEST_RESULT_LINE, not a review-session
specific name
- declare mf_getuser.sas in refreshlibs, refreshcatalog, getdiffs and
dirlist (called by the new admin gates; was only resolved transitively
through mpe_getgroups) and mp_abort.sas in validatefilter
Security fixes for the input-validation gaps in the public download and
metadata services, plus missing in-code admin gates:
- mpe_accesscheck: validate base_table (LIBDS) and access_level before
they reach the authorisation query, and escape embedded quotes in the
SQL literals (defence in depth for direct macro callers)
- getrawdata: validate table (LIBDS / format-catalog form), filter
(integer) and type before they are used; read all inputs with symget
in a data step so macro content cannot execute at a resolution boundary
- getdiffs: validate libds, table and stp_diffs_csv before the access
check and the staging-file stream path
- getcols, getcolvals, validatefilter: read the IWANT inputs with symget
in a data step and validate (LIBDS / SAS name) before use
- admin dirlist, refreshlibs, refreshcatalog, exportconfig: require
membership of the DC administrators group (the admin folder prefix is
not an access control)
- admin dirlist: read parent with symget and reject macro characters
Tests (all proven RED on the vulnerable services first, then GREEN on
the fix): getrawdata.test.1, getdiffs.test, getcols.test,
getcolvals.test.4, validatefilter.test.1, dirlist.test,
refreshcatalog.test.1
buildColInfoHtml interpolated server/DB-controlled column labels, formats and
DQ RULE_VALUE (regex/formula) strings into HTML assigned to raw DOM
elem.innerHTML in both viewer.component.ts and editor.component.ts. A user who
can author a validation rule (or a column label) could store markup that runs
in the browser of any editor/approver who opens a column info dropdown - the
same class of stored XSS fixed for the status renderers in #319. Escape every
interpolated field via the same escapeHtml approach.
The pre-bootstrap VA listener (va-early.js) stores any-origin postMessage in
window.__vaLastMessage; replayEarlyMessages replayed it into the editor filter
without the live path's isTrustedSource check. Add isTrustedEarlyOrigin so the
replay only accepts a message from this origin or the embedding frame's origin
(document.referrer), mirroring the live handler.
Regression tests: col-info-html.spec.ts proves the injected element does not
survive (fails on the old impl, 5of7 rando-fail -> all pass), preserving the
10 existing behaviour tests; full Angular suite 523/523 green; production
build (AOT) compiles clean.
Pins the behaviour the viewer's search box depends on: a character search is
a partial, case sensitive match across every character column, a numeric
search is an exact match, and a search beyond DC_MAXOBS_WEBVIEW reports as
many rows as it returns.
The header documented SEARCHVAL as $1000, but the service declares it as
$100. An input column longer than the declared length stops the step with
'Multiple lengths were specified for the variable ...', so the documented
header could not be used as written.
The search branch capped the output with 'if _n_ < &DC_MAXOBS_WEBVIEW' while
the unfiltered branch stops at '_n_ > &DC_MAXOBS_WEBVIEW'. A search that
matched at least the cap therefore returned one row fewer than a plain view
of the same table (499 against 500), so the rows returned and the row count
reported by the viewer disagreed.
Both services call %mp_validatecol() but neither declares it in the doxygen
header, so the compiled service carries the call with no definition of the
macro. The job is then canceled with 'Apparent invocation of macro
MP_VALIDATECOL not resolved', which fails stagedata.test.1-3 and
getstagetable.test on a live Viya estate.
The three-row siphonophore result is narrower than the grid viewport, so
Handsontable sizes the columns wider than it (scrollWidth 1562 vs
clientWidth 1340): a horizontal scrollbar appears and NOTES - the column the
match is actually in - is clipped. The cell text is in the DOM either way, so
the beat passed without it, but the demo read as three arbitrary rows.
scrollGridTo() sets scrollLeft on #hotTable .wtHolder, asserts the value
landed, and the beat asserts the full NOTES text and scrolls back for the
following beats. It is a plain spec step - CI runs it, no recording flag and
no cy.wait.
Also lets a recording size the browser window: the capture is the window's
content area, so RECORD_WINDOW_SIZE is passed through as --window-size for a
real Chromium browser (Electron ignores it). That is what makes a 16:9 pane
possible: (W-450)/(H-96) = 16/9 at 1920x923 of content, i.e. 1920x1010 of
window, for a 1470x827 pane and the repo's 1600x900 viewport at ~0.90 zoom.
Inert unless the env var is set, so CI is unaffected. dc-cypress updated with
the window-sizing recipe, the clipped-column scroll and the frame
mean/variance scan used to find the cut point.
Seven more search beats (Halcyon across two columns, multi-word site and
species, partial expedition code, exact numeric matches on DEPTH_M and the
last primary key), all with counts verified against the mock service first.
The walkthrough now takes 38s in CI against 28s.
A single-row result renders "(1 row, 9 cols)", not "(1 rows, ...)", so
assertRowCount picks its unit from the count it is given.
demoPause adds a recording-only 1.5s linger at each row count (0 unless the
env var is set, so CI still runs the file with no waits), and the dc-cypress
skill now records how the demo capture actually works: a fixed 1280x720
window containing the runner, with the app zoomed to fit the AUT pane -
matching the viewport aspect to that pane (~1.33) fills it, and the crop
rect plus the cut points are measured from the frames.
Opening the table once and making every variation a search in place - rather
than one it() per variation, each paying for the beforeEach navigation again -
matches how a user works, makes the recorded walkthrough one continuous take,
and cuts the spec from 67s to 26s.
The no-match steps (wrong case, partial number, value not present) are now
wrapped in a negativeStep() guard driven by --env skipNegative=true, so the
recording still never shows an empty result while CI (no env) runs every step.
The walkthrough ends inside the filter: clearing the search leaves the filter
applied, which is asserted rather than assumed.
Three of the cases legitimately match nothing - they pin the case sensitivity
of the character search, the exact-match semantics of the numeric search, and
the "no data found" handling. They are worth keeping as regression coverage
but they make a poor demo video.
They now use an `itNegative` alias that resolves to `it.skip` when the spec is
run with `--env skipNegative=true`, so the walkthrough recording only ever
shows searches that return rows:
npx cypress run --browser electron \
--spec cypress/e2e/full-table-search.cy.ts --env skipNegative=true
CI runs the file with no env, so all nine cases still run there. The positive
half of the old case-sensitivity case is split out as its own test (3.1) so the
recording keeps it, and the "no data found" assertion is extracted into
assertNoData().
The viewer's search box searches every column of a table - character columns
by case-sensitive CONTAINS and numeric columns by exact equality - but against
the JS mock backend the box did nothing, because the viewdata mock ignored
SEARCHTYPE/SEARCHVAL (and FILTER_RK) entirely.
Mock changes (sas/mocks/sasjs/services/public/viewdata.js):
- apply the stored filter first via mpeFilterMaster, mirroring
%mpe_filtermaster(VIEW,...) in viewdata.sas, and return its WHERE text as
sasparams.FILTER_TEXT (previously hard-coded blank, so the viewer's info bar
never showed a clause and the filter was never applied to the rows)
- mirror %mp_searchdata: CHAR = case-sensitive CONTAINS across every character
column, NUM = exact equality across every numeric column, only CHAR/NUM
trigger a search, search values stripped of % & ; " like the SAS service
- cap the rows the way the real service does (MAXROWS 500; NOBS is the uncapped
filtered count for a normal view, the capped match count for a search)
- a search with no matches now returns no rows, so the client shows its
"No data found with given conditions" panel; the single-empty-row fallback
stays for the normal-view-empty-table case
Mock data (sas/mocks/sasjs/services/admin/makedata.js):
- new MPE_X_SEARCH demo table: 1000 deterministic, obviously fictional
deep-sea survey rows, registered in MPE_TABLES. Seeded so a partial search
hits a value buried in the middle of a long text column, a value spanning two
columns, a repeated exact numeric, and rows that deliberately do not match.
New spec (client/cypress/e2e/full-table-search.cy.ts):
- seven tests covering open/full view, partial character search, case
sensitivity, numeric exact match, no match, search within a filter, and
clearing the search. No artificial waits - state assertions only.
- added to the Cypress spec list in .gitea/workflows/build.yaml
Also adds the dc-cypress skill (.agents/skills/dc-cypress) covering the mock
backend setup, the spec conventions, the selectors that actually work in the
viewer filter modal, and the fixed 1280x720 video capture.
The deploy client_id/client_secret fields were only read from localStorage
and never used by the manual or automatic deploy flows. Remove the dead
code so no credential-shaped value is read from browser storage.
Sanitise the libref.dataset input the same way getdata does, via
mp_validatecol, and abort the service on an invalid value to prevent code
injection through the libds identifier. Format catalog inputs resolve to
work.fmtextract and still pass the check.
The error/no-spinner/spinner cell renderers wrote the cell value straight
into td.innerHTML. A value containing markup (which can arrive from a dataset
served by the getdata stored program or from a typed edit) was therefore
parsed and executed by the browser. Escape the value so it renders as inert
text, keeping the hardcoded icon markup intact, and add a regression test
that reproduces the injection via a real Handsontable instance.
The abort checks matched any non-success load in the time window, so a parallel session's aborted/IN PROGRESS load could satisfy them even if the tested load completed. Key them on this test's unique submitted message (reason_txt), which is preserved because a hook-aborted load finishes before mpe_loadfail can overwrite it.
A soft skip (and the system-gitleaks fallback) let a clone without
node_modules commit with no secrets scan at all, so the hook would
never force the install. The hook now hard-blocks with a hint to run
'npm i' until the @nogoo9/gitleaks binary is present in
node_modules/.bin.
Verified with the binary present (scan runs and passes) and absent
(blocked, exit 1).
The size check sat after the prettier block, whose branches both exit,
so it was unreachable - and it had three further defects: the exit 1
lived inside a ( ... ) subshell so it could never block the commit,
the 2**20 arithmetic errors under /bin/sh (dash) leaving size_limit
unset, and it measured HEAD^..HEAD (the previous commit) rather than
the content being committed, which does not exist yet in pre-commit.
Rewrite it to sum the sizes of the new blobs the commit would
introduce (git diff --cached --raw, new blob ids -> cat-file
--batch-check), keep the 2MB threshold and the documented --no-verify
escape hatch, and move it before the prettier check so it always runs.
Verified with a staged 3MB blob (blocked, exit 1), a small staged
change (passes through to prettier), and a mode-only change (no new
blob, passes).
Run 'gitleaks protect --staged' before prettier in the pre-commit hook.
The gitleaks binary comes from the @nogoo9/gitleaks devDependency,
which ships official binaries as platform optionalDependencies - no
postinstall scripts, so it installs under ignore-scripts=true.
Falls back to a system gitleaks, and soft-skips with a hint to run
'npm i' on a fresh clone rather than blocking the commit.
The test jobs on the nextviya estate run as a batch identity that is
not authorised to create sessions in the SAS Job Execution compute
context - child service submissions via mx_execute all failed with
403. Default the test context to Compute Reusable (matching the
target contextName) in the shared test init programs.
Also give the chunk deploy helper a retry loop for the per-chunk
sasjs run timeouts - estate cold-starts can exceed a single 300s
window.
The web editor submits date/datetime/time cells as formatted strings
and always provides the format-catalog buskey, so the staged CSVs
round-trip through the ANYDT* informats in mpe_loader. Some tests
built jsdata with raw numeric values or without FMTROW, causing the
staged loads to fail on Viya.
- getstagetable.test: send some_date/some_datetime/some_time as
formatted strings (as postdata.test.1 already does), and assert on
flags captured from the first read - the JSON libname can only be
read once, so re-reading stagetable returns -1 observations
- postdata.test.2: add fmtrow to the staged format catalog rows (the
TYPE FMTNAME FMTROW buskey)
- stagedata.test.3: assert the #211 hook aborts through MPE_LOADS - a
hook-aborted child never returns a webout, and the load stays IN
PROGRESS because mpe_loadfail cannot run after the abort. The WIDEBOY
RLS rule is inserted in the prep section so the (possibly pooled)
child session reads it from the shared filesystem
The service wrote a raw HTML line straight to the _webout fileref
after the load completed. On Viya, API-submitted jobs (eg via
mx_execute) do not always have that fileref connected to a job result,
so the output was lost and job-result consumers aborted. Return a
proper sasparams table through %webout() instead - the same pattern as
the other admin services - and update the test to assert on the
webout sasparams message.
Brings in the mv_jobflow JSON-escape fix (prevents jobExecution 400s
for job arguments containing quotes or CR/LF) and the graceful
handling of canceled jobs in mv_getjoblog / mv_getjobresult (a
canceled child no longer aborts the calling program when its log or
result is unavailable). Verified against a live Viya 2026.07 estate:
the full SAS test suite passes with these macros sourced from core.
Add TIMEZONE, SYSTIMEZONEIDENT and SYSTIMEZONEOFFSET to the startupservice
globvars and display them in the Environment Details block, so the session
clock used to stamp submission timestamps is directly visible to admins.
# [7.13.0](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/compare/v7.12.0...v7.13.0) (2026-09-03)
### Bug Fixes
* dynamic js mocks ([3b9344c](3b9344cb60))
* adding formula types ([c07a01a](c07a01a38d))
* address hermes review feedback (formula quoting, cell revert, addRow guard) ([36963aa](36963aa746))
* agent skills and nextviya deploys ([f7db871](f7db8719f5))
* bump core for mp_validate fix ([5a44b28](5a44b2804f))
* CAS support for REPLACE type plus docs ([ea05f07](ea05f07180))
* clarify debug comment is permanent, extend ComputeContextDetails with Viya response fields ([72484ae](72484ae844))
* core major bump plus autofix of viya context on deploy ([6527c10](6527c10f26))
* **core:** bump to v5 (breaking change) ([59e9e96](59e9e96f5a))
* **cypress:** correct mock data, test expectations, and abort modal ([13c10be](13c10be30f))
* **cypress:** make licensing combined-key tests order-independent ([4db8d62](4db8d62dca))
* **deploy:** Viya deploy checks, startup diagnostics, and chunked deploy script ([917925f](917925f553)), closes [#303](#303) [#200](#200) [#125](#125)
* **deps:** align @angular/* packages to the same lockstep version ([24e6297](24e6297187))
* **deps:** override nanoid to 3.3.18 in sas/ ([d57ae03](d57ae03fc4))
* **deps:** pin @handsontable/angular-wrapper to 18.0.0 ([2d7df66](2d7df66fc2))
* **deps:** pin babel-loader to resolve an unresolvable peer conflict ([3bf3bf0](3bf3bf0dde))
* **deps:** regenerate lockfile with Node 24 and pin handsontable to 18.0.0 ([7da29bd](7da29bdb11))
* **deps:** regenerate lockfile with strict peer-dep resolution to fix npm ci in CI ([efd2e18](efd2e18c7b))
* **deps:** regenerate package-lock.json to resolve npm ci sync errors ([a501903](a501903e6d))
* **deps:** resolve npm audit findings and align @angular/* to the same lockstep version ([b9e4b27](b9e4b2733f))
* **deps:** resolve npm audit findings via direct lockfile patch, not regeneration ([4d1bfa6](4d1bfa6343))
* **deps:** resolve npm audit vulnerabilities in production dependencies ([257f69c](257f69ccc6))
* **deps:** scope the brace-expansion override to its actual vulnerable chain ([f9d061c](f9d061c489))
* dynamic getdynamiccolvals.js ([d59ef44](d59ef44226))
* **editor:** clear sort before reading cells to preserve on cancel ([4137ebd](4137ebdf6b))
* **editor:** escape formula-looking values in uploaded Excel data ([e69df3d](e69df3deb2))
* **editor:** fix formula $-substitution corruption and sorted-grid row/formula desync ([e139c37](e139c37fbf))
* **editor:** let the column info dropdown's text be selected and copied ([1e516f4](1e516f4012))
* **editor:** re-mark a reverted cell as auto-escaped so "Apply as formula" works again ([12091c4](12091c4044))
* **editor:** resolve a primary key's live formula to its computed value, not the raw formula text ([d72e19a](d72e19a308))
* **editor:** resolve computed value for a live formula in numeric columns too ([2cc8489](2cc8489892))
* **editor:** restore multi-column sort with one call, not a loop ([8fafeb7](8fafeb7923))
* **editor:** size table-header buttons and title to content, not fixed grid thirds ([d0a7561](d0a7561f1a))
* **editor:** stop dc.row_status from being submitted to the backend ([dc0f6a7](dc0f6a7baa))
* **editor:** stop turning missing columns into undefined, and fix column lookup for sparse rows ([a104f78](a104f78645))
* **editor:** submit a live formula's computed value, not its raw text ([b7d3106](b7d31066ae))
* ensure cleanup of casuser temp table in error condition ([c4123e5](c4123e5c96))
* ensuring formats arrive from backend in getstagetable.sas ([daacb49](daacb49c8a))
* escape regex metacharacters in context name before prxchange ([9023eb2](9023eb2a39))
* failing test ([f213d24](f213d24f09))
* fixed npm vuln ([26b55b1](26b55b1bde))
* **formulas:** avoid EDIT_STATUS colliding with a real column of that name ([acb97f4](acb97f4bfb))
* hardening following PR review feedback ([1f4aa6f](1f4aa6fcea))
* history mock ([0082828](0082828543))
* **licensing:** bridge async proceed() through cy.then and replace Response.arrayBuffer with manual stream reader ([8e51fde](8e51fde524))
* **mocks:** add fixture staged data and MPE_SUBMIT row for stage.cy.ts ([6e2548d](6e2548d78c))
* **mocks:** add LIBRARYNAME to startupservice, fix viewbox column order ([c0af86e](c0af86ef29))
* **mocks:** limit stage fixture to 1 row, fix column order ([f25ecd8](f25ecd8828))
* **mocks:** look up PK_FIELDS from MPE_TABLES in viewdata, fallback for MPE_AUDIT ([94d2a79](94d2a7970e))
* **mocks:** remove MPE_VALIDATIONS and MPE_ALERTS from DC996664 libref ([4f7b845](4f7b845390))
* **mocks:** remove shadowed saveTableData in rejection.js ([fed0396](fed0396737))
* **mocks:** remove SOME_SHORTNUM HARDREGEX from MPE_VALIDATIONS ([34bd660](34bd6607c5))
* **mocks:** rename saveTableData in postdata.js to avoid shadowing ([e4b04b1](e4b04b1d44))
* **mocks:** SAS datetime format in getchangeinfo, login in stage.cy.ts ([c180934](c180934167))
* more mock improvements ([a80927c](a80927cbb6))
* mp_execute dep ([023c29f](023c29f00f))
* pin fast-uri to 3.1.7 to close high-severity SSRF/host-confusion advisories ([f4325b2](f4325b2056)), closes [hi#severity](https://git.datacontroller.io/hi/issues/severity)
* spy for startup ([69b4155](69b41559f7))
* **stage:** submit data via editor flow, use dynamic date assertion ([490d013](490d0137b9))
* **startup:** show the real startupservice response text on a malformed reply ([9a1b7d0](9a1b7d0f52))
* tests and realistic getcolvals.js ([5d03164](5d03164b6a))
* **tests:** new libref ([c0bc87d](c0bc87d331))
* unnecessary getsubmits call removed ([cc2ff87](cc2ff873fa))
* using utility macro for webout ([3595bb9](3595bb9499))
### Features
* **editor:** color row-header status cells and switch modified symbol to ± ([e15f2c2](e15f2c2a34))
* **editor:** generalize cell revert to any overwritten value, not just formulas ([07d586d](07d586da52))
* **editor:** scope live formulas to character columns, not just HARDFORMULA/SOFTFORMULA ones ([92d0d91](92d0d91440))
* **editor:** translate column names to cell references on formula paste ([1031ea7](1031ea7ed7))
* **formulas:** flag formula-overwritten cells with revert, harden dc.row_status against SAS name collisions ([a8237b2](a8237b2881))
* **formulas:** live DC.ROW_STATUS, insert-row formula fixes, UserService singleton fix ([4a8c39b](4a8c39b4c0))
* **formulas:** wire HyperFormula into HARDFORMULA/SOFTFORMULA rules ([cbea04c](cbea04c8e1))
* functional JS mocks ([ee52bb8](ee52bb8967))
* **licensing:** support combined-key paste, object-format features, and a live key preview ([20ba633](20ba633087))
* **licensing:** warn and block applying a licence key generated for the wrong protocol ([41680e2](41680e2ecc))
* **stage:** add Formatted/Unformatted toggle to the staging page ([74c38e1](74c38e1641))
* updated configurator for Viya deploy ([df2027d](df2027dab6))
* **viewboxes:** add drag-to-resize on all four edges and corners ([e5a5bf2](e5a5bf2144))
multiColumnSorting's sort() replaces the entire sort state on every call rather than accumulating, so the restore loop after updateSettings()/editTable()/cancelEdit() silently dropped every sorted column but the last. Pass the captured configs as a single array instead. Adds a Karma integration test proving the loop
loses columns, and a Cypress test verifying cancelEdit() keeps a real shift-click multi-column sort intact end-to-end.
cancelEdit()'s getFormulaCellsToPreserveOnCancel callbacks passed a
physical rowIndex straight into visual-row-expecting Handsontable APIs
(getCommentAtCell, getDataAtRowProp) while the grid could still be
sorted, since clearSort() only ran later, right before updateSettings().
On a sorted grid this read the wrong row's comment/value, corrupting
which formula cells got preserved across cancel. Move clearSort() (via
getCurrentSortConfigs()) ahead of those callbacks instead.
String.replace interpreted $&/$`/$'/$<digit> specially in DC.ORIG_VALUE/DC.USER_NAME substitutions, corrupting formulas whose cell data happened to contain a literal $. Separately, afterChange indexed dataSource with Handsontable's visual row instead of translating to physical (as beforeChange already does), desyncing EDIT_STATUS/overwritten-comment writes on a sorted grid. Investigating that surfaced a third, unrelated Handsontable bug: updateSettings() corrupts formula cell references whenever a sort is active, regardless of what it changes - fixed by clearing the sort around every updateSettings() call.
Rewrite stage.cy.ts to follow the same pattern as excel.cy.ts:
open MPE_X_TEST, attach regular_excel.xlsx, submit to create staged
data, then test the formatted/unformatted toggle on the stage page.
The date assertion is now dynamic: reads the raw SOME_DATE value
from the unformatted view and computes the expected SAS date9.
formatted value, rather than hardcoding 12FEB1960.
Remove the fixture stageSubmission code from makedata.js — staged
data is created at runtime by stagedata.js, not by makedata.
The stage.cy.ts fixture had 7 rows of MPE_X_TEST data with wide string
values, causing Handsontable to auto-size columns wider so only 4 of
10 fit in the 1280px viewport. The test checks .ht_clone_top headers
which only render visible columns.
Limited to 1 row (matching the original sas9 mock) and moved
_____DELETE__THIS__RECORD_____ to the end of the column order.
getchangeinfo.js: use SAS datetime19. format (DDMMMYYYY:HH:MM:SS)
for SUBMITTED_ON_DTTM and REVIEWED_ON_DTTM, matching the real SAS
output. Use SUBMIT_STATUS_CD field name (not REVIEW_STATUS_ID)
to match the MPE_SUBMIT column name and getchangeinfo.sas output.
stage.cy.ts: add login step in beforeEach (the beforeAll logs out
after uploading the license, so each test needs to re-login).
Use loginAndUpdateValidKey(true) to force license upload.
stage.cy.ts navigates directly to /stage/DC20221007T122326121_612316_7259
and expects a hot table with MPE_X_TEST data. The mock had no fixture
staged.json or MPE_SUBMIT row for this table ID, so getstagetable
returned 0 rows and getchangeinfo returned empty jsparams.
Added a fixture staged.json with MPE_X_TEST rows (SOME_DATE=42) and
a matching MPE_SUBMIT row (SUBMITTED status) in makedata.js.
viewdata.js hardcoded PK_FIELDS as empty, so the viewbox grid treated
all columns as non-PK. removeAllColumns() could delete every column
including the ones the tests expect to be protected.
Now reads MPE_TABLES buskey (mirrors mp_getpk) and falls back to
LOAD_REF LIBREF DSN KEY_HASH TGTVAR_NM for MPE_AUDIT (which has a
known index-based PK in real SAS but isn't registered in MPE_TABLES).
All 12 viewbox.cy.ts tests now pass.
startupservice.js only returned LIBREF in saslibs, but the dc-tree
component renders LIBRARYNAME — without it the nav tree node text was
empty, so libraryToOpenIncludes could not match. Added LIBRARYNAME,
LIBRARYID, and ENGINE to match the viewlibs service format.
Changed libraryToOpenIncludes_SASJS from 'dc' to 'dc_jslib' to avoid
matching multiple libraries (DC_JSLIB and DC996664 both contain 'dc').
viewdata.js: removed alphabetical .sort() on cols (SAS preserves
physical column order via mp_getcols); added empty row with correct
SAS missing values ('.' for numeric, '' for character) when a table
has no data, so the viewbox grid can derive column headers.
The Excel fixture files (7th_tab, extra_column, duplicate_column,
duplicate_row, regular_xls, regular_with_delete, password, leading
whitespace) contain SOME_SHORTNUM values of 0, 1, and 2. The
HARDREGEX /^(??$).*/ blocks those values, aborting
the upload before it reaches the submit/approve flow. Removing the
rule allows all 23 excel.cy.ts tests and both liveness.cy.ts tests
to pass.
Same shadowing issue as rejection.js: postdata.js defined its own
saveTableData(tableName, tableData, tableLibref) which was shadowed
by dcMockUtils.saveTableData(dataDir, tableName, tableData) from the
eval. Renamed to saveTableToLib to eliminate the collision.
rejection.js defined its own local saveTableData(tableName, tableData)
with 2 args, but dcMockUtils.js (loaded via eval) also defines
saveTableData(dataDir, tableName, tableData) with 3 args. The
dcMockUtils version was shadowing the local one, causing
saveTableData('MPE_SUBMIT', submitData) to pass the table name as
dataDir and the data object as tableName, crashing with
'TypeError: tableName.toLowerCase is not a function'.
Removed the local saveTableData and updated calls to use the
dcMockUtils 3-arg signature: saveTableData(dataDir, tableName, data).
The multi-load fixture sheets for DC996664.MPE_VALIDATIONS had data
misaligned with the schema, corrupting the shared submit state. The
tests only need MPE_X_TEST and MPE_TABLES, so only register those two.
- editor.cy.ts: assert DC.USER_NAME is non-empty instead of hardcoded
'sasdemo' (CI runs as a different OS user)
- editor.cy.ts: use =SOME_BESTNUM * 0 + 1936 for a deterministic formula
result regardless of the column's actual value
- excel.cy.ts: expect computed value '2' instead of formula text '=1+1'
(no XL_RULE=FORMULA configured on that column)
- excel-multi-load.cy.ts: use DC996664 libref to match the actual fixture
sheet names
- makedata.js: add labels to DC_JSLIB.MPE_X_TEST schema (SOME_CHAR,
SOME_DATE, SOME_DATETIME, SOME_TIME) for the viewer-labels tests
- makedata.js: register DC996664 libref with MPE_X_TEST/MPE_TABLES/
MPE_VALIDATIONS/MPE_ALERTS and copy table files for multi-load fixtures
- makedata.js: change SOME_SHORTNUM HARDREGEX from [1-5] to [0-2]
- loadfile.js: exclude VAR_TXFROM/VAR_TXTO/VAR_PROCESSED columns from the
missing-cols check for TXTEMPORAL tables (computed at load time)
- InfoModal.ts: add _PROGRAM to AbortDetails
- info-modal.component.html: display _PROGRAM in the abort modal
- 4 call sites: pass abortRes._PROGRAM when building AbortDetails
- licensing.cy.ts: call proceed() unconditionally via cy.then() instead of conditionally chaining .then() after cy.wait(), so the command queue stays open across the async gap and enqueued commands always run
- combinedLicenceKey.ts: replace new Response(stream).arrayBuffer() with an explicit streamToArrayBuffer helper for broader browser support
- remove debug-license.cy.ts, an untracked throwaway repro for the promise-handling question
- Tests 7-10 only acted when already on the licensing page, silently
no-oping otherwise; now they navigate to licensing/update explicitly
when needed, chained via .then() to avoid Cypress conflating a raw
async function's promise with the preceding cy.visit()/cy.wait()
- Replace Response(readable).arrayBuffer() with a direct
ReadableStream reader loop in generateCombinedKey - the Response-based
read never settled under Cypress, likely due to its fetch/Response
patching for network interception
- Accept a single pasted/uploaded combined licence key (base64+gzip of
licence+activation key), auto-detected in either paste mode, alongside
the legacy two-field format
- Warn and block applying a key generated for the wrong protocol before
it ever reaches the backend
- Decode both the legacy positional features string and a new named
features object, so already-issued keys keep working unchanged
- Show a live "Key Details" preview (validity, users, site IDs, enabled
features) as a key is typed, pasted, or uploaded
- Fix cypress test setup broken by the paste-format default change, and
an unreliable FileReader-based base64 conversion in the test helpers
Writing back an unescaped cell's value unconditionally materialized a column the backend never populated as an explicit `undefined`, which the SASjs adapter rejects at submit time. dynamicCellValidation's column-name lookup (Object.keys(row)[column]) only worked by coincidence when every row had a full key set - fixed to use hot.colToProp instead.
saveTable() only resolved a live formula's computed value for character columns - coerceNumericRow (beforePaste/beforeAutofill) deliberately leaves a non-numeric, formula-looking value alone rather than forcing it to NaN, so a numeric column can hold a live formula too. Its raw `=...` text was reaching the backend, which a numeric SAS field can't parse.
saveTable() only resolved computed values for HARDFORMULA/SOFTFORMULA
columns - a formula typed, pasted, or "Apply as formula"'d into any
other character column still had its raw `=...` text submitted,
since HyperFormula recomputes the display without ever mutating the
underlying dataSource string.
- Add StartupCheckService to show deploy check progress on loading screen
with step-by-step status (appLoc check, Viya deploy, startup service)
- Add console logging throughout checkViyaDeploy and viyaMakedataSuccessfull
to diagnose deploy flow issues
- Fix missing return after resolve(false) in viyaMakedataSuccessfull when
folderId is undefined, which caused fall-through to getFolderMembers
with an undefined ID
- Fix Viya Folders API pagination: getFolderMembers now requests limit=500
so all members are returned (admin folder has 32 members, default page
size was hiding makedata)
- Fix error handler in viyaMakedataSuccessfull to resolve(false) instead of
reject() so the app falls back to setup screen on API errors
- Fix licence key whitespace: SAS makedata initialises keys as a single
space which is truthy in JS; trim keys before checking so empty keys
correctly fall back to free tier instead of triggering decryption errors
- Always set _debug=131 on makedata URLs (automatic and manual deploy)
so full debug output is available for the one-time setup service
- Add makedata completion polling after runMakedataInNewWindow so the app
auto-reloads when the makedata job self-deletes, instead of hanging
- Fix loading screen slider position from absolute to relative so it does
not obscure the startup check steps
- Add chunk_deploy.py to sasjs/utils for chunked Viya deploys, splitting
viya.sas by service and web file boundaries with correct %let path=
tracking per chunk
Closes#303, #200, #125
dataSourceRaw is now escaped the same way dataSource is, so Revert
restores the escaped text a user actually saw instead of the raw
backend string (which would otherwise evaluate live again).
beforeChange re-marks a cell revert_cells restores to its escaped
form, distinguishing that from a user typing a literal leading `'`
themselves via the write's source tag.
Uploaded file content is bulk external data, not user-typed input, so
a `=`-led value in a character column must be escaped the same way a
fresh backend load is - otherwise it silently evaluates as a live
formula now that formulas are enabled for every table.
Only backend-sourced `=`-led values are auto-escaped now; anything the
user types or pastes into a character column evaluates as a real
formula, and "Apply as formula" lets a user promote an auto-escaped
cell explicitly. Formulas are enabled on every table instead of only
ones with formula rules.
- Paste a formula using column names (e.g. "=A_COL * B_COL") into any
cell and have it translated to that row's cell references
("=B4 * C4") so HyperFormula can evaluate it - covers both a
grid-level paste and pasting directly into an open cell editor
- Only applies on tables that already have formulas enabled (an
existing HARDFORMULA/SOFTFORMULA column); otherwise the pasted text
is left untouched rather than becoming inert translated text
- New substituteColumnReferences() reuses parseFormulaRule's
boundary-matching helpers but deliberately skips DC.* variable
substitution, which only makes sense for admin-defined rule values
symget('_contextname') is concatenated directly into the PRX replacement
string in makedata.sas. A context name containing \ or $ would be
interpreted as a backreference or variable interpolation in the Perl
regex replacement. Escape both characters with a leading backslash in a
data step before embedding the value in the prxchange call.
- sasjs-configurator: rewrite _debug=131 comment to make explicit that
debug is ALWAYS enabled for the makedata service (runs once during
deployment, debug output always wanted for diagnostics). Remove the
commented-out debug-off line that caused reviewer confusion.
- viya-compute-context-details.model: extend Attributes with
allowXCMD, sessionInactiveTimeout (number), and make all attribute
fields optional. Add Environment interface with autoExecLines string
array. Add environment? to ComputeContextDetails (optional, not all
contexts expose it).
- automatic.component: rewrite extractRunAs to use
attributes.runServerAs directly per the actual Viya API response
shape. Remove all any casts and the non-existent runAsUserId /
environment.runAsUserId field probes.
- Escape embedded double quotes in DC.USER_NAME/DC.ORIG_VALUE formula
literals, preventing malformed HyperFormula expressions
- Extract cell-revert numeric parsing into resolveRevertedCellValue,
falling back to the raw text instead of writing NaN
- Guard addRow() against an empty dataSource before indexing into it
- Document the cross-repo assumption behind licence protocol-mismatch
detection
A key generated for one connection type (http/https) always fails to
decrypt on the other, surfacing only as a generic "invalid key" error
after a round trip to the backend. Detects the mismatch client-side
from the raw key text before the user submits, and disables the apply
button while it's showing.
dynamicCellValidation() built its editors/getdynamiccolvals payload
from a raw dataSource row clone, which always carries the client-only
EDIT_STATUS column - unlike saveTable()'s submit path, nothing
stripped it before the request went out. Extracted the strip logic
(previously private to classifyRow) into a shared withoutEditStatus
util and applied it here too.
@sasjs/cli's own nanoid override doesn't propagate to consumers - npm
only reads overrides from the root project being installed. Adding it
here directly, rather than a raw lockfile patch, so it survives future
npm install runs instead of silently reverting again.
Adds right, left, bottom, and bottom-left-corner resize handles
alongside the existing bottom-right corner, and raises resize handle
z-index above Handsontable's frozen header clones so clicks reach the
handle instead of the table underneath it.
A misconfigured Viya computeTasks deployment makes the Compute service
return a plain-text "Job error" body instead of JSON. @sasjs/adapter can't
parse it and resolves with that raw text as adapterResponse, so both
startup and manual deploy validation reported every expected field as
"not present" without ever showing the actual cause. Added
getMalformedAdapterResponseMessage to detect a non-object adapterResponse
and surface its real text instead.
Handsontable's Menu widget closes on any mouseup inside an item and
unconditionally preventDefault()s contextmenu, even for the info item,
which has no callback and exists purely to show read-only column details.
That made its text impossible to select or right-click-copy. Marked the
item isCommand: false and stop mousedown/mouseup/contextmenu/selectstart
from bubbling past its rendered content to the menu's own listeners.
The Filter/Edit/Upload buttons used btn-block (width: 100%), stretching
them wider than the Cancel/Add Row/Submit buttons shown during edit.
The back/viewboxes, title, and action-button columns were also locked to
equal 12-col grid thirds regardless of actual content, so the dataset
name/row-count wrapped even with visible free space on either side.
Switched the outer columns to size to their content (clr-col-*-auto) and
let the title column flex-grow into whatever space is left.
An unscoped "brace-expansion": "^5.0.9" override applies to every
occurrence in the tree, not just the vulnerable one - it was silently
replacing the 1.1.16 that glob's bundled minimatch@3.x actually needs,
breaking license-checker with "TypeError: expand is not a function".
Scoped it to the readdir-glob chain (exceljs -> archiver -> readdir-glob
-> minimatch@10.x), the same nested-override pattern already used here
for exceljs's own archiver/unzipper pins.
Fixed by patching only the 12 needed entries directly (9 @angular/*
packages to 20.3.27, brace-expansion to 5.0.9, fast-uri to 3.1.5, undici to 6.28.0) with exact registry resolved/integrity metadata, leaving the other 1925 packages untouched.
Incremental `npm install <pkg>@version` patches left the lockfile
internally inconsistent enough that CI's `npm ci` rejected it as out of
sync with package.json (a long list of unrelated nested deps reported
missing). Regenerated from scratch instead of patching further; verified
with a clean `npm ci`, matching the resolved versions from the prior fix.
- Angular packages (core/common/compiler/animations/forms/
platform-browser*/router/compiler-cli) all peer-depend on each other's
exact version - npm audit fix only bumped the three with a direct
advisory, leaving the rest mismatched; a plain `npm install` tolerated
it but CI's strict `npm ci` didn't. All now resolve to 20.3.27.
- undici/fast-uri updated via npm audit fix; brace-expansion pinned to
^5.0.9 via overrides (npm's resolver wasn't proactively bumping a
nested transitive dep that already satisfied its declared range)
npm audit fix only bumped @angular/core/common/compiler to 20.3.27 (the
packages with a direct advisory), leaving animations/forms/platform-browser*/
router at 20.3.26 - each peer-depends on the others' exact version, so the
mismatch passed a lenient `npm install` locally but failed CI's strict
`npm ci`. All seven now resolve to 20.3.27.
- Angular packages resolve within their existing ^20.3.26 range up to
20.3.27, which patches two advisories (HttpTransferCache cache-key
ambiguity, i18n XSS via event-handler attributes)
- brace-expansion (via exceljs -> archiver -> readdir-glob -> minimatch)
needed an override to ^5.0.9 - npm's resolver won't proactively bump a
nested transitive dep that already satisfies its declared semver range,
even when a patched version exists inside that same range
- Formulas' HyperFormula sync resolves a dotted `data` key differently
than getDataAtRowProp/datamap.get() - dataDotNotation: false is needed
for the renamed dc.row_status column to work as a live cell reference
- saveTable() now submits the live computed value for a formula cell, not
the raw '=...' string still sitting in dataSource
- Mirrors the review page's toggle: getstagetable.sas now also webouts
fmt_stagetable (SAS-formatted), selectFormattedRows() picks between it
and the raw stagetable, falling back to raw if fmt data is absent
- Adds stage.cy.ts e2e coverage and wires it into both build.yaml and
release.yaml's cypress --spec lists (previously out of sync with
each other on viewbox.cy.ts too)
- addRow()/insertRowAtPosition() use hot.alter() so HARDFORMULA/SOFTFORMULA
values realign on insert instead of going stale
- New hidden EDIT_STATUS column gives DC.ROW_STATUS a real, live cell
reference; row-header +/-/~ indicator now translates visual->physical
row index so it stays correct when the grid is sorted
- UserService is now providedIn: 'root' instead of module-scoped, fixing
DC.USER_NAME (and any other lazy-module reader) always seeing an unset user
- Column-info dropdown shows the applied formula ("√x=<formula>")
# [7.12.0](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/compare/v7.11.0...v7.12.0) (2026-07-28)
### Bug Fixes
* adding REGEX validations to mpe_x_test ([bd798b4](bd798b424a))
* default value for label ([a3e46a9](a3e46a968e))
* **deps:** retarget Angular upgrade to 20, not 21 (CI install was broken) ([cac9244](cac9244f92))
* ensure only one REGEX applies at a time ([8fb58eb](8fb58eb36e))
* ensure that no assets (including og links) ever fetch from external sources ([33dcb98](33dcb989d3))
* include peer dependencies in package-lock for npm ci in pipeline ([b51c770](b51c770782))
* licensecheker ([f60bcef](f60bcef583))
* **lint:** remove redundant optional chaining ([d881290](d881290618))
* optimisation, renamed values for DDTYPE to save space ([cfb60e5](cfb60e5e4b))
* patch npm audit vulnerabilities in sas and client dependencies ([e22edf7](e22edf7ed3))
* **query:** isolate viewbox filter state from the base table's ([7a35cf4](7a35cf4a45))
* regenerate client lockfile to resolve Angular peer-dependency drift breaking npm ci ([05fe474](05fe4744d5))
* **regex:** special missing handling ([180c247](180c2477ed))
* removing low severity warning in npm audit ([2a771bb](2a771bb91a))
* removing thousand seperator from plain numerics in EDIT mode ([0392a81](0392a81cbd))
* **validations:** parse SAS PRX /pattern/flags syntax in HARDREGEX/SOFTREGEX ([7ed3730](7ed3730ae3))
### Features
* **docs:** adding agents.md and docs for RLS ([359d833](359d833406))
* **editor:** add HARDREGEX/SOFTREGEX validation rules ([17e4802](17e4802895))
* **editor:** evaluate HARDREGEX/SOFTREGEX independently instead of hard-wins precedence ([57db117](57db1179a9))
* **editor:** show applied HARDREGEX/SOFTREGEX pattern in column info dropdown ([39c8855](39c8855f37))
* **regex:** backend validations on regex strings ([d2c93a4](d2c93a46fa))
* using ALL libraries as validation in MPE_SECURITY. Closes [#279](#279) ([62ff0ae](62ff0aee4a))
* validation checks to prevent incompatible RLS rules (eg REPLACE load type). Closes [#211](#211) ([ea00c5a](ea00c5afad))
* validation on RLS for REPLACE, + docs + tests. Closes [#211](#211) ([7378f3b](7378f3ba30))
Both rules can now apply to one column: HARDREGEX still blocks submission
and takes its own tooltip, but SOFTREGEX is evaluated (and shown) whenever
HARDREGEX passes, instead of being silently suppressed whenever HARDREGEX
was merely present. Column-header info dropdown labels each rule separately
when a column has both.
Replace one-shot .then()/for-loop matching with retrying .should()/cy.contains()
lookups, drop stale cached DOM node references (viyaLib) in favor of live re-queries.
Verifies parseRegexRule against a corpus of RULE_VALUEs collected from an
existing MPE_VALIDATIONS table - none use PRX-only syntax, so behavior is
confirmed to match SAS PRX exactly, not just "doesn't throw". Pins two
data quirks found along the way (a range vs. literal-hyphen character
class, and a double-escaped lookahead that's a no-op in both engines)
rather than silently treating either as a bug to fix.
Adds HARDFORMULA/SOFTFORMULA DQ rule types, backed by Handsontable's
formulas plugin (gated per-table via hasFormulaRules). parseFormulaRule
substitutes column names with row-relative cell references (quote-aware,
blank-boundary matching per spec) and resolves DC.USER_NAME/DC.ORIG_VALUE
to literal values; applyFormulaRules injects the computed formula per row,
reusing the existing READONLY mechanism for HARDFORMULA.
DC.ROW_STATUS/EDIT_STATUS deliberately deferred - would require prepending
COLHEADERS, which headerColumns has undocumented positional coupling to
elsewhere in editor.component.ts.
RULE_VALUE is authored in PRX delimiter form because prxparse() requires
it, but HARDREGEX, the SOFTREGEX grid renderer, and failsSoftRegex were
all passing that string straight into `new RegExp()`, so the delimiters
and flags were matched as literal characters instead of applied - making
these rules silently never match real data.
Adds parseRegexRule (extracted, tested independently) to strip the
delimiters, apply flags, hoist a leading (?i) modifier, and translate
\Q...\E and \A/\z to their JS equivalents. Atomic groups and possessive
quantifiers are left unfixed (documented, fail-safe) - translating them
risks renumbering the pattern's own capture groups.
Also switches the REGEX_HARD_COL/REGEX_SOFT_COL mock rules to the
delimited form so editor.cy.ts's existing e2e coverage actually exercises
this path.
Bumps @angular/* to 21 (passing through 20 as a transient step, since
vendored Clarity has no Angular-20-compatible release) and
@typescript-eslint to 8.65.0 for TS 5.9 compat. Applies the required
ng update migrations, including *ngIf/*ngFor/*ngSwitch -> control-flow
syntax across 37 templates.
Two new DQ rule types apply regular expressions to cell values:
HARDREGEX blocks submission on a non-matching value (same path as the
existing CASE/MINVAL/MAXVAL rules); SOFTREGEX is display-only — a
non-matching value gets a yellow warning cell but can still submit,
so it's wired as a grid renderer rather than a validator, and mirrored
in the edit-record modal (which has no grid renderer to hook into) via
DcValidator.failsSoftRegex. Both rules exempt blank and SAS special
missing values, and fail open on a malformed pattern rather than
blocking every submission on that column. HARDREGEX takes precedence
when both rules apply to the same column, so a failing value renders
red/blocked, never yellow.
An invalid cell no longer blocks submission if its row is marked for
delete, since those values are about to be removed anyway. Primary key
columns are exempt from the exemption: the key identifies which record
to delete, and a blank/invalid PK would otherwise also slip past the
separate duplicate-key check. Toggling the delete flag now re-validates
the row immediately so invalid highlights update without waiting for
submit.
This document explains how the Data Controller backend loads staged data into target tables: the load-type dispatch, the internals of the `%bitemporal_dataloader` macro, and a detailed description of the REPLACE load type. For user-facing load type documentation, see [docs.datacontroller.io](https://docs.datacontroller.io/).
## Overview
Every table registered for loading has a current record in `&mpelib..MPE_TABLES` with a `LOADTYPE` (selectbox values are seeded in `mpe_makedata.sas`):
| LOADTYPE | Loader used | History kept |
|---|---|---|
| `UPDATE` | `%bitemporal_dataloader` (no temporal vars) | None — changed records are deleted and re-appended |
| `REPLACE` | Inline code in `%mpe_targetloader` (does **not** use `%bitemporal_dataloader`) | None — entire table wiped and reloaded |
| `TXTEMPORAL` | `%bitemporal_dataloader` (technical time only) | SCD2-style, technical (transaction) time |
| `BITEMPORAL` | `%bitemporal_dataloader` (business + technical time) | Full two-dimensional history |
The relevant `MPE_TABLES` columns read by the loader are: `LOADTYPE`, `BUSKEY` (primary key, space-separated, excluding temporal columns), `VAR_TXFROM` / `VAR_TXTO` (technical validity), `VAR_BUSFROM` / `VAR_BUSTO` (business validity), `VAR_PROCESSED` (processed timestamp column), `RK_UNDERLYING` (retained-key generation), `CLOSE_VARS`, and `AUDIT_LIBDS` (defaults to `&dclib..MPE_AUDIT`).
## Request Flow
```mermaid
flowchart TD
A[User submits changeset\neditors/stagedata.sas] --> B[Staging package written to\n&mpelocapprovals/&LOAD_REF\nCSV + jsdata]
B --> C[Approval workflow\nMPE_SUBMIT / MPE_REVIEW]
C --> D{auditors/postdata.sas}
D -->|action=SHOW_DIFFS| E["%mpe_targetloader(LOADTARGET=NO)\nbuilds work.outds_add / outds_mod / outds_del\nfor the diff screen only"]
D -->|action=APPROVE_TABLE| F["%mpe_targetloader(LOADTARGET=YES)\nactual load"]
E --> G[Diff CSV + TEMPDIFFS stored\nin approval package]
F --> H{LOADTYPE from\nMPE_TABLES}
H -->|UPDATE / TXTEMPORAL / BITEMPORAL| I["%bitemporal_dataloader"]
H -->|FORMAT_CAT| J["%mp_loadformat"]
H -->|REPLACE| K[Inline delete-all + append\nin %mpe_targetloader]
```
`%mpe_targetloader` (`sas/sasjs/macros/mpe_targetloader.sas`) is the single dispatch point. It reads the current `MPE_TABLES` record (`&dc_dttmtfmt. lt tx_to`), aborts if the table is not registered (or has duplicate config records), and routes to the loader. Note the two-phase design: `LOADTARGET=NO` prepares the intermediate `outds_*` tables so the approver can review diffs; `LOADTARGET=YES` performs the destructive load. Both phases run the same preparation logic, so the reviewed diffs correspond to what is actually applied.
## The Temporal Model
Bitemporal tables carry two independent time dimensions:
* **Business time** (`bus_from` / `bus_to`) — when the fact was true in the real world. Present on **both** staging and base tables.
* **Technical time** (`tech_from` / `tech_to`, a.k.a. transaction time) — when the record was known to the database. Present on the **base table only**; the loader stamps these itself.
All validity is expressed with **half-open intervals** (`from <= t < to`). Queries against bitemporal tables need two conditions and must not use `BETWEEN` or `from LE t LE to` (the latter excludes boundary records — see the macro header for background):
```sas
where&bus_from le [tstamp] lt &bus_to
and&tx_from le [tstamp] lt &tx_to
```
"Current" records have `tech_to` set to the high date (`'31DEC9999:23:59:59'dt` when called from `%mpe_targetloader`). Closing out a record means setting `tech_to = now` — records are never physically deleted from a temporal table, they are superseded.
## Key Components
| Component | Location | Role |
|---|---|---|
| `%mpe_targetloader` | `sas/sasjs/macros/mpe_targetloader.sas` | Reads `MPE_TABLES` config and dispatches per LOADTYPE; implements REPLACE inline |
| `%bitemporal_closeouts` | `sas/sasjs/macros/bitemporal_closeouts.sas` | Closes out (sets `tech_to=now`) live records matching a key |
| `%mp_retainedkey` | SASjs core | Generates retained (surrogate) keys when `RK_UNDERLYING` is configured |
| `%mp_rowhash` | SASjs core | MD5 hash of non-temporal columns, used for change detection |
| `%mp_storediffs` | SASjs core | Writes row-level audit records to `AUDIT_LIBDS` |
| `MPE_DATALOADS` | `&dclib` | Load log (counts, duration, macro version, user) — written only by `%bitemporal_dataloader` |
| `MPE_LOCKANYTABLE` | `&dclib` | Lock control table used by `%mp_lockanytable` |
## `%bitemporal_dataloader` Execution Flow
The macro builds a series of `work.bitemp*` intermediate tables, then applies the changes in two target-table operations (closeout, then append) under a single lock.
### 1. Pre-checks and setup
* Early return if the staging table is empty; hard abort if `&syscc > 0`.
*`CLOSE_VARS` is not supported on REDSHIFT / POSTGRES / SNOWFLAKE engines (returns with a NOTE).
* A zero-row snapshot of the base table (`&basecopy`) is taken with `data ... set base; stop;` — this doubles as a lock check, since metadata functions fail against a locked table.
*`proc contents` on the base table feeds column lists. Columns are split into character and numeric lists for hashing (`%mp_rowhash` hashes the two types via separate arrays). Temporal columns, the processed column, and the delete-flag column are excluded from the hash.
* Table names containing `___TMP___` or `_____` are rejected (they would collide with generated temp columns).
### 2. Locking
For `LOADTARGET=YES`, the base table (and audit table, if configured) is locked via `%mp_lockanytable` before any staging prep, because the load is a two-part update (closeouts + append) and must not interleave with another load.
* If `RK_UNDERLYING` is configured, `%mp_retainedkey` maps business keys to retained keys (filtering the base lookup to live records, `&now < tech_to`, for temporal types); otherwise the staging table is used as-is.
*`bus_from` / `bus_to` overrides are applied if provided; the processed column is stamped with the load timestamp (`now`). Even with `processed=0`, a column literally named `PROCESSED_DTTM` on the base table is used if present.
* The MD5 change-detection hash is computed for every staged record.
* If the staging table contains the delete-flag column (`_____DELETE__THIS__RECORD_____`), rows flagged `"Yes"` are diverted to `&outds_del` and closed out via `%bitemporal_closeouts` (PK is taken as `bus_from` + business key). The remaining rows continue as `bitemp0_append`.
### 4. CLOSE_VARS closeout
When `CLOSE_VARS` (a subset of the PK) is supplied, live base records whose CLOSE_VARS values appear in staging but whose full PK does **not** are closed out. This handles "this group was fully reloaded, so anything missing was removed" semantics without reloading the whole table.
### 5. Uniqueness check
If `CHECK_UNIQUENESS=YES` (the default) or business-date overrides are in play, the staging table is sorted `nodupkey` by the PK; a row-count mismatch aborts the load and releases the locks. The staging table must be a unique snapshot of the business key at one point in business time.
### 6. Base extract (`work.bitemp0_base`)
Only base records matching staged PKs are extracted — for temporal load types, only **currently live** records (`now < tech_to`). A left join from the staged keys to the base produces `___TMP___NEW_FLG` to identify brand-new keys. This is engine-specific:
* **OLEDB (SQL Server)** — staged keys are pushed to a `##global` temp table and joined via explicit pass-through.
* **REDSHIFT / POSTGRES / SNOWFLAKE** — an in-database temp table is created `like` the base, stripped to PK + an added `md5 varchar(32)` column, loaded with staged keys, and joined via pass-through. Snowflake uses transient tables; Redshift gets `alter sortkey none` plus any `DCBL_REDSH` config options from `MPE_CONFIG`.
* **CAS** — a FedSQL join against a CASUSER copy.
* **BASE/other** — plain PROC SQL in SAS.
### 7. Change classification
* **`&outds_add`** — staged records flagged as new (no base match). They get `tech_from=now`, `tech_to=high_date`.
* **`work.bitemp1_current`** — matched base records, re-hashed so hashes are comparable.
* **Inserts (BITEMPORAL only)** — a staged record whose business range falls strictly *inside* an existing record's range splits the existing record into a "before" and "after" segment (`bitemp3_inserts` / `bitemp3a_inserts`). The split segments replace the original in the comparison set (`bitemp3b_newbase`).
* **Updates (`bitemp4*`)** — staged records matching a base PK but with a different hash or different business dates. Base and staged versions are stacked, deduplicated, then aligned in **two passes** over the business timeline per key: a forward pass (carry `bus_from` forward across identical hashes; a staged record trims the preceding base record's range) and a reverse pass (carry `bus_to` back; records fully subsumed by the new version are deleted). Records that end up byte-identical to what is already stored are dropped via a hash lookup that includes the business dates (`bitemp5a_lkp` / `bitemp5b_updates`, BITEMPORAL only).
### 8. Closeout application
Changed records are closed out in the target before the new versions are appended. SAS SQL has no UPDATE-with-join, so a correlated `EXISTS` subquery against `work.bitemp5d_subquery` is used (pushed in-database as a temp table for OLEDB / REDSHIFT / POSTGRES / SNOWFLAKE):
* **BITEMPORAL** — per key, the closeout range is `min(bus_from)` / `max(bus_to)` of the changed records: `update base set tech_to=now (, processed=now) where tech_from <= now < tech_to and exists (key match and base.bus_from >= min and base.bus_to <= max)`.
* **TXTEMPORAL** — same, on key only.
* **UPDATE** — changed records are physically `delete`d (they are re-appended in the next step). On CAS this uses `table.deleteRows` with a whereTable; temporal types are not supported on CAS and abort.
* **BUSTEMPORAL** — closeouts are not implemented; the macro aborts at this point ("BUSTEMPORAL NOT YET SUPPORTED").
### 9. Append, unlock, audit, log
* The union of modified + new records, deduplicated on all columns (`bitemp6_unique`), is appended to the base table (`proc append ... force nowarn`; CAS appends via a varchar-casting step; Redshift applies `DCBL_REDSH` options). Locks are then released.
* If `outds_audit` is set (always, from `%mpe_targetloader` — `AUDIT_LIBDS` defaulting to `&dclib..MPE_AUDIT`), `%mp_storediffs` compares the pre-load snapshot with the applied changes and appends row-level audit records; modified-row entries with no actual value change are removed (`MOVE_TYPE="M" and IS_PK=0 and IS_DIFF=0`).
* A summary row is inserted into `&dclib..MPE_DATALOADS` (libref, dsn, etlsource, loadtype, changed/new/deleted counts, duration, macro version, user, timestamp) unless `LOG=0`.
## REPLACE Load Type
REPLACE is the simplest load type and is deliberately **not** routed through `%bitemporal_dataloader` — it is implemented inline in `%mpe_targetloader` and simply wipes the target table (`delete * from`) and re-appends the staging table verbatim, with no history, change detection, key matching, audit rows, or `MPE_DATALOADS` logging. See [replace-load-type.md](replace-load-type.md) for the full deep dive.
Unit tests for the loaders live next to the macros: `sas/sasjs/macros/bitemporal_dataloader.test.[1-4].sas` and `sas/sasjs/macros/mpe_targetloader.test.sas` (REPLACE loadtype), executed as sasjs tests. See [testing.md](testing.md) for how to run them (`npm run 4gl` then `sasjs test -t 4gl` from the `sas/` directory), and remember `sasjs lint` after touching any `.sas` files.
Whenever any `package.json` (root, `client/`, or `sas/`) or lockfile is modified, run the same checks CI runs before pushing:
1.**npm audit** (must be clean for prod deps):
```bash
npm audit --omit=dev # in repo root
cd sas && npm audit --omit=dev
cd ../client && npm audit --omit=dev
```
Fix with `npm audit fix`, targeted `overrides` in `package.json`, or version bumps — never `npm audit fix --force` blindly, as it can introduce breaking changes.
2. **License checker** (client only):
```bash
cd client && npm run license-checker
```
If a new dependency fails, either add its SPDX id to the `onlyAllow` list in `client/licenseChecker.js` (if the license is acceptable, e.g. permissive ones like `BlueOak-1.0.0`) or add the specific package to `excludePackages` with justification. Data Controller ships on-prem, so only OSI-approved permissive licenses are acceptable for production dependencies.
Both checks run in `.gitea/workflows/build.yaml` (`Check audit` and `Licence checker` steps) and will fail the build if skipped locally.
This document describes how the regex validation rules work internally. For user-facing documentation see `docs/dcc-validations.md` in the `docs.datacontroller.io` repo.
## Overview
Two validation rule types in `MPE_VALIDATIONS` validate cell values against a regular expression supplied in `RULE_VALUE`:
-`HARDREGEX` - submission-blocking. A failing value is rejected by the cell validator and painted red (HOT's own `htInvalid` class), so the row cannot be submitted.
-`SOFTREGEX` - display-only warning. A failing value is painted yellow (`dc-warning-cell` class) with a tooltip, but submission is not blocked.
Both rule types are selectable in the MPE_VALIDATIONS RULE_TYPE dropdown; they were added to the selectbox seed data in `sas/sasjs/macros/mpe_makedata.sas` and via the optional migration `sas/sasjs/db/migrations/20260720_v7.12_release.sas`. `RULE_VALUE` is limited to 128 characters, which constrains very long patterns.
## Config-time validation (SAS side)
`sas/sasjs/services/hooks/mpe_validations_postedit.sas` runs `prxparse()` on any staged HARDREGEX/SOFTREGEX rule value and aborts the edit with a list of offending `libref.table.column` references if the pattern is invalid. This is a best-effort syntax check to catch typos at config time; an empty pattern is treated as valid (it matches everything in JS). Rows marked for delete are skipped.
Because patterns must pass `prxparse`, rule values are authored in the SAS PRX delimiter form `/pattern/flags` (although a bare pattern is also accepted for backwards compatibility).
## Frontend evaluation
All regex handling lives in the client; there is no server-side re-validation of data values. The per-cell decision flow:
```mermaid
flowchart TD
A[Cell value] --> B{Row marked for delete<br/>and not a PK column?}
B -- Yes --> Z[No validation / no warning]
B -- No --> C{isRegexRuleExempt?<br/>blank, or "." on a numeric column}
C -- Yes --> Z
C -- No --> D{HARDREGEX rule on column?}
D -- Yes --> E{Pattern matches?}
E -- No --> F[Invalid: submission blocked,<br/>red htInvalid + REGEX tooltip]
E -- Yes --> J[Valid]
D -- No --> G{SOFTREGEX rule on column?}
G -- Yes --> H{Pattern matches?}
H -- No --> I[Warning: yellow dc-warning-cell<br/>+ REGEX tooltip, submission allowed]
H -- Yes --> J[Valid]
G -- No --> J
```
A malformed pattern never reaches this flow: it is treated as always-valid (HARDREGEX) / never-warn (SOFTREGEX) with a `console.warn`, rather than breaking the editor.
Converts an authored SAS PRX pattern into a JavaScript `RegExp`:
1. If the value matches `/^\/(.*)\/([a-z]*)$/s`, the delimiters are stripped and the trailing flags are passed to `new RegExp(body, flags)`. Otherwise the value is used as-is (backwards compatibility with bare patterns).
2. Three mechanical Perl→JS translations are applied to the body:
- a leading `(?i)` inline modifier is removed and folded into the `i` flag;
-`\Q...\E` literal sequences are replaced with escaped literal text;
-`\A` → `^` and `\z` → `(?![\s\S])` (end-of-string anchor).
3. Perl-only constructs that would need a capture-group-renumbering rewrite (atomic groups `(?>...)`, possessive quantifiers `a++`) are deliberately NOT translated. They throw from `new RegExp`, and every caller treats a throw as "always valid / never warn" (see below) rather than breaking the editor.
Blank values (`undefined`, `null`, `''`) are exempt from pattern matching on any column type - use a separate NOTNULL rule if populated values must also be enforced. On numeric columns the plain SAS missing (`.`) is also exempt; special missings (`.A`-`.Z`, `._`, bare letters) are NOT exempt anywhere - being deliberately set, they are real values the pattern must match (and on a character column even `.` is real text). `isSpecialMissing` from `@sasjs/utils` is deliberately not used: its optional-dot regex would exempt any single-letter character value ("d", "z") before the regex ever ran. The check takes an `isNumeric` flag, passed by all callers (the dq validator via `dqValidate(rules, value, colType === 'numeric')`, the warning renderer via a `makeRegexWarningRenderer` argument, and `failsSoftRegex` via the column's HOT type).
### HARDREGEX - blocking validation
`HARDREGEX` is implemented as a cell validator in `client/src/app/shared/dc-validator/validations/dq-validation.ts`. It returns `true` (valid) for exempt values and for patterns that fail to compile (with a `console.warn`), and otherwise returns `parseRegexRule(ruleValue).test(value.toString())`. Returning `false` makes HOT mark the cell invalid, block submission, and paint it red via its standard `htInvalid` styling.
### SOFTREGEX - warning renderer
`client/src/app/editor/utils/regex-warning-renderer.ts` builds a display-only Handsontable renderer (registered per-column by `DcValidator.setupRules` in `client/src/app/shared/dc-validator/dc-validator.ts`). It never returns false; it only:
- adds a `REGEX: <pattern>` tooltip (`td.title`) when a rule fails;
- adds the yellow `dc-warning-cell` class when only SOFTREGEX fails.
`DcValidator.failsSoftRegex(col, value)` provides the same logic outside the grid (e.g. the edit-record screen).
### Precedence: HARD and SOFT on the same column
Only one regex ever runs per column. If a HARDREGEX rule exists, SOFTREGEX is ignored entirely - never compiled, never evaluated - regardless of whether individual cell values pass or fail the hard rule. A value failing HARDREGEX gets the red invalid styling (blocking submission) plus a `REGEX: <pattern>` tooltip; a SOFTREGEX-only column warns in yellow without blocking. This holds in both the renderer and `failsSoftRegex`.
### Other behaviour
- Rows marked for delete (`_____DELETE__THIS__RECORD_____ = 'Yes'`) are not warned/validated by the renderer (except primary key columns, which still validate).
- A malformed pattern never breaks the editor: the dq validator treats it as always-valid and the renderer disables the warning, logging to the console instead.
- The pattern is used as authored - it is NOT auto-anchored. Authors must include `^`/`$` to match the entire cell value.
- Column info: `client/src/app/shared/utils/col-info-html.ts` shows the applied pattern in the column-info dropdown - the HARDREGEX pattern if one exists (it is the rule actually applied when both are present), otherwise the SOFTREGEX pattern, otherwise nothing.
- SAS side: `sas/sasjs/services/editors/stagedata.test.3.sas`, plus seed data in `mpe_makedata.sas`: HARDREGEX "SOME_CHAR must contain 'the' or 'data'" (`/the|data/i`), SOFTREGEX "SOME_CHAR should contain the letter 't'", SOFTREGEX on PRIMARY_KEY_FIELD (`/^\d+$/` - yellow if the key contains a decimal), and HARDREGEX on SOME_SHORTNUM (`/^(??$).*/` - values 1-5 blocked; generated data starts at 6 so demos aren't blocked accidentally).
**Do not edit `CHANGELOG.md` by hand, and do not bump the version in `package.json` yourself.** Both are generated automatically by the release pipeline. Manual edits produce duplicate/colliding version sections and merge conflicts, and they are pointless because the next release overwrites them anyway.
## How releases work
Releases are driven by [semantic-release](https://semantic-release.gitbook.io/) from the `release` job in `.gitea/workflows/release.yaml`, which runs on every push to `main` (after the build/test jobs pass). The configuration lives in `.releaserc` at the repo root.
The plugin chain (`.releaserc``plugins`) does the following on each release:
1.`@semantic-release/commit-analyzer` - inspects Conventional Commit messages since the last tag to decide the next semantic version (`fix:` -> patch, `feat:` -> minor, breaking change -> major).
2.`@semantic-release/release-notes-generator` - builds the release notes from those commits.
3.`@semantic-release/changelog` - **writes the new section into `CHANGELOG.md`**.
4.`@semantic-release/npm` - updates the `version` in `package.json` (it does not publish; the package is `private`).
5.`@semantic-release/git` - commits `CHANGELOG.md` and `package.json` back to `main` as `chore(release): <version> [skip ci]` and tags it.
6.`@saithodev/semantic-release-gitea` - creates the Gitea release.
The build assets (frontend zip, SAS 9 / Viya / SASjs Server deployment files) are attached to the release afterwards by the workflow's own `Upload assets to release` step using the Gitea API (`curl`), not by the plugin. Before creating the release the workflow first runs `semantic-release --dry-run` and aborts the job if there are no releasable changes since the last tag.
Because the changelog entry and version bump are committed by the pipeline (step 5), they must **not** exist in your working tree beforehand. If they do, the release commit collides with them.
## What this means for you
- Never add, remove, or reorder entries in `CHANGELOG.md`.
- Never change `version` in `package.json`.
- Control what appears in the changelog through your **commit messages** (Conventional Commits: `fix:`, `feat:`, `feat!:`/`BREAKING CHANGE:`, plus scopes like `fix(editor): ...`). The scope and description become the changelog line.
- If you find hand-written entries in `CHANGELOG.md` in the working tree, revert them (`git checkout CHANGELOG.md`).
- CI does not use any local release script - the pipeline installs and runs `semantic-release` directly.
This document describes the REPLACE load type in detail. For the overall loader architecture, the temporal model, and the other load types, see [bitemporal-dataloader.md](bitemporal-dataloader.md).
## Overview
REPLACE is the simplest load type and is deliberately **not** routed through `%bitemporal_dataloader`. It is implemented inline in `%mpe_targetloader` (`sas/sasjs/macros/mpe_targetloader.sas`, search for `&loadtype=REPLACE`). There is no history, no change detection, no key matching — the target table is wiped and reloaded from the staging table verbatim.
## Actual load (`LOADTARGET=YES`)
```sas
%mp_lockanytable(LOCK, lib=&lib, ds=&ds, ...)
data WORK.&STAGING_DS;
set WORK.&STAGING_DS;
/* only if the target contains the MPE_TABLES.VAR_PROCESSED variable: */
&VAR_PROCESSED = &now;
drop _____DELETE__THIS__RECORD_____;
run;
%if&engine_type=CAS %then%do;
/* prep first: cast varchar columns in a CASUSER copy of staging */
/* unlock + abort if any error so far - nothing destructive done yet */
%mp_abort(iftrue= (&syscc>0) ...)
proc sql;
delete * from&libds;
quit;
proc append base=&libds data=WORK.&STAGING_DS force nowarn; run;
%end;
%mp_lockanytable(UNLOCK, lib=&lib, ds=&ds, ...)
```
Step by step:
1.**Lock** — the target is locked via `%mp_lockanytable` (control table `&dclib..MPE_LOCKANYTABLE`). This is the only concurrency guard for the whole operation.
2.**Staging recopy** — the staging dataset is rewritten in place: the processed-timestamp column is set to the approval timestamp **only if** the target table contains the variable named by `MPE_TABLES.VAR_PROCESSED` (unlike `%bitemporal_dataloader`, there is no `PROCESSED_DTTM` fallback). The delete-flag column `_____DELETE__THIS__RECORD_____` is unconditionally dropped — per-record delete semantics do not exist in REPLACE (everything is deleted anyway), so a delete flag submitted by the user is silently discarded (a `drop` of a non-existent variable just produces a warning).
3.**Prepare the load (CAS only)** — fixed char variables cannot be appended to CAS varchar columns, so the staging table is first copied to a CASUSER temp table with every column that is varchar in the target (and present in staging) redeclared as `varchar(*)` via generated `length` / `rename` / assignment statements. This mirrors the CAS append in `%bitemporal_dataloader`.
4.**Pre-destructive abort check** — if `&syscc > 0` after all preparation, the target is unlocked and the macro aborts via `%mp_abort`. Nothing destructive has happened at this point, so a failed prep leaves the target intact (and without a stale lock).
5.**Delete all rows** — every row is removed from the target while preserving structure, indexes and metadata, deliberately as the last step before the append (to minimise the time the target sits empty). On most engines this is `proc sql; delete * from &libds;` (passed through as a `DELETE` on database libraries). CAS tables do not support SQL deletes, so on the CAS engine the table is truncated instead via the `table.deleteRows` action with `where="1=1"` (same approach as `%bitemporal_closeouts`), with the libref passed as the caslib.
6.**Append staged rows** — the entire staging table is appended. On most engines this is `proc append ... force nowarn` (`force` allows the append to proceed despite attribute mismatches, so lengths/formats may be coerced or values truncated, and columns present in only one side are handled; `nowarn` suppresses the associated warnings). On CAS the pre-cast CASUSER temp table is appended with `data &libds (append=yes) / sessref=dcsession` and then dropped.
7.**Unlock**.
## Diff screen (`LOADTARGET=NO`)
When the approver reviews a REPLACE submission, no real comparison is performed:
```sas
/* is full replace so treat all staged records as new in diff screen */
data work.outds_mod work.outds_add;
set work.&staging_ds;
output work.outds_add; /* every staged record is "NEW" */
run;/* outds_mod stays empty */
/* previous table will be considered fully deleted */
data work.outds_del;
set&lib..&ds; /* every existing record is "DELETED" */
run;
```
The approval screen therefore always shows full-table turnover: the entire current table as deleted and the entire staging table as added, with no "modified" records and no original/current comparison.
## What REPLACE does not do
Because it bypasses `%bitemporal_dataloader`, none of the following apply to REPLACE:
* **No row-level audit** — nothing is written to `AUDIT_LIBDS` / `MPE_AUDIT`. The record of the change is the approval package itself (staged CSV and the `TEMPDIFFS` CSV stored under `&mpelocapprovals/&LOAD_REF`).
* **No `MPE_DATALOADS` log entry** — the load-log insert lives inside `%bitemporal_dataloader`, so REPLACE loads do not appear in load history. (Consequently the SHOW_DIFFS timestamp lookup in `postdata.sas` finds no `MPE_DATALOADS` row for a REPLACE load and falls back to the current datetime.)
* **No PK usage** — `BUSKEY` is ignored: no uniqueness check, no dedup, no join to existing data. Staged rows are loaded exactly as submitted, duplicates included.
* **No temporal handling** — `VAR_TXFROM`/`VAR_TXTO`/`VAR_BUSFROM`/`VAR_BUSTO` and `CLOSE_VARS` are ignored. A REPLACE table should not be treated as temporal; querying it with the usual validity filters makes no sense.
* **No retained-key handling** — `RK_UNDERLYING` is ignored.
* **Minimal engine-specific handling** — unlike the temporal loaders, there is no pass-through/temp-table optimisation for OLEDB, Redshift, Postgres or Snowflake. The only engine conditional is CAS, where rows are removed via the `deleteRows` action and appended via a varchar-casting CASUSER temp table and a data-step append (SQL deletes and fixed-char-to-varchar appends are not possible on CAS).
* **Not atomic** — the delete/truncate and append are separate steps with no transaction or rollback, so a session failure between them still leaves the target empty or partially loaded (recovery is a re-approval of the same or a previous staging package). The risk is mitigated by performing all preparation first, aborting on any error before the destructive step, and executing the delete/truncate immediately before the append.
## Interaction with Row Level Security
REPLACE is incompatible with `EDIT`-scope RLS rules (a full-table wipe cannot honour row-level write restrictions); this is enforced at edit time in both directions — see [row-level-security.md](row-level-security.md#incompatibility-with-replace-load-type) and [issue #211](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/issues/211). `VIEW`-scope rules remain compatible.
This document explains **how** Row Level Security (RLS) is implemented in the Data Controller backend. For the user-facing configuration guide, see [docs.datacontroller.io/row-level-security](https://docs.datacontroller.io/row-level-security/).
## Overview
RLS in Data Controller is implemented as **server-side WHERE clause generation**. No data leaves SAS without passing through a dynamically generated filter. The filter is built at runtime per request, based on:
1. The requesting user's group memberships (SAS metadata groups + DC groups)
2. The active rules in the `MPE_ROW_LEVEL_SECURITY` control table
Because the filter is expressed as a standard SAS `WHERE` expression, it works against **any** engine — Base SAS datasets, database libraries (via implicit SQL pass-through pushdown), SPDE, CAS libnames, etc.
Scope mapping: `DLOAD` requests match rules with `RLS_SCOPE in ('VIEW','ALL')`; `ULOAD` requests match rules with `RLS_SCOPE in ('EDIT','ALL')`.
## Execution Flow of `%mpe_filtermaster`
The macro writes the final WHERE expression to a temporary **fileref** (`outref`), line by line. (A fileref is used because a generated filter may exceed the 64k macro variable limit — and note that `%include` of a fileref is not allowed directly in a `proc sql` where clause, hence callers typically use it in a DATA step or data step view.)
### 1. User-supplied filter (FILTER_RK)
If the request includes a stored filter (`filter_rk > 0`), its clauses are read from `MPE_FILTERANYTABLE` / `MPE_FILTERSOURCE` and generated first via `%mp_filtergenerate`. RLS clauses are then **AND-ed on top** — a user filter can only ever narrow results, never widen them beyond RLS.
`MPE_TABLES` may define `VAR_TXFROM` / `VAR_TXTO` (SCD2-style validity variables) for the target table. Unless the user explicitly filtered on those variables, the macro appends:
```
("<current datetime>"dt < VAR_TXTO)
```
so that only current records are surfaced in the EDIT grid and downloads.
where&dc_dttmtfmt. lt tx_to /* only current (non-deleted) rules */
and rls_scope in ("&scopeval",'ALL')
andupcase(rls_group) in (selectupcase(groupname) from work.groups)
and rls_libref = "<libref>"and rls_table = "<dsname>"
and rls_active = 1
orderby rls_group, rls_subgroup_id;
```
### 5. Clause assembly
If rules exist, they are appended to the fileref as `AND ( ... )`. Each **group** the user belongs to contributes one sub-filter, and the group-level sub-filters are joined with `OR`:
```
AND ( <group 1 filter> OR <group 2 filter> ... )
```
Each group's filter is produced by `%mp_filtergenerate`, which honours:
*`RLS_GROUP_LOGIC` — how subgroups (identified by `RLS_SUBGROUP_ID`) are joined
*`RLS_SUBGROUP_LOGIC` — how individual clauses within a subgroup are joined (AND/OR)
So membership in multiple groups is **permissive** (OR): the user sees the union of rows permitted by each of their groups.
### 6. Empty-filter fallback
If nothing was written to the fileref (no stored filter, no validity vars, no matching RLS rules), the macro writes a literal `1=1` so the fileref can always be consumed as a valid WHERE expression. Absence of rules therefore means **no restriction** — RLS is opt-in per table/group.
The fileref is `%include`d directly inside the `where` statement — the filter never passes through client-visible state, so it cannot be tampered with. For database libraries the WHERE expression is pushed down to the database by the SAS engine.
### Write path (stagedata.sas) — inverse filter
Uploads cannot be filtered; instead the filter is **inverted** and any submitted row matching the inverse is rejected:
,msg=%str(Security Problem - N unauthorised records submitted))
```
If even one submitted row falls outside the user's permitted row set, the entire staging request is aborted before any approval/apply step.
## Incompatibility with REPLACE Load Type
RLS with `EDIT` scope is **incompatible** with tables configured with `LOAD_TYPE=REPLACE` in `MPE_TABLES`. A REPLACE load wipes and reloads the entire target table, so row-level filtering of submitted records cannot be enforced meaningfully (the rows a user is *not* allowed to see would also be deleted). Backend validations therefore abort in both directions (see [issue #211](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/issues/211)):
1.**`mpe_row_level_security_postedit.sas`** — aborts when activating a rule with `RLS_SCOPE in ('EDIT','ALL')` against a table whose current `MPE_TABLES` record has `LOADTYPE='REPLACE'`.
2.**`mpe_tables_postedit.sas`** — aborts when setting `LOADTYPE='REPLACE'` on a table that already has active, current `RLS_SCOPE in ('EDIT','ALL')` rules in `MPE_ROW_LEVEL_SECURITY`.
`VIEW`-scope rules remain compatible with REPLACE loads, since they only affect read paths.
## Edit-Time Validation (Injection Defence)
Because `RLS_RAW_VALUE` is free text that ends up inside a generated WHERE clause, it is a potential SAS code-injection vector. Mitigations:
1.**`mpe_row_level_security_postedit.sas`** — a post-edit hook on the `MPE_ROW_LEVEL_SECURITY` table itself. Every newly staged rule (with `rls_active=1`) is grouped by target `libref.table` and run through `%mp_filtercheck(targetds=..., abort=YES)`, which compiles/tests each clause against the real target table and rejects the whole submission on invalid syntax (see [mp_filtercheck](https://core.sasjs.io/mp__filtercheck_8sas.html)).
2.**Format rules** enforced by validation: character values must be single quoted, `IN`/`NOT IN` values must be bracketed, `BETWEEN` must contain `AND`.
Additionally, editing `MPE_ROW_LEVEL_SECURITY` is itself a Data Controller table edit, so it goes through the normal approval workflow, audit trail (`MPE_AUDIT`), and can be column-restricted via [Column Level Security](https://docs.datacontroller.io/column-level-security/).
## Worked Example
Given these active rules (all for `MYLIB.MYDS`, `RLS_ACTIVE=1`):
| SCOPE | GROUP | GROUP_LOGIC | SUBGRP_LOGIC | SUBGRP_ID | VAR | OP | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALL | Group 1 | AND | AND | 1 | VAR_2 | IN | ('this','or') |
| ALL | Group 1 | AND | AND | 1 | VAR_3 | < | 42 |
| ALL | Group 2 | AND | AND | 1 | VAR_4 | CONTAINS | 'xyz' |
A non-admin user in **both** groups, opening the VIEW page, gets a fileref containing:
```
AND ( (VAR_2 IN ('this','or') AND VAR_3 < 42) OR (VAR_4 CONTAINS 'xyz') )
```
resulting in:
```sas
data work.viewdata;
set mylib.myds;
where (VAR_2 IN ('this','or') AND VAR_3 < 42) OR (VAR_4 CONTAINS 'xyz');
run;
```
The same user submitting an EDIT upload has the inverse applied to their staged rows; any row not matching the expression above aborts the submission.
## Summary of Security Properties
* **Enforced server-side** in every read service (VIEW/EDIT/DLOAD) and every write service (ULOAD via inverse filter).
* **Admin bypass** is explicit (`&mpeadmins` group membership check).
* **Multi-group semantics are OR** (union of permitted rows); rules within a group/subgroup are AND/OR per configuration.
* **Fail-open by design**: if no rules match a table, it is unrestricted — RLS must be opted into per table.
* **Injection-resistant**: values are validated with `%mp_filtercheck` at the time rules are edited, not at query time.
Backend (SAS) tests are run with the sasjs CLI from the `sas/` directory.
## Commands
- Full deploy + test cycle: `npm run 4gl` (compiles, deploys to the 4gl target, runs makedata) then `sasjs test -t 4gl`.
- Run tests only (no rebuild/redeploy): `sasjs test -t 4gl`.
- Run a subset of tests: `sasjs test -t 4gl SOMESTRING` — the positional argument filters to matching tests (e.g. `sasjs test -t 4gl stagedata.test.3`).
## Results
- Test results: `sas/sasjsresults/testResults.json` / `.csv` / `.xml`
- Individual test logs: `sas/sasjsresults/logs/<testsuite>.log` (e.g. `services_editors_stagedata.test.3.log`)
- Coverage: `sas/sasjsresults/coverage.lcov`
## Notes
- Test source files live in `sas/sasjs/**`; `sas/sasjsbuild/` is generated build output — do not hand-edit it.
-`sasjs test` executes tests against the deployed app, so run `npm run 4gl` first after changing any service/hook/test code.
- Assertions are made with `%mp_assert()`; results are written to `work.test_results`.
Use this skill when writing or debugging Cypress E2E specs in the dc repo, or when working on the
JS mock backend they run against. Covers the SASjs Server mock environment (deploy, seed, ports),
the spec conventions the CI harness expects, the viewer/editor DOM selectors that the existing
specs get wrong, the fixed 1280x720 video capture, and the rule that a mock service must mirror
the real SAS service it stands in for.
---
# Cypress E2E and the JS mock backend
The specs under `client/cypress/e2e/` run against a mock backend: JS stored programs under `sas/mocks/sasjs/services/` executed by SASjs Server in JS-only mode. No SAS licence, no SAS server. CI (`.gitea/workflows/build.yaml`) builds the same environment - SASjs Server on :5000, `sasjs cbd -t server-ci`, makedata, then `ng serve` on :4200 - and runs a fixed list of specs against it.
This skill covers the parts that are not obvious from reading a spec file: how to stand the environment up, the selectors that actually work, and the traps in the mock services. It does not cover the SAS-side tests (see `.agents/docs/testing.md` and the `dc-sas` skill).
## When to Use
- Adding or changing a spec under `client/cypress/e2e/`.
- A mock service needs a new behaviour, or a spec "does nothing" because the mock ignores an input.
- Recording a demo video from a spec run.
- Debugging a spec that passes locally but fails in CI (usually a viewport or timing assumption).
Don't use for: SAS backend tests (`sasjs test -t 4gl`), Angular unit tests (`npm run test:headless`), or general SAS development (use the `dc-sas` skill).
## Stand up the mock environment
1.**SASjs Server, JS mode.** Download the linux build from the sasjs/server releases, then create a `.env` next to the binary:
RUN_TIMES=js
NODE_PATH=node
CORS=enable
WHITELIST=http://localhost:4200
Start it (`./api-linux`). It runs in desktop mode on :5000 with no authentication.
cd sas/mocks && sasjs request services/admin/makedata -t server-ci \
-d deploy/makedata.json -o ./makedata_out.json
`makedata` replies with HTML (it is normally called as a URL redirect), so the CLI reports `invalid Json string`. That is expected - check the drive instead.
4.**Frontend.** Point the `sasjs` tag in `client/src/index.html` at the mock backend (`serverUrl="http://localhost:5000"`, `appLoc="/Public/app/dc"`, `serverType="SASJS"` - a local-only edit, the repo default is `serverUrl=""`), then `npx ng serve --host 0.0.0.0 --port 4200`. `client/cypress.env.json` needs `username`/`password` entries; any values work, `loginAndUpdateValidKey()` no-ops when there is no login form.
5.**Run.**
cd client && npx cypress run --browser electron --spec cypress/e2e/<spec>.cy.ts
Only Electron is installed here (no system Chrome), so always pass `--browser electron`.
## Spec conventions
- Start the file with `export {}` so its top-level consts do not collide with other spec files under the TS type-checker.
-`beforeAll`: `cy.visit(\`${hostUrl}/SASLogon/logout\`)` then `cy.loginAndUpdateValidKey(true)`. The `true` forces a licence key instead of relying on an earlier spec in the same run having applied one.
-`beforeEach`: `cy.visit(hostUrl + appLocation)`, `visitPage('home')`, `visitPage('view/data')`. The `home` visit is what triggers the startup-data fetch; going straight to `view/data` leaves the nav tree empty in slower environments.
- Declare helpers at the **bottom of each spec file** (that is the house pattern) - do not introduce a shared helper module.
- Use `Cypress.env('longerCommandTimeout')` for waits and gate on `.app-loading` disappearing.
- **No artificial delays.** These specs are the CI regression suite, so `cy.wait(n)` to "let a result land" is not acceptable - assert on the resulting state instead (Cypress retries assertions). Replace a sleep with a state assertion: e.g. after picking an option from a soft-select, wait for `#datalist_<inputId>` to have class `hidden` rather than sleeping.
- Viewer search box: `input[name="search-input"]` (Enter or the magnifier icon submits); the numeric toggle is `input[name="numeric_check"]`.
- Row/column count in the header: `.title-col p` renders `(1,000 rows, 9 cols)` - and `(1 row, 9 cols)` when the result is a single row, so an assertion on the count has to pluralise.
- Filter info bar: `.infoBar b` - only rendered when the backend's `sasparams.FILTER_TEXT` is neither blank, `' '`, nor `'1=1'`.
- Empty result: `.noData h3` with `No data found with given conditions`.
- Nav tree: `.nav-tree clr-tree > clr-tree-node` -> `.clr-tree-node-content-container .clr-treenode-content p` (expands a library) -> `.clr-treenode-link` (table links).
- **Viewer filter modal** - `.filterSide` (the options button) -> `.dropdown-menu` contains `Filter` -> `#vals_var_id0_0` (variable, pick from `#datalist_vals_var_id0_0 option`) and `#vals_0_0` (value) -> `.filter-modal button[aria-label="Ok"]`.
-`filtering.cy.ts` opens the filter with `.btnCtrl .btnView`, which is an **editor** control and does not exist in the viewer. Do not copy that helper into a viewer spec.
- The soft-select inputs drop a transparent click-catcher over the modal while their suggestion list is open, so Cypress reports the Ok button (and the next input) as covered by `.overlay`. Send the Escape keyup a user would send (`trigger('keyup', { key: 'Escape', force: true })`) and wait for the list to close before clicking on.
## Recording a demo video
`video: true` in `cypress.config.ts` is all that is needed. Run the spec and the MP4 lands in `client/cypress/videos/<spec>.mp4`.
**The capture is the browser window's content area, and it contains the Cypress runner** - the command log takes the left ~450px and the app is rendered in the remaining pane, so the pane is `(capture width - 450) x (capture height - 96)` and the app is zoomed to fit it.
That makes the window size the only lever that matters:
- Electron is stuck at 1280x720 (it ignores `--window-size`), i.e. an 830x624 pane, and the repo's 1600x900 viewport renders at 50% - the app only occupies ~806x452 of it.
- A real Chromium browser honours `--window-size`, so the capture can be sized to whatever the pane needs. `cypress.config.ts` passes it through from `RECORD_WINDOW_SIZE` (inert in CI, which sets no env).
For a 16:9 pane, solve `(W - 450) / (H - 96) = 16/9`: W = 1920 gives H = 923 of window *content*, and Chrome adds ~87px of window chrome above that, so pass 1920x1010:
That yields a 1920x922 capture with a 1470x826 pane (16:9) and, at the repo's 1600x900 viewport, an app at ~0.90 zoom occupying 1441x812 - about 1.9x the linear size of the 16:9 crop Electron can give. Crop the app out:
Measure the crop rect from the frames rather than guessing: the pane's flat background is rgb(225,227,236), so a row/column scan for pixels that differ from it gives the app's bounding box (for the 1920x922 capture: runner pane ends x=449, app x=463-1903, app y=80-893; for the 1280x720 Electron capture: app x=468-1259, y=80-675). The app's own background is nearly the same grey, so verify the result on the first, middle and last frames rather than trusting a pixel test alone.
To find where to cut, scan the mean *and* standard deviation of the content area: the app boots mid-run (a dark screen, mean ~65, sd ~2.5), the "Loading Table Viewer" spinner is flat and light (mean ~252, sd ~0), and the rendered table is mean ~245, sd ~31. Cut on the first table frame - cutting a fraction early shows the boot screen or the spinner.
Cypress starts its own Xvfb for the run (a second display appears in `/tmp/.X11-unix`), so an external `DISPLAY` is ignored; `--force-device-scale-factor` and a CSS `zoom` also do not change the capture.
### Grid columns that are clipped
Handsontable sizes columns to content, so a narrow result can be *wider* than the grid viewport: the horizontal scrollbar appears and the rightmost column (NOTES on `MPE_X_SEARCH`) is cut off. The cell text is still in the DOM, so an assertion passes either way - the column only has to be scrolled into view for the *video* to show why the rows matched.
Setting `scrollLeft` is enough - Handsontable keeps the header clone in step - and the browser clamps it to `scrollWidth - clientWidth`, so that is what scrolling right has to land on. This is a legitimate spec step (it runs in CI), not a recording flag.
### A longer, more readable demo
A spec that doubles as a walkthrough should be a single `it()`: open the table once and make each variation a search in place. The recording then reads as a demo rather than a sequence of page loads, and it is far faster - every extra `it()` pays for the `beforeEach` navigation again.
Two recording-only env flags, both inert in CI because CI passes no env:
-`skipNegative=true` drops the steps that legitimately match nothing (wrong case, partial number, value not present), so the recording never shows an empty screen.
-`demoPause=1500` pauses 1.5s at each row-count assertion, so each result can be read. Apply it in one place (the row-count assertion, which every beat makes exactly once) rather than sprinkling `cy.wait()` through the test - CI still runs the file with no waits at all.
More beats, not a slower take, is what makes a demo longer: a walkthrough of 12 row-count beats takes 52s against 30s for 7.
## Mock services
- One JS file per service under `sas/mocks/sasjs/services/**`, deployed as SASjs stored programs. Shared helpers live in `sas/mocks/sasjs/services/dcMockUtils.js` (`fetchTable`/`parseCsv` for `%webout(FETCH)`, `webOutOpen`/`webOutObj`/`webOutClose` for `%webout`, `mpeFilterMaster`, `mpFilterGenerate`, `mpFilterStore`, `getDdType`, `formatSasValue`, `sasVarsEntry`).
- Mock data is one JSON file per table at `<drive>/files/<appLoc>/data/<LIBREF>/<table>.json`, written by `services/admin/makedata.js` (which also writes `services/settings.js`). The drive lives under the SASjs Server directory (`sasjs_root/drive`).
-`makedata.js` self-destructs after a successful run (it deletes itself from the drive so the frontend can detect completion), so re-deploy before re-seeding.
- **A mock must mirror the real service.** `viewdata.js` once ignored `FILTER_RK` and hard-coded `FILTER_TEXT` to blank, so the viewer's filter silently filtered nothing and its info bar never showed a clause, while the real `viewdata.sas` applies `%mpe_filtermaster` and then `%mp_searchdata`. If a mock is a deliberate stub, say so in a comment and make the divergence explicit - a mock that quietly drops an input turns an E2E spec into a test of nothing.
## Pitfalls
-`sasjs cbd -t server-ci` rebuilds the *mock services* and re-deploys the streamed web app from `client/dist`; it does not rebuild the Angular app.
- Deleting the drive folder before deploying avoids stale services and stale data.
- Captured `_webout` JSON, request logs and iteration snapshots belong in `tmp/` (gitignored), never in `sas/mocks/` - see the `dc-sas` skill.
- The mock server has no auth, so `cy.visit` on `/SASLogon/logout` returns 404 - that is fine, Cypress does not fail on the status code.
## Verification
-`npx cypress run --browser electron --spec <specs>` - all green, and run it more than once when you have just removed a wait.
-`cd client && npm run lint:check` passes.
- For a mock change, hit the service directly before writing UI assertions:
curl -sS -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST \
description:Expert guidance for the SAS programming language — DATA step, PROC SQL, macro language, formats, ODS, and common procedures. Pure SAS syntax only, no SASjs-framework content. Use when writing, reviewing, or debugging .sas programs, or answering SAS language questions.
---
# SAS Language
Write idiomatic, production-quality SAS code. This skill covers the SAS language itself, independent of any framework.
## Scope
- DATA step programming (SET/MERGE/BY, RETAIN, arrays, DO loops, hash objects, first./last. processing)
- PROC SQL (joins, subqueries, views, pass-through with CONNECT TO)
Generated SAS code must run cleanly — **zero WARNINGs (and zero ERRORs) in the log**. Treat every `WARNING:` as a defect: uninitialized variables, implicit type conversions, truncation notes that should be warnings, "no observations", unresolved macro references, etc. If a warning is truly unavoidable, suppress it deliberately (e.g. an explicit option) and comment why. Likewise avoid superfluous NOTEs where reasonable.
## Style rules
These follow the @sasjs/core coding standards — apply them to all SAS code:
- One statement per line; indentation = 2 spaces, no tabs, no trailing whitespace
- Lines no longer than 80 characters; unix (LF) line endings; UTF-8
- Avoid non-ASCII / special characters entirely — maximum compatibility across SAS installations and encodings
- Always end steps with `run;`; for `proc sql` (and CAS-connected procs) `quit;` is essential to avoid `WARNING: You cannot disconnect or terminate session ...` on Viya
- All dataset references must be 2-level (`work.blah`, not `blah`) — protects against `DATASTMTCHK=ALLKEYWORDS` and an active `USER` library
- Explicit `length` / `attrib` for character variables rather than relying on defaults (avoids implicit length=8 truncation)
- Use literal suffixes for clarity (`'01JAN2020'd`, `'12:30't`)
- Prefer `proc sort` with `nodupkey` over manual dedup logic
- Macros:
- Define with parentheses, even with no parameters: `%macro x();` not `%macro x;`
- Closing `%mend;` must repeat the macro name
- Macro calls are not terminated with a semicolon: `%my_macro()` not `%my_macro();`
- Macro variables without trailing dot (`&var` not `&var.`) unless needed to prevent incorrect resolution
- Macro variable NAMES are case-insensitive: `&Foo`, `&FOO`, and `&foo` all resolve to the same symbol (same for `%symexist`/`%superq`/`symget` arguments, which take a NAME not a value). Don't chase case mismatches as a bug — it's never the cause.
- ALL macro variables must be `%local` unless deliberately global (globals should use an application prefix to avoid collisions); use `call symputx` (not `symput`) in DATA steps
- Comment with `/* */` inside macros (asterisk comments are compiled into the macro)
- Guard macro logic with `%length(&var)=0` checks rather than `&var=` (empty comparisons are unsafe)
- Avoid naming collisions: use `%sysfunc`-/`&syslast`-based work tables (e.g. `data &output; set &syslast; run;`) rather than hard-coded names
- No open (non-macro) conditional code: wrap platform-branching or conditionally-executed blocks (e.g. `%if %mf_getplatform()=VIYA %then %do; ... %end;`) in a `%macro ... %mend` and invoke the macro. Open `%if` at program level fails in some execution contexts (job/scheduler/test harnesses) and hides scope leaks.
## Portability awareness
- Note when code differs between SAS 9.4 and Viya (e.g. CAS actions vs procs, `proc casutil` for sashdat loading, no X command on locked-down servers)
- Avoid hard-coded physical paths and engine-specific options unless asked
- No open macro code with if/else logic: wrap branching blocks in `%macro ... %mend` and call them — open `%if`/`%else` does not behave as expected in all SAS environments.
- Macro timing issues: referencing `¯ovar` before it exists, `%if` evaluating data-step variables (use `if`/`symget` instead)
- Automatic macro variables (`&syscc`, `&syswarningtext`, `&syserrortext`, `&sysdate`, `&sysuserid`, etc.) are READ-ONLY — attempting to overwrite them (e.g. `%let syswarningtext=;` or `call symput('syscc',...)`) raises `ERROR: Unable to assign value to a macro variable that is read only` (or similar). Never try to "clear" them.
- Truncation from implicit length=8 on first assignment
description:Frontend/Node integration with SAS backends using @sasjs/adapter — configuring the SASjs class, authentication (SAS 9, Viya, SASjs server), requests with input/output tables, file upload, and session management. Use when writing TypeScript/JavaScript that calls SAS services or jobs.
---
# @sasjs/adapter
`@sasjs/adapter` is the TypeScript library for calling SAS services/jobs from browsers or Node, with a unified API across three server types: `SAS9`, `SASVIYA`, `SASJS`.
## Basic setup
```ts
importSASjsfrom'@sasjs/adapter'
constsasjs=newSASjs({
serverUrl:'https://sas.example.com',
serverType:'SASVIYA',// SAS9 | SASVIYA | SASJS
appLoc:'/Public/app/myapp',// root folder of deployed services
contextName:'SAS Job Execution compute context',// Viya only
mytable:[{col1:'value',col2: 42}]// input tables as JS arrays of objects
})
// response.result contains output tables sent back from SAS (_webout JSON)
```
- Input tables become SAS datasets via the `sasjs_tables` mechanism (work tables named after the JS keys).
- The SAS service must write JSON to `_webout` — conventionally with the `mp_jsonout` macro from @sasjs/core, wrapped in `proc stp`-style begin/end macros.
- Responses follow the `SASjsRequest`/`SASjsResponse` types; check `response.result` for tables and `response.log` where available.
## Authentication
- **SAS 9**: `sasjs.logIn(username, password)` (form-based against the stored process server). Session cookie is managed automatically.
- **Viya**: OAuth client/secret (client credentials grant) or authorization code flow; tokens are refreshed automatically. Configure via CLI (`sasjs add cred`) for Node usage.
- **SASJS server**: token-based auth against the sasjs/server API.
## Key classes / modules
-`SASjs` — main facade: `request()`, `logIn()/logOut()`, `uploadFile()`, `executeScript()`
-`file/` utilities — file upload to SAS (binary content handling)
## Tips
- Set `debug: true` to surface the SAS log in responses while developing.
- Always handle `response.status` / error responses — SAS-side errors (e.g. from `%mp_abort`) come back in the JSON, not necessarily as HTTP errors.
- For large payloads prefer CSV upload or streamed files over JSON input tables.
- Keep `appLoc` consistent with the `appLoc` in `sasjsconfig.json` used to deploy.
## Important: request() inputs are ALWAYS tables
Every key in the `data` object of `sasjs.request(path, data)` is serialized via the `sasjs_tables` CSV mechanism and arrives in SAS as a **work dataset named after the key** — even scalar values. You cannot pass ad-hoc macro variables this way; services must read inputs from the work table (e.g. `data _null_; set work.config; call symputx('rootdir', rootdir); run;`). Output column names in `response.result.<table>` come back UPPERCASE (SAS dataset semantics).
## Using the adapter without a bundler (zero-build / strict CSP frontends)
The package root `index.js` is a UMD bundle exposing a global `SASjs`. Pattern (from the minimal seed app):
1.`"prepare": "cp node_modules/@sasjs/adapter/index.js src/sasjs.js"` in package.json (runs on `npm i`).
2.`<script src="sasjs.js"></script>` before your app script.
3. Configure via a hidden custom element: `<sasjs serverType="SASJS" appLoc="/Public/app/myapp" debug="false"></sasjs>` and read attributes with `document.querySelector('sasjs')`. When the app is streamed by SAS itself, omit `serverUrl` — same-origin requests just work (CSP `default-src 'self'` safe).
description:Using the SASjs CLI (@sasjs/cli) to create, compile, build, deploy, run, and test SASjs projects against SAS 9, Viya, and SASjs server targets. Use for any `sasjs <command>` usage, CI/CD pipelines, target/auth config, sasjsconfig.json, service packs, or frontend streaming builds.
---
# @sasjs/cli
The SASjs CLI (`npm i -g @sasjs/cli`, invoked as `sasjs`) automates compiling, building, and deploying SAS projects. All commands support `-t <target>` to select a target from `sasjsconfig.json`.
## Targets and auth
- A **target** = `{ name, serverUrl, serverType, appLoc }`. `serverType` is one of `SAS9`, `SASVIYA`, `SASJS`.
- Credentials: `sasjs add cred` (or `.env` file). Viya uses client/secret **or**`sasjs auth login` (user/pass, no client/secret needed — see below); SAS 9 uses user/pass; SASJS server uses an access token.
-`sasjs context` manages Viya compute contexts; `sasjs add target` adds a new target.
## Core workflow
```
sasjs create myapp # scaffold a new app (templates available)
sasjs compile # gather macros/services/jobs into per-file build outputs (sasjsbuild/)
sasjs build # produce deployable artefacts: JSON + .sas per target
sasjs deploy # deploy compiled/built artefacts to the target server
sasjs cbd # compile + build + deploy in one step (-t viya etc.)
```
## Command reference
| Command | Purpose |
|---|---|
| `sasjs create / init` | Scaffold new app or add SASjs to existing repo |
| `sasjs compile` | Resolve dependencies (`<h4> SAS Macros </h4>` etc.) into `sasjsbuild/` |
| `sasjs build` | Create build JSON / service pack per target |
| `sasjs deploy` / `cbd` | Deploy to server (servicepack or direct) |
| `sasjs run <file.sas>` | Execute an arbitrary SAS file on the server, return log |
| `sasjs request <path>` | Execute a deployed service/job with input data (`-d`) |
| `sasjs job execute` | Run a deployed job |
| `sasjs flow execute` | Run a sequence of jobs with dependencies (CSV-defined flows) |
| `sasjs servicepack deploy` | Deploy from a JSON service pack |
| `sasjs web` | Build the frontend and stream it into the SAS web root (streamConfig) |
- Test coverage is generated only from a `sasjs compile` (or `sasjs c`). It accepts a target (`-t <target>`), but nothing is deployed to that target — compilation and coverage are fully local/offline, so no server needs to be available or reachable. Missing macro dependencies (e.g. `mp_ds2csv.sas`) mean `@sasjs/core` isn't installed — run `npm i` first.
- Dependencies are declared in doxygen headers: `<h4> SAS Macros </h4>`, `<h4> SAS Files </h4>`, `<h4> SAS Folders </h4>`, and `@li item` entries — the CLI builds the dependency tree from these.
-`sasjs compile` output goes to the `sasjsbuild/` folder (git-ignore it); `sasjsresults/` holds test/run outputs.
- CI/CD: `sasjs cbd -t viya` is the standard deploy step; combine with `sasjs servicepack deploy` for artefact-based releases.
- Exit codes are non-zero on failure — safe for pipelines.
## Gotchas
- Run `npm i` before `sasjs cb` — macro dependency resolution needs `node_modules/@sasjs/core` present, and `@sasjs/core` (and `@sasjs/adapter` if used) must be listed in `package.json`.
- Credentials files are per-target: `.env.<targetname>` (e.g. `.env.server`) with `CLIENT`, `ACCESS_TOKEN`, `REFRESH_TOKEN`. Never commit them — gitignore `.env*`.
## Viya auth without a client/secret (`sasjs auth login`)
`sasjs auth login -t <target>` authenticates with a regular SAS username/password via the OAuth2 password grant against the built-in, secret-less `sas.cli` public client. No admin-registered OAuth client is needed — the fastest way to get `sasjs run`/`deploy` working on dev/demo estates. The password is never stored; the minted ACCESS_TOKEN/REFRESH_TOKEN pair is persisted to `.env.<target>` (local) or `~/.sasjsrc` (global) and verified via `/identities/users/@currentUser` (`Logged in as <id> (<name>)`). Bare `sasjs auth` is still an alias for `sasjs add cred`.
- Token expiry: the CLI silently refreshes via the stored refresh token (works with and without a client/secret), and re-persists the rotated pair — Viya refresh tokens are **single-use/rotating**, so this persistence is what keeps later invocations working. If refresh fails, re-run `sasjs auth login`.
- Some estates give `sas.cli` a short access-token TTL (e.g. 1h); a refresh on most invocations is normal.
- Opaque (non-JWT) tokens are treated as usable — the server is the authority on expiry.
- Limitations: local/LDAP accounts only (no SSO/SAML/MFA estates); password grant must be enabled for `sas.cli` (default on Viya 3.5+/4); ROPC is deprecated in OAuth 2.1 — use a registered client/secret for CI/production.
-`sasjs run` 403 on session creation = the account isn't authorised for the configured compute context — set `contextName: "SAS Studio compute context"` on the target. First run on a cold estate can take many minutes (compute pod spin-up) and may appear to hang.
- Self-signed estates: use `--insecure` on `auth login`, or configure `httpsAgentOptions` on the target.
## Viya streaming apps (streamConfig.streamWeb)
With `streamWeb: true`, `sasjs web`/`cbd -t viya` deploys the frontend **into SAS Files Service**: a streaming job at `<appLoc>/services/<streamServiceName>.html` serves `index.html`, and assets land in `<appLoc>/services/web/...`. At build time every asset/script/css URL in the HTML is rewritten to `/SASJobExecution?_FILE=<appLoc>/services/web/...` and the adapter config element (`<sasjs apploc=...>`) is stamped with the target `appLoc`.
**Consequence: the app only works when served from the exact `appLoc` it was deployed against.** If the streaming HTML is placed anywhere else (e.g. manually uploaded to a user home folder like `/Users/<id>/myapp/...`), all rewritten `/Public/app/...` asset links 404 and the adapter calls the wrong service paths — the page renders with no CSS/JS and no backend. Fix by redeploying. The original build (`sasjs cb`) has the apploc from the sasjsconfig.json - when the app is deployed as a SAS program, the supplied `%let apploc = ` (runtime value) is swapped with the `compiled_apploc` (build time value) to allow apps to be dynamically deployed to a given apploc at deploy time.
### Verifying a Viya deployment headlessly (no browser)
1. Get a token (password grant works out of the box with the built-in `sas.ec` client, empty secret):
`curl -X POST <server>/SASLogon/oauth/token -u 'sas.ec:' -d 'grant_type=password&username=U&password=P'`
2. Fetch the app: `GET /SASJobExecution/?_FILE=<appLoc>/services/<name>.html` with `Authorization: Bearer` → expect `200` and the full `index.html`. `401` = auth, anything else = not deployed there.
3. Fetch each asset the HTML references. Response tells you what's wrong:
-`200` with file content → asset deployed correctly.
-`202` + a tiny plain-text body (e.g. `Parameter Error\nFile error`) → **file does not exist at that Drive path** (classic appLoc-mismatch symptom). Note `_FILE` responses can be async: add `&_action=wait` to get content synchronously.
- Services: `POST /SASJobExecution/?_program=<appLoc>/services/<svc>&_action=wait` → `Parameter Error / Unable to get job definition` means the service was never deployed as a JES job (files on Drive alone are not enough — only `sasjs deploy`/`cbd`/`servicepack deploy` registers them).
### Talking to SAS — ALWAYS use the adapter or the CLI
When executing a SAS service or job for any purpose (debugging, reproduction, CI), **always go through the `@sasjs/adapter` or `sasjs` CLI** — never hand-roll curl against `SASJobExecution`. The adapter and CLI handle the things that are trivial to get wrong by hand: the input-data CSV format (space-separated `name:$format.` headers, CRLF, double-quoted special values, `%nrstr(...)` wrapping), the execution-mode routing (`_executionTasks=true` reads `sasjs<N>data` as **macro variables**, not file uploads), the `_debug`/`>>weboutBEGIN<<`/`>>weboutEND<<` wrapper parsing, the token refresh, and the `_contextname` URL param. A hand-built comma-separated CSV will read as blanks, silently skip guarded macro blocks, and send you down a rabbit hole of phantom bugs.
- Build input data as a JSON file: `{ "<table>": [{ "<col>": "<val>", ... }] }`, e.g. `{ "config": [{ "rootdir": "/export/...", "runastask": "true", "usecomputeapi": "null", "contextname": "Compute Reusable" }] }`.
- Run: `sasjs request '<appLoc>/services/common/<svc>' -t viya -d data.json -l <path>.log -o <path>.json`. The CLI hardcodes `debug: true`, so the `-l` flag always captures the full MPRINT/NOTE/`&syscc` log; `-o` saves the parsed webout. **Always pass `-l`** — reproducing a bug without the log means re-running the whole thing.
- The Viya Folders/JES REST APIs ARE fine to hit directly with curl (token + `Authorization: Bearer`) for folder/file/member management and for `GET /SASJobExecution/?_FILE=...` asset checks — just not for *executing your own services with input data*.
#### Adapter execution-context and input-data facts
- The adapter automatically appends `_contextname=<value>` as a **URL parameter** to every Viya JES request (you do NOT need to pass it yourself). BUT JES request params are **NOT auto-promoted to SAS macro variables** — `%symexist(_contextname)` is false inside the service. If the service needs the chosen context name (e.g. to stamp it into the streamed HTML), pass it in the **input data table** (a `contextname` column) and read it with `call symputx` — that is the reliable channel.
- The target's `contextName` in `sasjsconfig.json` decides which compute context the service runs under (and thus the `runAs` identity). The adapter's URL `_contextname` param is the same value. To reproduce a service under a batch/reusable context via `sasjs request`, set the target's `contextName` to that reusable context (e.g. `Compute Reusable`, runAs=sasbatch) — otherwise it runs as your own identity and write-test steps to batch-owned folders fail with `User does not have appropriate authorization level`.
- Adapter CSV format (so you can read the `NOTE: The infile ... is:` RULE in the log correctly): row 1 is the header with `name:$informat.` pairs **space-separated**; data rows are **comma-separated** (CRLF), with values double-quoted only if they contain a special char (`,`, `"`, tab, newline). The sasjs/core webout reader reads it back with `dsd` + `firstobs=2` + an `input <name>:$informat.;` statement derived from the header.
-`_executionTasks=true` (runAsTask) changes how input data arrives: as `sasjs<N>data`**macro variables** (chunked into `sasjs<N>data0..N`), NOT as `_WEBIN_FILE` uploads. The core webout `mv_webout` macro handles both, but it branches on `_EXECUTIONTASKS` — be aware when reading logs.
### Redeploying cleanly on Viya (the 409 Conflict problem)
Re-running `sasjs cbd`/`sasjs run viya.sas` against an **existing** appLoc often fails mid-deploy with `409 Conflict` (and an `mp_abort` → `abort cancel`): `mv_createfile` DELETEs the old file id then tries to recreate it, but when an intermediate **folder** already exists (e.g. `<appLoc>/services/web/js`) the recreate step conflicts and the whole deploy aborts — leaving a half-deployed app (services present, some assets missing). The `?recursive=true` folder DELETE also returns `409 You cannot delete the folder because it is not empty`, and individual member/folder DELETEs can return `403` even as the owner, so you cannot easily tear the tree down by hand.
The reliable workaround is to **move the top appLoc folder out of the way** and redeploy to the original path — the deploy creates a fresh folder tree with no conflicts, and the old folder is retained as a backup. This is far faster and more reliable than fighting per-member deletes, and is the recommended pre-deploy step for any non-CI redeploy on Viya. Two ways to move it:
- **Rename in place** (simplest): `PATCH /folders/folders/{id}` with `{"name":"<old>.bak.<ts>","version":2}` — frees the original name, keeps the old folder as a sibling backup.
- **MOVE into a backup parent** (tidier — keeps all backups in one place): create (once) a backup parent folder e.g. `/Users/<id>/macrodash-backups`, then `POST /folders/folders/{backupParentId}/members/{appLocFolderId}?action=move` moves the whole tree (with contents) into it, freeing the original path for the fresh deploy.
(On sasjs/server just `sasjs fs delete` the appLoc first — Drive there supports clean recursive deletes.)
JES applies its own CSP header when streaming (includes `unsafe-inline`/`unsafe-eval`); a strict CSP meta tag in the app's HTML still applies and is the one that matters for the app code.
description:Standards and conventions for the @sasjs/core SAS macro library (mf_*, mp_*, mm*, ms_*, mv_* macros). Use when writing or editing SAS macros in a sasjs/core-style repo, picking an existing macro over reinventing one, or the sasjs/core build, lint, doxygen, and testing conventions.
---
# @sasjs/core — SAS Macro Library
@sasjs/core is an MIT-licensed library of production-quality SAS macros for SAS application development, portable across SAS 9 (meta), Viya, and SASjs server.
## Coding standards (mandatory)
- One macro per file; filename must match the macro name (lowercase, no spaces)
- Macro definitions must use parentheses: `%macro x();` not `%macro x;`
- Macro *calls* are NOT terminated with a semicolon: `%my_macro()` not `%my_macro();`
- All macro variables must be declared `%local` to prevent scope leakage
- Always use `mf_getuniquefileref` when assigning filerefs, and `mf_getuniquelibref` when assigning librefs (never hardcode or hand-roll unique references)
- 2-space indentation, no tabs, no trailing spaces, no invisible characters, max line length 300 (hard lint limit) but keep lines to 80 chars max where possible
Use `mf_` macros when the macro returns a value usable in an expression; use `mp_` for procedural macros that generate code/statements.
**Cross-suite rule:**`mp_` macros must never reference `mx_` macros. Platform dispatching (SAS 9 / Viya / SASjs server) belongs in the `mx_` suite, which delegates to `ms_`/`mv_`/PROC STP per platform. If an `mp_` macro seems to need platform-specific behaviour, the macro itself belongs in `xplatform/` as an `mx_` macro instead.
## Reuse before writing
Before writing a new macro, check the library for an existing one — common utilities already exist, e.g. `mp_abort` (the deprecated `mf_abort` is retained for backwards compatibility — don't use it in new code), `mf_existds`, `mf_existvar`, `mf_existfileref`, `mf_getuser`, `mp_jsonout` (SAS datasets → JSON for `_webout`), `mp_ds2ddl`, `mp_hashdataset`. Platform-specific variants exist under `meta/`, `viya/`, `server/` and are selected at compile time by the CLI.
## Aborting safely
Never invoke `%mp_abort` from inside an `%if/%else` block — as a procedural macro, the macro processor can continue executing statements after it before the abort takes effect. Use the `iftrue=` condition parameter instead:
```sas
%mp_abort(iftrue= (&syscc ne 0)
,mac=&_program
,msg=%str(Something went wrong)
)
```
When `%mp_abort` is called from within a `%include` block, SAS cannot exit cleanly (e.g. to `_webout`). Call `%mp_abort(mode=INCLUDE)` after the include (OUTSIDE any macro wrapper) — it checks `work.mp_abort_errds` for an abort status:
```sas
%mp_abort(mode=INCLUDE)
```
Note: `%include`s inside macros should be performed with `%mp_include()` so the `_SYSINCLUDEFILEDEVICE` indicator is set and the abort dataset (`work.mp_abort_errds`) is passed back to the calling program.
## Testing macros (mandatory conventions)
- **Always apply `%mp_assertscope` around the macro under test** to catch scope leakage (macro variables must stay `%local`):
```sas
%mp_assertscope(SNAPSHOT)
%mx_foo(args)
%mp_assertscope(COMPARE,
desc=Test 1: mx_foo does not leak scope,
outds=work.test_results
)
```
- Assertions go to `work.test_results` via `%mp_assert(iftrue=(...), desc=..., outds=work.test_results)`.
## Lint and build
- Run `sasjs lint` after every change; do not consider work done until it passes
- NEVER bump the version in `package.json` (semantic-release handles it)
- Do NOT edit generated files by hand: `all.sas`, `mc_*.sas`, the `lua/` wrappers, and `sasjsbuild/` outputs are produced by the CI build
- Markdown files: never hard-wrap; one paragraph per line
description:Building full SASjs applications — project structure, sasjsconfig.json, services/jobs/macros folders, multi-target (SAS 9 / Viya / SASjs server) configuration, streaming frontends, mocks and tests. Use when creating or modifying a SASjs app, editing sasjsconfig.json, or writing backend services returning JSON to a web frontend.
---
# SASjs Framework — Building SASjs Applications
A SASjs app = a web frontend (any framework: Angular, React, vanilla) + SAS backend code organised in a standard layout, compiled and deployed by `@sasjs/cli` to SAS 9, Viya, or SASjs server. Frontend talks to SAS via `@sasjs/adapter`; backend services return JSON via `_webout`.
mocks/ # mock responses for offline frontend dev (syncFolder)
doxy/ # extra doxygen content for `sasjs doc`
```
## sasjsconfig.json
Root config holds defaults; each entry in `targets[]` can override them. Key sections:
-`macroFolders`, `binaryFolders` — where the CLI finds macros/binaries
-`serviceConfig.serviceFolders` — service source folders; `initProgram` runs before every service (set up libnames, options)
-`jobConfig.jobFolders` — job source folders
-`programFolders` — programs compiled/deployed with the app
-`streamConfig` — `streamWeb: true` streams the built frontend into SAS so it is served by the platform itself (no separate web server needed); `webSourcePath` points at the frontend build output
-`syncFolder` — folder synced to the server (e.g. mocks)
-`testConfig` — init/term programs for `sasjs test`
The full JSON schema is bundled at `sasjsconfig-schema.json` next to this file — validate config changes against it. Reference it with `"$schema": "https://cli.sasjs.io/sasjsconfig-schema.json"`.
## Streamed frontend files on Viya (mime types)
When `streamWeb: true`, the CLI uploads the frontend (`index.html`, renamed per `streamServiceName`, plus css/js) to the Viya Files service using the `%mv_createfile` macro. That macro creates the file in a very particular way to ensure it streams correctly:
- POSTs to `/files/files` with the content type derived from the extension (`%mf_mimetype`)
- sets `typeDefName=file_html` (via `%mv_getViyaFileExtParms`) so the file is recognised as HTML
- sends `Content-Disposition`**without**`attachment` for HTML/SVG so it renders in the browser
**Never update a streamed frontend file in place** with a `filename filesrvc` fileref + data step rewrite — the Files service then treats it as a generic blob and the mime type is lost, so the app no longer streams (browser downloads it or shows raw text). To modify a streamed file at runtime (eg patching the compute `contextname` in the html), read it (a `filesrvc` fileref is fine for *reading*), write the modified content to a temp fileref, and **re-create the file with `%mv_createfile(path=..., name=..., inref=...)`** (it deletes the old file and re-POSTs with the correct mime type).
## Service contract (frontend ↔ SAS)
1. Adapter POSTs to `services/<folder>/<name>` with input tables (arrays of objects) → work datasets named after the JS keys.
2. Service SAS code runs after `initProgram`; it reads inputs, does work, and writes output JSON to `_webout`.
3. Conventional pattern using @sasjs/core macros:
```sas
/**
@file
@brief Example service returning data
<h4> SAS Macros </h4>
@li mp_jsonout.sas
@li mp_abort.sas
**/
/* validation / logic here */
%mp_jsonout(OPEN)
%mp_jsonout(OBJ,results,dslabel=results)
%mp_jsonout(CLOSE)
```
4. On error, abort cleanly with `%mp_abort(...)` (`mf_abort` is deprecated) so the adapter receives a structured error in the JSON, not a half-written response. Do **not** call `%mp_abort` inside an `%if/%else` block — the macro processor may keep executing beyond the abort. Use the conditional `iftrue=` parameter instead, e.g.:
```sas
%mp_abort(iftrue= (%mf_existds(work.results)=0)
,mac=&_program
,msg=%str(No results found)
)
```
If the abort happens inside a `%include` block, SAS cannot exit to `_webout` cleanly — after the include, call `%mp_abort(mode=INCLUDE)` (outside any macro wrapper), which checks `work.mp_abort_errds` for an abort status.
## Multi-target discipline
- Keep backend code platform-neutral in shared folders; put platform-specific shims in `targets/<name>/macros_*` folders and register them only on that target.
- Platform capability macros exist in @sasjs/core (`mm_*` metadata, `mv_*` Viya, `ms_*` server) — don't branch on server type by hand.
## Quality gates (follow the conventions of mature apps like Data Controller)
- Run `sasjs lint` after touching any `.sas` file; fix all warnings in files you touched.
- The linter enforces 2-space indentation everywhere, including continuation lines inside `/* ... */` block comments — never align comment text with 3+ spaces.
- Add tests and run `sasjs test` for backend logic changes. When testing macros, always wrap the macro under test with `%mp_assertscope(SNAPSHOT)` / `%mp_assertscope(COMPARE, ...)` to catch macro-variable scope leakage, and wrap any platform-branching code in `%macro` wrappers (no open conditional macro code in test programs).
- Provide mocks in `sasjs/mocks` so the frontend can be developed without a live SAS server.
- Never auto-commit or bump versions; releases are pipeline-driven (conventional commits).
- Markdown files: no hard wrapping — one paragraph per line.
- Apps must work offline/on-prem: no external CDN assets in the frontend bundle.
## Reference implementations
Look at existing apps for patterns: folder layouts, `sasjsconfig.json` multi-target setups, service structure, streaming builds, and test/mock conventions, eg:
"description":"These local folders are searched for Binary Files when running sasjs compile. Folders are relative to the sasjs/sasjsconfig.json file.",
"examples":[["binaries","../../more_binaries"]]
},
"sasjsBuildFolder":{
"$id":"#/properties/sasjsBuildFolder",
"type":"string",
"title":"sasjsBuildFolder",
"description":"The name of the folder containing the compiled output. The `sasjs build` command will take all of the subfolders here as inputs to create the build pack. By default this will be named `sasjsbuild`. In global, the default is `~/.sasjsbuild`.",
"default":"sasjsbuild",
"examples":["sasjsbuild",".sasjsbuild"]
},
"sasjsResultsFolder":{
"$id":"#/properties/sasjsResultsFolder",
"type":"string",
"title":"sasjsResultsFolder",
"description":"The name of the folder containing the output (eg logs, ODS output) from `sasjs run`. By default this will be named `sasjsresults`. In global, the default is `~/.sasjsresults`.",
"default":"sasjsresults",
"examples":["sasjsresults",".sasjsresults"]
},
"defaultTarget":{
"$id":"#/properties/defaultTarget",
"type":"string",
"title":"Default Target",
"description":"If a target is not specified, this target is used by default. The default target must exist in the (local) targets array.",
"default":"viya",
"examples":["viya"]
},
"docConfig":{
"$id":"#/properties/docConfig",
"type":"object",
"title":"The docConfig schema",
"description":"SASjs uses doxygen to auto-generate HTML documentation using the headers in your SAS programs, macros, services & jobs. For more info, see [https://cli.sasjs.io/doc](https://cli.sasjs.io/doc). Some properties are taken from package.json (such as the project Name).",
"description":"The CLI will autocompile macro dependencies that exist in the SASjs Macro Core library. These will also show in the documentation under 'node_modules'. If you'd prefer not to show these in the rendered docs, set this value to false.",
"description":"The location to which the generated HTML SAS documentation is written. If missing, or left blank, the files will be written to the `sasjsbuild/doc` directory (default behaviour).",
"description":"Provide the full URL to Data Controller so that `sasjs doc` can link the lineage diagram directly to the table viewer in [Data Controller](https://datacontroller.io).\nIf left blank, or undefined, no links will be generated.",
"description":"If you are having certificate errors connecting to SAS, that cannot be properly resolved, try setting this value to true. This option only has an effect if rejectUnauthorized is not present.",
"description":"Optionally override the trusted CA certificates. Default is to trust the well-known CAs curated by Mozilla. Mozilla's CAs are completely replaced when CAs are explicitly specified using this option.",
"description":"Private keys in PEM format. PEM allows the option of private keys being encrypted. Encrypted keys will be decrypted with options.passphrase. Multiple keys using different algorithms can be provided either as an array of unencrypted key strings or buffers, or an array of objects in the form {pem: <string|buffer>[, passphrase: <string>]}. The object form can only occur in an array. object.passphrase is optional. Encrypted keys will be decrypted with object.passphrase if provided, or options.passphrase if it is not.",
"description":"Cert chains in PEM format. One cert chain should be provided per private key. Each cert chain should consist of the PEM formatted certificate for a provided private key, followed by the PEM formatted intermediate certificates (if any), in order, and not including the root CA (the root CA must be pre-known to the peer, see ca). When providing multiple cert chains, they do not have to be in the same order as their private keys in key. If the intermediate certificates are not provided, the peer will not be able to validate the certificate, and the handshake will fail.",
"description":"If true the server will reject any connection which is not authorized with the list of supplied CAs. This option only has an effect if requestCert is true.",
"default":true,
"examples":[true,false]
}
}
},
"buildConfig":{
"$id":"#/properties/buildConfig",
"type":"object",
"title":"buildConfig",
"description":"Dictates which files get compiled into the build program (.sas), used to deploy services into SAS 9 or Viya environments (without a client/secret). You may use this config to include build specific macros, programs or macro variables - which is run a single time, on deployment - for things like database creation, or exporting a SAS 9 SPK after service creation.",
"description":"The name of the generated .sas program, which can be used to deploy the app using only SAS Studio. By default, this will be the name of the target.",
"description":"A series of name value pairs that will be turned into SAS macro variables in the build .sas program (generated when running `sasjs build`). The example provided will generate sas code as follows:\n```\n%let name=value;\n%let numvar=42;\n```",
"default":{},
"examples":[
{
"name":"value",
"numvar":"42"
}
]
}
}
},
"deployConfig":{
"$id":"#/properties/deployConfig",
"type":"object",
"title":"The deployConfig schema",
"description":"The deployConfig object enables settings that relate to the deployment of a SAS app - be that Viya, or SAS 9, or a pure Base environment.",
"description":"These scripts are executed when running `sasjs deploy`. If the file is a .sas file, it is executed on the SAS server (Viya only). Otherwise it is executed locally. These scripts are run AFTER the deployment of the servicepack, if `deployServicePack:true` (Viya only).",
"description":"If set to `true` the json pack produced by `sasjs build` will be auto-deployed to the `appLoc` of the specified target (creating all jobs and services in the SAS folder tree). Currently only Viya is supported for this flag.",
"default":false
}
}
},
"serviceConfig":{
"$id":"#/properties/serviceConfig",
"type":"object",
"title":"The serviceConfig schema",
"description":"The serviceConfig object defines how SASjs web services are compiled. Web services differ from jobs in that they include some fixed pre-code (eg the macros to stream out the result json).",
"description":"When running `sasjs compile`, all programs in the folders defined in this array are compiled and placed into same-named folders under `sasjsbuild/services`. They will be compiled as services (so, with the service pre-code). Folders can be absolute, or relative to the `sasjs` folder.",
"description":"The serviceConfig `initProgram` is a .sas file that is inserted at the start of every SAS service (after compiled macros and any `macroVars`, and before the service itself). ",
"description":"This object allows `sasjs compile` to insert specific macro variables at the start of every service. In this case, the code generated would be:\n```\n%let mac1=value;\n%let mac2=42;\n```",
"default":{},
"examples":[
{
"mac1":"value",
"mac2":"42"
}
]
}
}
},
"jobConfig":{
"$id":"#/properties/jobConfig",
"type":"object",
"title":"The jobConfig schema",
"description":"The jobConfig object defines how SASjs Jobs are compiled. ",
"description":"When running `sasjs compile`, all programs in the local folders defined in this array are compiled and placed into same-named folders under `sasjsbuild/jobs`. Folders can be absolute, or relative to the local project `/sasjs` folder.",
"description":"The jobConfig `initProgram` is a local .sas file that is inserted at the start of every SAS Job (after compiled macros and any `macroVars`, and before the Job itself). ",
"description":"This object allows `sasjs compile` to insert specific macro variables at the start of every Job. In this case, the code generated would be:\n```\n%let mac1=value;\n%let mac2=42;\n```",
"default":{},
"examples":[
{
"mac1":"value",
"mac2":"42"
}
]
}
}
},
"streamConfig":{
"$id":"#/properties/streamConfig",
"type":"object",
"title":"streamConfig",
"description":"SASjs allows a local web app to be compiled such that all html, css, javascript, and other assets such as png or mp4 are converted into web services and streamed directly from SAS.\n\nThis approach is convenient as it bypasses the need to deploy to a web server. ",
"description":"An array of local folders. All assets placed in these folders are converted into web services - example file types could be png, svg, mp3, mp4, excel - anything really.",
"description":"When set to `true`, frontend files saved in the `webSourcePath` will be converted to streaming services in the `streamWebFolder` in SAS.",
"description":"Active when `streamConfig` is `true`. Is the source (or build, or dist) LOCAL folder, relative to the `sasjs` folder, which contains the frontend to be deployed. All assets (PNG, JS, CSS, HTML etc) are taken from here and converted to streaming services in `streamWebFolder`. In Viya and SAS 9, any relative URLS will be modified such that the links still work and the assets still load.",
"description":"The name of the service containing the `index.html` for a streaming web app. Defaults to `clickme` and is always deployed under the appLoc/services SAS Folder.",
"default":"clickme.sas"
}
}
},
"testConfig":{
"$id":"#/properties/testConfig",
"type":"object",
"title":"testConfig",
"description":"Create tests for Macros, Services & Jobs by simply adding a '.test.sas' extension. ",
"description":"The testConfig `initProgram` is a local .sas file that is inserted at the start of every Test (after compiled macros and any `macroVars`, and before the Test itself). ",
"description":"This object allows `sasjs compile` to insert specific macro variables at the start of every Test. In this case, the code generated would be:\n```\n%let mac1=value;\n%let mac2=42;\n```",
"description":"This program is the first to execute as part of 'sasjs test'. It does not contain the testInit, testTerm or macroVariables. It IS compiled.",
"description":"The last program to execute as part of 'sasjs test'.",
"default":"sasjs/tests/testteardown.sas",
"examples":["sasjs/tests/testteardown.sas"]
}
}
},
"macroFolders":{
"$id":"#/properties/macroFolders",
"type":"array",
"title":"The macroFolders array",
"description":"These local folders are searched for SAS Macros when running `sasjs compile`. Folders are relative to the `sasjs/sasjsconfig.json` file.",
"default":[],
"examples":[["macros","../../more_macros"]]
},
"programFolders":{
"$id":"#/properties/programFolders",
"type":"array",
"title":"The programFolders array",
"description":"These local folders are searched for SAS Programs when running `sasjs compile`. Folders are relative to the `sasjs/sasjsconfig.json` file.",
"default":[],
"examples":[["programs","../../more_programs"]]
},
"syncFolder":{
"$id":"#/properties/syncFolder",
"type":"string",
"title":"Sync Folder",
"description":"The contents of this folder are simply copied to the sasjsbuild directory AFTER the rest of the project is compiled. Useful for synchronising random / generic content with SAS logical folders.",
"default":"sasjs/static_files"
},
"syncDirectories":{
"$id":"#/properties/syncDirectories",
"type":"array",
"title":"syncDirectories",
"description":"Maps the local filesystem to remote (SAS) physical directories.",
"examples":[
[
{
"local":"C:\\temp\\local\\fs1",
"remote":"/opt/data/fs1"
},
{
"local":"C:\\temp\\elsewhere",
"remote":"/opt/somewhere"
}
]
]
},
"targets":{
"$id":"#/properties/targets",
"type":"array",
"title":"The targets array",
"description":"A target is an alias for a deployment location, and includes at a minimum, the `serverUrl`, `serverType` and `appLoc`. This array allows multiple targets to be defined (eg dev / test / prod). Any properties defined here will override same-named properties in the sasjsconfig root.",
"description":"A target name can only contain alphanumeric characters and dashes. It cannot contain spaces. It is used as the alias when referencing the target using the `-t` attribute in many of the SASjs commands.",
"description":"The appLoc provides the root SAS folder location under which all jobs and services are deployed and executed. The SAS folder could be metadata in SAS 9, or SAS Drive in Viya. ",
"description":"The name of the compute context used to execute SAS code. The context determines the way in which the SAS session is spawned (eg user credentials, autoexec code, system options etc).\nContexts can be created / modified / deleted using the `sasjs context` command.",
"description":"The serverUrl is the location to which the app is deployed, and against which any server based operations are performed. If SAS is served from a particular port, that port should also be included here.",
description:Installing, configuring, and running @sasjs/server — the open-source NodeJS wrapper around the SAS binary that provides a REST API, filesystem (SASjs Drive), Stored Program execution, and web app streaming. Covers desktop vs server modes, runtimes (SAS/JS/Python/R), env vars, auth (tokens, LDAP), and mock servers. Use when deploying, troubleshooting, or developing against sasjs/server.
---
# @sasjs/server
SASjs Server is an open-source NodeJS wrapper for calling the SAS binary executable. It runs on a real SAS server or a local desktop and provides:
- A filesystem (SASjs Drive) for storing SAS programs and content
- Execution of Stored Programs from a URL (equivalent to SAS 9 Stored Processes / Viya Jobs)
- Web app streaming (serve frontend apps straight from SAS content)
- A REST API with Swagger docs
- Portability: apps built for SASjs Server deploy unchanged to SAS 9 / Viya via @sasjs/cli
## Modes
- **Desktop mode** (`MODE=desktop`, default): single-user, no authentication, no database. CORS enabled by default.
- **Server mode** (`MODE=server`): multi-user with authentication, requires a database (`DB_CONNECT`, `DB_TYPE=mongodb|cosmos_mongodb`). CORS disabled by default — configure `WHITELIST` if enabling.
## Installation
Download the relevant zip from GitHub releases and run the packaged executable (`api-linux`, etc.):
On first run it prompts (unless set as env vars) for the SAS executable path and the filesystem location for Stored Programs/temp files. Docker is also supported (`DockerfileApi`, docker-compose files in the repo).
## Configuration via environment variables
Set in `/etc/environment`, exported, prepended to the command, or in a `.env` file alongside the executable. Key variables:
| Variable | Purpose |
|---|---|
| `MODE` | `desktop` (default) or `server` |
| `SAS_PATH` | Path to `sas.exe` / `sas.sh` |
| `RUN_TIMES` | Comma-separated runtime priority, e.g. `sas,js,py` — options: `sas`, `js`, `py`, `r`. Each needs its path: `SAS_PATH`, `NODE_PATH`, `PYTHON_PATH`, `R_PATH` |
| `SASJS_ROOT` | Working directory: SAS WORK, staged files, drive, config |
| `DRIVE_LOCATION` | Location for files, sasjs packages, `appStreamConfig.json` |
| `PROTOCOL` / `PORT` | `http` (default) or `https` (needs `PRIVATE_KEY`, `CERT_CHAIN`, optional `CA_ROOT`); default port 5000 |
| `SAS_OPTIONS` / `SASV9_OPTIONS` | Extra SAS system options auto-applied to sessions (Windows vs Unix), e.g. `-NOXCMD` |
| `DB_CONNECT` / `DB_TYPE` | MongoDB connection string / type — required for server mode |
| `CORS` / `WHITELIST` | CORS is only applied when `CORS=enable`, and only origins in `WHITELIST` (space-separated) receive `Access-Control-Allow-Origin` — an empty whitelist means NO cross-origin calls work |
| `MOCK_SERVERTYPE` / `STATIC_MOCK_LOCATION` | Emulate `sas9`/`sasviya` API responses for frontend testing against a sasjs server (static canned files only — no logic) |
## Developing against the API
- Server type for @sasjs/adapter / CLI targets is `SASJS` (`serverType: 'SASJS'`); auth is token-based.
- The REST API is self-documented via Swagger on the running instance.
- Server-side execution uses `ms_*` macros from @sasjs/core (e.g. `ms_createfile`, `ms_adduser2group`) — services/jobs deployed by the CLI work as on other platforms.
## Mock services with the JS runtime (no SAS required)
With `RUN_TIMES=js` (and `NODE_PATH` set), any `.js` file on SASjs Drive is an executable Stored Program — this is how react-seed-app / Data Controller provide **mock backends** for frontend development. Desktop mode (`MODE=desktop`) has no auth, which makes local mocking trivial.
Writing a JS stored program (docs: https://server.sasjs.io/storedprograms/#js-programs):
- The runtime template predeclares `const fs = require('fs')`, `_program`, `weboutPath`, `_SASJS_TOKENFILE`, `_SASJS_WEBOUT_HEADERS`, `_SASJS_USERNAME` / `_SASJS_USERID` / `_SASJS_DISPLAYNAME`, `_METAPERSON`, `_METAUSER`, `SASJSPROCESSMODE`. **Do NOT redeclare `fs`** — `const fs = require('fs')` in your program crashes it with `Identifier 'fs' has already been declared`.
- Output: assign a JSON **string** to `_webout` (e.g. `_webout = JSON.stringify({...})`); it is written back only if non-empty. `console.log()` output is returned in the response `log` (like a SAS log). Custom response headers can be written as lines to the `_SASJS_WEBOUT_HEADERS` file.
- Mimic real services by including the standard SASjs automatic fields in the JSON: `_PROGRAM` (from `_program`), `SYSDATE` / `SYSTIME` (format `DDMMMYY` / `HH:mm`), `_METAUSER`, `SASJSPROCESSMODE`.
- URL/body parameters arrive as `const <name> = \`<value>\`` strings.
- Input tables (the `sasjs_tables` mechanism) arrive **either** as an inline CSV const **or** — when the adapter sends multipart — as an uploaded `<name>.csv` file in the session folder, referenced by generated module-scope consts (handle BOTH):
-`_WEBIN_FILE_COUNT` (always created), `_WEBIN_NAME<n>` (table/field name), `_WEBIN_FILENAME<n>` (original filename), `_WEBIN_FILEREF<n>` (file **contents**, a Buffer from `fs.readFileSync` — call `.toString('utf8')`)
- these consts are **not on `globalThis`** — look them up with `typeof` guards or direct `eval()` in module scope (server-side JS, no CSP)
- adapter CSV quirks: header row is **space-separated**`name:format.` entries (e.g. `rootdir:$char256.`) — strip the `:format` suffix; lines end CRLF; values containing special characters are wrapped in double quotes with `""` escaping
- Adapter response shape: `sasjs.request()` resolves with the webout JSON **already unwrapped** — output tables are arrays of row objects directly on the response (`res.mytable[0].COL`). A table named `result` is perfectly fine (`res.result` is then that array); do NOT add your own `res.result`-unwrapping layer, it breaks exactly that case.
- Third-party npm packages are NOT resolvable at runtime — bundle the service first (e.g. `npx webpack --mode none --target node --entry <file> --output-path sasjsbuild/... --output-filename <name>.js`), then `sasjs build` / `sasjs deploy`.
Deploying mocks:
-`sasjs fs sync` does NOT work on a JS-only server (it generates and executes SAS code to hash remote files). Upload files directly via the Drive API instead: `DELETE` then `POST /SASjsApi/drive/file?_filePath=<appLoc>/services/<folder>/<name>.js` (multipart `file` field). In desktop mode no auth headers are needed; in server mode read the `Authorization` header line from `_SASJS_TOKENFILE`.
- Mocks can be stateful with the predeclared `fs`. Prefer real locations over `/tmp`: the SASjs Drive root is derivable from `weboutPath` (`<root>/sessions/<id>/webout.txt` → `path.resolve(weboutPath, '..', '..', '..', 'drive')`), and a mock `configure`-style service can treat a configured folder as a real local path (the server IS local). `require('path')` and other core modules work (only `fs` is predeclared).
- A JS program can even call the server's own REST API (`http://127.0.0.1:$PORT/SASjsApi/...`) — e.g. to rewrite a streamed `index.html` on the Drive (`GET` + `PATCH /SASjsApi/drive/file`).
Gotchas:
- The packaged binaries (`api-linux` etc.) reject some globally-exported `NODE_OPTIONS` (e.g. `--network-family-autoselection`) — start with `NODE_OPTIONS="" ./api-linux`.
- AppStream URLs redirect to a trailing slash (`/AppStream/MyApp` → 301 → `/AppStream/MyApp/`) — test/automation scripts should use the trailing-slash URL directly.
# Emits the "Verifying the download" section appended to every release body
# by the "Upload assets to release" step of release.yaml.
# Keep this text in sync with the docs page:
# docs.datacontroller.io/docs/downloads.md
set -euo pipefail
cat <<'EOF'
## Verifying the download
Every asset on this release is covered by the `SHA256SUMS` file. To verify a download, fetch `SHA256SUMS` from the release assets alongside the files you downloaded, then run:
```
sha256sum --check SHA256SUMS --ignore-missing
```
The command reports `OK` for each asset that matches. `--ignore-missing` lets you check just the files you downloaded rather than all of them.
What this protects: a matching checksum confirms the asset is byte-for-byte the file this pipeline uploaded, guarding against corrupted or tampered downloads (mirrors, proxies, interrupted transfers). It is not a signature: the hashes travel in the same release as the files, so a compromise of the forge itself could alter both. Treat it as an integrity check, not a trust anchor.
Read **`CONTEXT.md`** at the repo root first - it is the domain glossary and orientation for Data Controller (roles, load types, MPE control tables, validations, security). Use its vocabulary in your output.
## Related repositories
Data Controller spans three sibling repos (usually checked out side by side):
- **`dc`** (this repo) - the product source (Angular client + SAS backend).
- **`docs.datacontroller.io`** - the user-facing product documentation (MkDocs). User-facing behaviour is documented there; the `.agents/docs/` deep-dives here link out to it.
- **`datacontroller.io`** - the marketing site, blog and feed (Gatsby).
## Git
Do NOT auto-commit. Never run `git commit` (or `git push`) unless the user explicitly asks. Leave changes in the working tree for the user to review and commit themselves.
## CHANGELOG and versioning
Do NOT edit `CHANGELOG.md` by hand, and do NOT bump the `version` in `package.json`. The release pipeline (semantic-release, in `.gitea/workflows/release.yaml`) generates both automatically from Conventional Commit messages on every push to `main`. Manual entries collide with the pipeline's release commit and are overwritten anyway. Control the changelog through your commit messages instead. See `.agents/docs/releases-and-changelog.md`.
## Markdown files
Do NOT hard-wrap Markdown files (no fixed-width line wrapping / carriage returns inside paragraphs). Each paragraph, list item, and heading should be a single logical line, regardless of length. Let the editor/viewer soft-wrap. This includes AGENTS.md itself.
This is different from `.sas` files, where a maximum line length applies. The no-wrap rule applies to all `*.md` files in this repo (docs, READMEs, etc.).
Rationale: hard-wrapped prose produces noisy diffs when sentences are edited and reflowed, and Markdown renderers already handle wrapping.
## Linting (required before "done")
Never consider a change complete until the relevant linters pass on the files you touched — do not rely on the user's pre-commit hooks to catch it:
- **Client (TypeScript/HTML/etc.)**: run `npm run lint:check` from the `client/` directory (prettier). Fix any failures with `npm run lint:fix`.
- **SAS**: after creating or modifying any `.sas` files, run `sasjs lint` from the `sas/` directory and ensure the files you touched have no lint warnings (the repo currently has pre-existing warnings in other files, which can be ignored).
## No external assets
Data Controller must run entirely locally (offline / on-prem, no internet access). The built product must never fetch assets from remote servers — no external fonts, images, scripts, stylesheets, CDN links, or remote URLs in meta tags (e.g. `og:image`, `og:url`, `itemprop="image"`). All assets must be bundled and served locally.
## The .agents folder
Agent-related content lives in `.agents/`: technical/agent-facing documentation goes in `.agents/docs/` (not `docs/`), and skills in `.agents/skills/`. When writing explanatory or technical docs about the codebase, put them in `.agents/docs/`.
Skills installed via `npx skills add` are tracked in `skills-lock.json` and live under `.agents/skills/`. Repo-local custom skills (e.g. `dc-sas` for Data Controller SAS development, `handsontable`, `hyperformula`) are kept here too. Avoid editing npx-managed skill files directly — use `npx skills update` instead.
## Code comments and test names
Never reference items that are not active parts of the repository — no "the original bug", "regression from this fix", "this session/PR/commit", or similar ephemeral context. Comments and test names must be self-contained: describe the behaviour being asserted, not the history of how it was discovered. The one exception is a literal link to a ticket/issue tracker.
* **client:** do not publish an empty getcols fallback to the picker ([9f8fc6f](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/9f8fc6f2eb83c78ea9cb220bb74059bab39e66ad))
* **client:** map the getcols fallback onto the picker vocabulary ([7cecf79](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/7cecf795153138d6f2ad1f87f7bdd12b5d861341))
* **client:** pin the dependency entries this release changes ([b034fe5](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/b034fe5335c41ec0289e459270839ee7caa8e126))
* **deploy:** apply the same identity-call fix to the automatic deploy ([5693b44](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/5693b4488b0328022c69dd34f98662d660612578))
* **deploy:** disable the manual deploy actions without an admin group ([6ffbdba](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/6ffbdbadf9804e0128694ed1c2bdb8f957743ad9))
* **deploy:** disable the manual deploy file inputs while admin groups load ([7094bfd](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/7094bfdf7cdab4c70e5f1a7763a8a8aeb8cc61a7))
* **deploy:** guard the manual deploy form and Viya identity calls ([6522fcb](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/6522fcb28b67b910b2784b93251f591bbc79d294))
* **deploy:** never bake an empty admin group into the deploy script ([b0e47fc](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/b0e47fc4ed4e36878de6505e678667b14d19c5e6))
* **deps:** pin shelljs to clear the braces advisory in the sas audit ([6e50938](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/6e5093858be106a1c3545a16119d246f69aac3da))
* **editor:** check the EDIT limits once, and skip switched-off options ([f08c4c2](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/f08c4c231f019979a27fe71fe73798752c015710))
* **filters:** carry TYPE on the fallback list, and drop the temporal exclusion ([bcb8fde](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/bcb8fde9868b8e1ded1590e204c34054f62d8250))
* **filters:** source the picker variables from public/getcols when the table is not returned ([3a6a216](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/3a6a216b9d4dfc462e05031039c47002a9156130))
* **getcols:** use %global and %mp_getcols, and merge the base branch ([1385741](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/1385741f2d303c1432f1f0ba637dd3cb39500a71))
* **getcols:** widen TYPE before assigning the client vocabulary ([bcad05e](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/bcad05e03291fc3e2b72a4465629e1e330d70c8a))
* **mocks:** read MPE_CONFIG correctly, and pin the limits to it ([05126ae](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/05126ae73a1ab2461066eb701b7475674b96f1ec))
* repair the SAS suite for the row/cell limits and default the manual deploy admin group ([99ff732](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/99ff732d67425b01a8a8f5e3e7c98b3e6d604323))
* **requests-modal:** widen the dialog so log lines need less scrolling ([3c10d91](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/3c10d915a5134247aff0e987dd4d5c83c197e4c5))
* **sas:** keep format and label in the public getcols response ([9c32b1b](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/9c32b1b1dae00e4b7bfd4acad94cbed831819d84))
* **sas:** keep the SAS C/N vocabulary in the public getcols response ([e90bcde](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/e90bcde51218c9e5f562f7aaa65506761b21d6bd))
* **sas:** run the row/cell limit migration as a Viya job ([90af6b8](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/90af6b851542a97f79172b655070cda559386a5c))
* **startup:** stack the SASjs tag detail so the dump is readable ([1f4c4a4](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/1f4c4a4d8297568f46bcc16ea208673fedad345b))
### Features
* **debug:** keep the debug toggle state across a page refresh ([3ce006d](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/3ce006d6b469b4ece2bc769f0a32a1792eb1e774))
* **editor:** raise the row limits and add a cell limit to the EDIT screen ([3de6655](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/3de6655f26b7e895f60266e9931b46cfc0053975))
* **mocks:** read the DC_MAX* options from MPE_CONFIG, and mock the DDL export ([edac9a9](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/edac9a987aad3e4217641eed43f697f61c4bf739))
* **startup:** call out a missing SASjs tag on the boot screen ([b24eb73](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/b24eb731ce089acf496bed1e11a5e34208c1bd11))
* **startup:** dump the SASjs tag contents in the boot screen checks ([75c1dcc](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/75c1dccfd23557ab321cd7abd1508f20d817c7b8))
* **system:** export the DC library DDL from the system screen ([05f3f49](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/05f3f49e0c4d7005fa1f93852d73f2368395ab28)), closes [#179](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/issues/179)
* **ci:** correct server-ci webSourcePath and build frontend before mock deploy ([a4ad4cb](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/a4ad4cba2861fe76f7ee5ea72ccf8c6e61c888a5))
* **client:** parse iOS browsers in parseUserAgent ([eec3438](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/eec3438de9735e0feb74c95d0b28128af6677477))
* **diagnostics:** give the startup service a body for browser_info ([5538e0c](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/5538e0c5752553a7c61903c62e4fdc82b6206826))
* **diagnostics:** treat _debug=128 as debug on ([8de9978](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/8de99782134e37c5e9c26c3117b083f49fa65189))
* **loader:** abort when a post edit hook routes to an unregistered table ([171974b](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/171974bd412be3efafd792e6c61c23f2fb442ace))
* **mocks:** keep the mock hook reader inside the Drive ([7fd8ae4](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/7fd8ae462993f0a1a8a034b5938d309d63920043))
* **sas:** drop the duplicated abort in the target re-registration check ([48d45ac](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/48d45ac7f8c32e39ff2d0e1ceac50252a49ebadd))
* **sidebar:** drop the query string from the sub-page label ([d2dd46b](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/d2dd46bfdfddd1695d1b3915d20ce79330cf275b))
### Features
* **client:** report the browser and both versions in browser_info ([a770f36](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/a770f3695ceac441f48527f606843602c39fcc13))
* **client:** send session_info with every service request ([50282f2](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/50282f2ddb1250e048c55c04b395b428167142f7))
* **filters:** make the applied-filter panel expandable ([fdaa249](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/fdaa249f447b3a2c87da4b2aa1e5978c09f53ff8))
* **mocks:** emulate the %mpeinit diagnostics dump ([200ee89](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/200ee8931d3952624434567b5b95c9e7e53c6508))
* **mocks:** run pre/post edit hook programs in the JS mock services ([b5f2283](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/b5f228351bca18cbc8a3032e60846d05192668f6))
* **mpeinit:** dump session_info to the log when debug is on ([fbd77a5](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/fbd77a533417b1c8549a339b94785f7af0a30ca8))
* **release:** publish SHA256SUMS and verify instructions with each release ([f1ae501](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/f1ae501d49b510a1870f3682bb7d83de7446e061))
* **mocks:** keep special missings in the DIFF, and add the clip recording spec ([d124ce3](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/d124ce3b36f8f5153e8d7a576d4bec3189524ed5))
* **mocks:** list a column's own special missing in its dropdown ([b8f16a6](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/b8f16a63827310f68629f2e016a4fb876593c37c))
* **mocks:** make the approval path work, and record the approval scene ([12847cf](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/12847cf07165d5aefa61592815cab0a37245e31f))
* **validator:** a range rule ignores a missing value ([70dae4b](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/70dae4b7013ac825eb77d3dc2b622980c0e4af05))
* **validator:** keep the regular missing in a numeric dropdown source too ([a639bca](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/a639bca70264e8a6a81795892b9ed63ba58d5f73))
* **validator:** primary keys are NOT NULL, and a strict dropdown can match a special missing ([586a41a](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/586a41ad49670ee795284a83cf8535711ce14d2c))
* **validator:** reject a special missing on a NOT NULL column ([6d85bce](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/6d85bce2a0c528e8eab9ee4abbade8c682ec3a1b))
### Features
* **validator:** compare MINVAL and MAXVAL in SAS's own order ([3467322](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/3467322e99b0c3f6fda5654d35b507fdb2cb1c22))
* **release:** put frontend files at the root of frontend.zip ([7771a24](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/7771a24b9ce55751253686885e4848a292817a38)), closes [#147](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/issues/147)
* **security:** accept the format-catalog form when validating a libds ([0fa5da8](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/0fa5da8abfc303ce3b18beb4c01484dcce508439))
* **security:** escape col-info dropdown and origin-check VA replay ([c9eed6d](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/c9eed6dae717414b874ef6f3d60312ea0bb5a0da))
* validate request inputs and add admin gates to public services ([be86000](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/be86000fe0f0858edcbecf71d426a2ff81257247))
* **admin:** return refreshcatalog output as webout JSON ([1dccf61](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/1dccf61f6290e50ebc365964fab864cb93f8d1b5))
* **deps:** bump @sasjs/cli to 4.20.3 ([d301fc2](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/d301fc2b4dc86b7eb3027b8c8965dd7d1079363e))
* **deps:** bump @sasjs/core to 5.2.7 ([09f31ce](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/09f31ce6da1e6a286c4e05ac55fb1d0c801d62f5))
* **deps:** bump @sasjs/core to 5.2.8 ([c73817f](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/c73817fb6a8c19d970a19b98d5ef79c05243cc8d))
* **editors:** declare the mp_validatecol dependency in stagedata and loadfile ([a556be4](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/a556be4c577020c8e3147de4d3e71ab84fb0d174))
* **hooks:** make the pre-commit size check actually run ([5383803](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/53838036e635cd6f33dccc4534d6f258d3b3da5d))
* **hooks:** require the repo-pinned gitleaks, drop the fallbacks ([fbcde41](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/fbcde4132147240fed21a88d44f62b68f58cf67c))
* **security:** escape cell values in status renderers to prevent DOM XSS ([cfd8f06](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/cfd8f064352940cd57cf19c86504036f0a7edd8d))
* **security:** validate libds in stagedata and loadfile ([2d31e5a](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/2d31e5a8b957d30057eb749c2d7f246170af8c8f))
* **viewdata:** return the full row cap from a table search ([199b57d](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/199b57d9f9fb4b00a229d23e25e22e5dee471d2a))
* **system:** show session timezone on system information screen ([966dc07](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/966dc072e0cb8bb44bd93a7682c3d7335428d688))
* agent skills and nextviya deploys ([f7db871](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/f7db8719f5fe860605f4e6da81bad925d7412599))
* bump core for mp_validate fix ([5a44b28](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/5a44b2804feddbd616ece1d721865e02bfbedda8))
* CAS support for REPLACE type plus docs ([ea05f07](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/ea05f0718047a0ac54cffc58938b6d06f5a112e2))
* clarify debug comment is permanent, extend ComputeContextDetails with Viya response fields ([72484ae](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/72484ae8441715813983faa221be348cf421b735))
* core major bump plus autofix of viya context on deploy ([6527c10](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/6527c10f262249187c27723d983edd32c3848d72))
* **core:** bump to v5 (breaking change) ([59e9e96](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/59e9e96f5a6a6c9c0560cbb8387982611a0c8ca4))
* **cypress:** correct mock data, test expectations, and abort modal ([13c10be](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/13c10be30faae736d27b584e0507eaab702d2d32))
* **cypress:** make licensing combined-key tests order-independent ([4db8d62](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/4db8d62dca9257764438b00ef034103a0703111a))
* **deps:** align @angular/* packages to the same lockstep version ([24e6297](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/24e62971879e61eef0fc3ea9f07796b92231dbe3))
* **deps:** override nanoid to 3.3.18 in sas/ ([d57ae03](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/d57ae03fc44770f41de5dbe0389d33cd11fc0971))
* **deps:** pin @handsontable/angular-wrapper to 18.0.0 ([2d7df66](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/2d7df66fc28ffe07e859920c052b9818ed58647f))
* **deps:** pin babel-loader to resolve an unresolvable peer conflict ([3bf3bf0](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/3bf3bf0dde943246380528d5af7c46ad1f518c79))
* **deps:** regenerate lockfile with Node 24 and pin handsontable to 18.0.0 ([7da29bd](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/7da29bdb1180a9f50055380c1df3649283e9cdf6))
* **deps:** regenerate lockfile with strict peer-dep resolution to fix npm ci in CI ([efd2e18](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/efd2e18c7b09f80655528a2f6985034f5a41dcf3))
* **deps:** regenerate package-lock.json to resolve npm ci sync errors ([a501903](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/a501903e6d4276f1b4eba8f8ae0feccafcfbcf86))
* **deps:** resolve npm audit findings and align @angular/* to the same lockstep version ([b9e4b27](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/b9e4b2733fa01e2b8060dab54277000a2c6252b8))
* **deps:** resolve npm audit findings via direct lockfile patch, not regeneration ([4d1bfa6](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/4d1bfa6343342a167bdc315204866a18bcbca8ed))
* **deps:** resolve npm audit vulnerabilities in production dependencies ([257f69c](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/257f69ccc6dd070daf8c73f597a08d01e8ea6888))
* **deps:** scope the brace-expansion override to its actual vulnerable chain ([f9d061c](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/f9d061c48901d9ef131303940f0c2e2948b12fdf))
* **editor:** clear sort before reading cells to preserve on cancel ([4137ebd](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/4137ebdf6b6563eeac4f805708c3b4ffcd099fb1))
* **editor:** escape formula-looking values in uploaded Excel data ([e69df3d](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/e69df3deb22d80b1371b63a5ae1c6a44538b00bc))
* **editor:** fix formula $-substitution corruption and sorted-grid row/formula desync ([e139c37](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/e139c37fbfe46123cce2cbfcf7e919bc68e19a2f))
* **editor:** let the column info dropdown's text be selected and copied ([1e516f4](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/1e516f4012947c3f42dec1f3a46fa364c39bfe3e))
* **editor:** re-mark a reverted cell as auto-escaped so "Apply as formula" works again ([12091c4](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/12091c4044b0982c36b7d6011b51625bfb6b8cb5))
* **editor:** resolve a primary key's live formula to its computed value, not the raw formula text ([d72e19a](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/d72e19a3086ef578a1304fe032e1088c6ef60cf7))
* **editor:** resolve computed value for a live formula in numeric columns too ([2cc8489](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/2cc8489892638aaf97fd5999ebc6086ffd674a76))
* **editor:** restore multi-column sort with one call, not a loop ([8fafeb7](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/8fafeb7923bc7dae178c4fed0898195d5b5825a6))
* **editor:** size table-header buttons and title to content, not fixed grid thirds ([d0a7561](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/d0a7561f1aeb67b214e6a473cc6235509daa80bb))
* **editor:** stop dc.row_status from being submitted to the backend ([dc0f6a7](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/dc0f6a7baa128e0b75d7341ac7c03dcd4b1ffee5))
* **editor:** stop turning missing columns into undefined, and fix column lookup for sparse rows ([a104f78](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/a104f78645bc7777fee672956d3f028ff52ed9ba))
* **editor:** submit a live formula's computed value, not its raw text ([b7d3106](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/b7d31066ae5272856ea442d0f76d2f0752015dbb))
* ensure cleanup of casuser temp table in error condition ([c4123e5](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/c4123e5c965ba3f78ec8cf32f915f263d218ca56))
* ensuring formats arrive from backend in getstagetable.sas ([daacb49](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/daacb49c8a2c6a266dd842a8b7ccdebaa992a1d7))
* escape regex metacharacters in context name before prxchange ([9023eb2](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/9023eb2a393ee8441bab5b9c5ff4f53b500e0e91))
* failing test ([f213d24](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/f213d24f096d814d286bfdac5a28748e97e7293f))
* **formulas:** avoid EDIT_STATUS colliding with a real column of that name ([acb97f4](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/acb97f4bfb1c7d6a0b38dd33207170f6ec2bbd1d))
* hardening following PR review feedback ([1f4aa6f](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/1f4aa6fceafc4b51ecc5a19f4789cf5bd018a5d3))
* history mock ([0082828](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/00828285435a412e3e5dccb045b053c1096e8876))
* **licensing:** bridge async proceed() through cy.then and replace Response.arrayBuffer with manual stream reader ([8e51fde](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/8e51fde524e799652fbd1f0b0763d667cb3a4845))
* **mocks:** add fixture staged data and MPE_SUBMIT row for stage.cy.ts ([6e2548d](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/6e2548d78c613d684fc8d874ba11b30fc9b4e32e))
* **mocks:** add LIBRARYNAME to startupservice, fix viewbox column order ([c0af86e](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/c0af86ef297334ee531e979754d4d289ed3900ea))
* **mocks:** limit stage fixture to 1 row, fix column order ([f25ecd8](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/f25ecd88283433770f56167774617f0e2089c6ef))
* **mocks:** look up PK_FIELDS from MPE_TABLES in viewdata, fallback for MPE_AUDIT ([94d2a79](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/94d2a7970e49845b235c71523418e4a5d2a70396))
* **mocks:** remove MPE_VALIDATIONS and MPE_ALERTS from DC996664 libref ([4f7b845](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/4f7b845390d50db50114afa7fa851ddf3e853ed7))
* **mocks:** remove shadowed saveTableData in rejection.js ([fed0396](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/fed039673777659594feb9a92a5d9c2dca2cc544))
* **mocks:** remove SOME_SHORTNUM HARDREGEX from MPE_VALIDATIONS ([34bd660](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/34bd6607c547c3d40c1129395a28e4cbf0fa1475))
* **mocks:** rename saveTableData in postdata.js to avoid shadowing ([e4b04b1](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/e4b04b1d447640542c122dce93d65219719cb094))
* **mocks:** SAS datetime format in getchangeinfo, login in stage.cy.ts ([c180934](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/c1809341672ad51baa603f104176fdc302e4c0c1))
* more mock improvements ([a80927c](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/a80927cbb6c8a5ce26a1d251dc10cae4bae1eedd))
* mp_execute dep ([023c29f](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/023c29f00f74f964825e0ee01768baf44aead332))
* pin fast-uri to 3.1.7 to close high-severity SSRF/host-confusion advisories ([f4325b2](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/f4325b205699bf02158c232ffd8c279489778512)), closes [hi#severity](https://git.datacontroller.io/hi/issues/severity)
* spy for startup ([69b4155](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/69b41559f7aa66a537b685e26e00c44f1f2568c4))
* **stage:** submit data via editor flow, use dynamic date assertion ([490d013](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/490d0137b921c150b431083b847d471aa379bc42))
* **startup:** show the real startupservice response text on a malformed reply ([9a1b7d0](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/9a1b7d0f52eebe6bea229dedbcb8f5c19bc96141))
* tests and realistic getcolvals.js ([5d03164](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/5d03164b6a3245b47f1278fe962c537f72a8f473))
* **tests:** new libref ([c0bc87d](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/c0bc87d331b081d787b4ed3d04c639c139d0fa1b))
* using utility macro for webout ([3595bb9](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/3595bb94993aa054235cce3f41b9d83711907c46))
### Features
* **editor:** color row-header status cells and switch modified symbol to ± ([e15f2c2](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/e15f2c2a3488f43ed4e5814fdc22527961cc5c22))
* **editor:** generalize cell revert to any overwritten value, not just formulas ([07d586d](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/07d586da5235a2d94b2b689c774c40851b9a57e2))
* **editor:** scope live formulas to character columns, not just HARDFORMULA/SOFTFORMULA ones ([92d0d91](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/92d0d91440ff6d58d10f1af291386a1813cb07d4))
* **editor:** translate column names to cell references on formula paste ([1031ea7](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/1031ea7ed7b1a74ecc77bf155f6d329feeaf4b13))
* **formulas:** flag formula-overwritten cells with revert, harden dc.row_status against SAS name collisions ([a8237b2](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/a8237b2881b85854bb52c85ca2f17e3368f91f4a))
* **formulas:** live DC.ROW_STATUS, insert-row formula fixes, UserService singleton fix ([4a8c39b](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/4a8c39b4c0d6e0edb3493ac3d26d86788ebfdf90))
* **formulas:** wire HyperFormula into HARDFORMULA/SOFTFORMULA rules ([cbea04c](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/cbea04c8e129d7d28a626215aae3b67735a036d5))
* **licensing:** support combined-key paste, object-format features, and a live key preview ([20ba633](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/20ba63308717dbde929dbe5974b76f160343de29))
* **licensing:** warn and block applying a licence key generated for the wrong protocol ([41680e2](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/41680e2eccad82584bf9fd71a1efd1fd2d8f1a39))
* **stage:** add Formatted/Unformatted toggle to the staging page ([74c38e1](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/74c38e16416dcd8be20faa66d9f282a6438522b5))
* updated configurator for Viya deploy ([df2027d](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/df2027dab6ae51fb9cabf21e35d1fa5d6e1f7957))
* **viewboxes:** add drag-to-resize on all four edges and corners ([e5a5bf2](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/e5a5bf2144d7f35c62368924c7e59f55eeb246ad))
* adding REGEX validations to mpe_x_test ([bd798b4](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/bd798b424a7c4b90d613425348d3f99eeb49b025))
* default value for label ([a3e46a9](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/a3e46a968ef08295347b230235f1e79dfa51c5a2))
* **deps:** retarget Angular upgrade to 20, not 21 (CI install was broken) ([cac9244](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/cac9244f92544f432078125c312d05c36ed4b855))
* ensure only one REGEX applies at a time ([8fb58eb](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/8fb58eb36e05fdf7262459b05e53643b3ca672f7))
* ensure that no assets (including og links) ever fetch from external sources ([33dcb98](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/33dcb989d3ae0c5ee0a13fe64195862a945c4348))
* include peer dependencies in package-lock for npm ci in pipeline ([b51c770](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/b51c770782a8b62816e5145496dbea9fb83059e0))
* optimisation, renamed values for DDTYPE to save space ([cfb60e5](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/cfb60e5e4bfd37dc79fa4e9a6c6649ab1a61f2e4))
* patch npm audit vulnerabilities in sas and client dependencies ([e22edf7](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/e22edf7ed3aa54fc08411cf90d51df9ec30877c3))
* **query:** isolate viewbox filter state from the base table's ([7a35cf4](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/7a35cf4a458791b26ec8141c0c84d97fcb555145))
* regenerate client lockfile to resolve Angular peer-dependency drift breaking npm ci ([05fe474](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/05fe4744d58e7985ecc5ef5f9c1969dbab2d2efb))
* **regex:** special missing handling ([180c247](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/180c2477ed9ae44b4e479e81ec642f40580bcbc8))
* removing low severity warning in npm audit ([2a771bb](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/2a771bb91acaaa16aba44e2d7ddb51b8b7123c10))
* removing thousand seperator from plain numerics in EDIT mode ([0392a81](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/0392a81cbd9a634590ca7a60a316cd12c690a5a5))
* **validations:** parse SAS PRX /pattern/flags syntax in HARDREGEX/SOFTREGEX ([7ed3730](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/7ed3730ae3145dffd639ce3d2f831447d78f4e85))
### Features
* **docs:** adding agents.md and docs for RLS ([359d833](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/359d833406ace79f96d03c08a5c72fbd3df29442))
* **editor:** evaluate HARDREGEX/SOFTREGEX independently instead of hard-wins precedence ([57db117](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/57db1179a97973ecf0f711bda6057383de546dd3))
* **editor:** show applied HARDREGEX/SOFTREGEX pattern in column info dropdown ([39c8855](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/39c8855f37477f06d8b8cf5c97e04543070e8385))
* **regex:** backend validations on regex strings ([d2c93a4](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/d2c93a46facb386fd31661c02c0d3d34f38f6e43))
* using ALL libraries as validation in MPE_SECURITY. Closes [#279](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/issues/279) ([62ff0ae](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/62ff0aee4a976184de65d87ea3c8b8b7cb777938))
* **editor:** ignore cell validation on rows marked for delete ([70c5805](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/70c5805743c8c6e61bc216f37cbe8cd4f0614c98))
* explicit use of .sashdat in dc_casload ([6a95067](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/6a95067618600d7b03b6af46bf3d74721e42c66a))
* refactor mf_wordsinstr1butnotstr2 and added a wide table to test suite ([be94c68](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/be94c68f354d0f9b1eb52213807d1874a74d9b8a))
* retry the startup service request once before failing ([5391df8](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/5391df8f04cf40205a600b23c207f97b6fdf5913))
* run dc_casload for dq tables in getdata. Closes [#264](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/issues/264). ([6b16f9b](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/6b16f9b3647fca2e39d44544201ce972046e01a3))
* updating tests, moving mpe_rowhash to core library ([c5f0e4f](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/c5f0e4f106aa4e6a7c2a2fd0ebb2e85d1e7bee7b))
### Features
* bumping core to get the mp_rowhash definition, [#269](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/issues/269) ([f73f5e4](https://git.datacontroller.io/dc/dc/commit/f73f5e47ac38a305bac4ebd7eac48d1a3edf4a83))
Data Controller for SAS® is a web application that lets users safely add, modify and delete data in SAS datasets and databases. Every change is **staged** and **approved** before being applied to the **target table**, and the full history of the change is retained. It runs on SAS Viya, SAS 9 EBI, and [SASjs Server](https://server.sasjs.io), and must run entirely **on-prem / offline** (no external assets or network calls at runtime).
This file is the shared glossary and orientation for the repo. When your output names a domain concept, use the term as defined here rather than a synonym. Related repos: `docs.datacontroller.io` (user-facing docs) and `datacontroller.io` (marketing site).
## Repository layout
-`client/` - the Angular frontend (TypeScript). Uses [Handsontable](.agents/skills/handsontable/SKILL.md) for the editable grid and [HyperFormula](.agents/skills/hyperformula/SKILL.md) for Excel-formula support. Lint with `npm run lint:check` from `client/`.
-`sas/` - the SAS backend. Services, macros, hooks and tests live under `sas/sasjs/**`; `sas/sasjsbuild/` is generated output (never hand-edit). Lint `.sas` files with `sasjs lint` from `sas/`.
-`.agents/docs/` - technical deep-dives (see below). `.agents/skills/` - task skills (handsontable, hyperformula, dc-sas for Data Controller SAS development, plus npx-installed sasjs/ sas skills).
## Roles
The five user roles, in increasing privilege:
- **Viewer** - explores/links to data without locking datasets.
- **Editor** - makes changes (add/modify/delete) and submits them for approval.
- **Approver** - accepts or rejects staged changes; on acceptance the change is applied to the target table.
- **Auditor** - reviews the history of changes to a table.
- **Administrator** - registers tables and configures security (at metadata group level).
Admins are listed in `&mpeadmins`; admin membership bypasses Row Level Security.
## Core concepts
- **Target table** - the physical table (SAS dataset or database table) a user is changing. Its attributes (primary key, load type, library, SCD/temporal variables) are predefined by an administrator in `MPE_TABLES`.
- **Submission** - the set of changed rows staged for approval. Submissions are *never* applied automatically; they always require one or more approvals. Three kinds: **Web submission** (only changed rows from the edited extract), **Excel submission** (whole Excel file staged with the file kept for audit; becomes a web submission if the rows are edited in the grid first), and **CSV submission** (all rows sent straight to staging, suitable for larger uploads).
- **Staging area** - the secure location where submitted changes wait for approval before being loaded.
- **Edit-Stage-Approve workflow** - the central flow: up to 500 rows edited in the web grid, staged, and applied to the target after approval.
- **Changeset / diff** - new / modified / deleted rows computed for a submission; approvers review the diff before accepting.
## Load types
Set per table in `MPE_TABLES.LOADTYPE`. Determines the loader and how history is kept (see [.agents/docs/bitemporal-dataloader.md](.agents/docs/bitemporal-dataloader.md)):
- **UPDATE** - no history; changed records deleted and re-appended (via `%bitemporal_dataloader`).
- **REPLACE** - no history; whole table wiped and reloaded. Implemented inline in `%mpe_targetloader`, deliberately *not* via `%bitemporal_dataloader` (see [.agents/docs/replace-load-type.md](.agents/docs/replace-load-type.md)).
- **TXTEMPORAL** - SCD2-style history on technical (transaction) time.
- **BITEMPORAL** - full two-dimensional history (business time + technical time).
**Bitemporal** = two independent time dimensions: **business time** (`VAR_BUSFROM`/`VAR_BUSTO`, when a fact is true in the real world) and **technical/transaction time** (`VAR_TXFROM`/`VAR_TXTO`, when the system knew it). **SCD2** = slowly changing dimension, type 2 (row-versioned history via open/close datetimes). **BUSKEY** = the business/primary key (space-separated columns, excluding temporal columns).
## MPE control tables
Configuration and state live in `MPE_*` tables (the "control tables") in the DC control library (`&mpelib` / `&dclib`). Key ones:
-`MPE_TABLES` - registered target tables and their load config (`LOADTYPE`, `BUSKEY`, temporal vars, etc.).
-`MPE_VALIDATIONS` - point-of-entry data-quality rules (see below).
-`MPE_CONFIG`, `MPE_GROUPS`, `MPE_SECURITY`, `MPE_EMAIL`, `MPE_LOCKANYTABLE`, and the `MPE_DATACATALOG_*` / `MPE_DATASTATUS_*` catalog tables.
Selectbox seed values for these tables are defined in `sas/sasjs/macros/mpe_makedata.sas`. User-facing documentation for each table is in the `docs.datacontroller.io` repo under `docs/tables/`.
## Validations
`MPE_VALIDATIONS` applies point-of-entry rules per `BASE_LIB`/`BASE_DS`/`BASE_COL` when `RULE_ACTIVE=1`. `RULE_TYPE` values include `CASE`, `NOTNULL`, `MINVAL`, `MAXVAL`, `READONLY`, `HIDDEN`, `ROUND`, `NUMBER_FORMAT`, `HARDREGEX`, `SOFTREGEX`, `HARDSELECT`, `SOFTSELECT`, `HARDSELECT_HOOK`, `SOFTSELECT_HOOK`.
- **HARDREGEX** - submission-blocking regex; failing cells are painted red and cannot be submitted.
- **SOFTREGEX** - display-only warning regex; failing cells are painted yellow but submission is allowed.
Regex rule values are authored in SAS PRX form `/pattern/flags` and limited to 128 chars. See [.agents/docs/regex-validations.md](.agents/docs/regex-validations.md).
## Security
- **Row Level Security (RLS)** - server-side `WHERE`-clause generation via `%mpe_filtermaster` / `%mp_filtergenerate`; no data leaves SAS without passing the filter. Works on any engine because it's expressed as a standard SAS `WHERE`. On write, the *inverse* filter is applied to reject out-of-scope rows. See [.agents/docs/row-level-security.md](.agents/docs/row-level-security.md).
-`%mpe_targetloader` (`sas/sasjs/macros/mpe_targetloader.sas`) - the single load dispatch point; routes by `LOADTYPE`. Two-phase: `LOADTARGET=NO` builds diff tables for review, `LOADTARGET=YES` performs the destructive load.
-`%bitemporal_dataloader` - the temporal loader for UPDATE / TXTEMPORAL / BITEMPORAL.
-`%mpe_filtermaster` - builds the RLS filter for a request.
## Testing
Backend tests run with the sasjs CLI from `sas/`. `npm run 4gl` compiles+deploys+seeds then `sasjs test -t 4gl` runs tests. Assertions use `%mp_assert()`. See [.agents/docs/testing.md](.agents/docs/testing.md).
## Conventions
- Do not hard-wrap Markdown (one logical line per paragraph/list-item/heading).
- Use regular dashes, not em-dashes.
- No external assets - everything must be bundled and served locally.
- Comments and test names must be self-contained (no "original bug", "this PR", etc.); the only exception is a literal issue-tracker link.
- Do not auto-commit or push.
- Never edit `CHANGELOG.md` or bump `package.json` version by hand - the release pipeline generates both from Conventional Commit messages. See [.agents/docs/releases-and-changelog.md](.agents/docs/releases-and-changelog.md).
See `AGENTS.md` for the full set of enforced rules (git, linting, no-wrap, no-external-assets, `.agents/` layout).
The repo ships its own git hooks in [`.git-hooks/`](./.git-hooks):
-`pre-commit` - scans staged changes for secrets with gitleaks, blocks commits that would add more than 2MB of new blobs, and runs the prettier check (auto-fixing on failure)
-`commit-msg` - verifies the commit message follows the [Conventional Commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/en/v1.0.0/#summary) standard
The repo `.npmrc` sets `ignore-scripts=true`, so the `prepare` and `postinstall` lifecycle scripts that would normally set `core.hooksPath` during `npm i` never run. After cloning (or if your commits are not being checked), activate the hooks with a one-time command, run from the repo root:
```bash
git config core.hooksPath ./.git-hooks
```
The pre-commit hook requires the gitleaks binary provided by the root `@nogoo9/gitleaks` devDependency, so make sure `npm i` has run in the repo root before your first commit.
The standard [pre-commit](https://pre-commit.com) route is available as well, and does not depend on the lifecycle scripts above: install it once with `pre-commit install` and the secret scan in [`.pre-commit-config.yaml`](./.pre-commit-config.yaml) runs on every commit. The same scan also runs in CI, so a leaked credential fails the build regardless of which local hooks are active.
## Dependencies that requires licences
[SheetJS Pro Version](https://www.npmjs.com/package/sheetjs)
@@ -16,17 +33,29 @@ Add `client/.npmrc` file with following content:
Licence should be inserted in the `client/src/index.html` file:
The licence key comes from the backend licence: the decrypted licence carries `hot_license_key`,
which is published on the `hot_license_key` subject and pushed into every Handsontable instance.
Until a licence is loaded the client falls back to the non-commercial key
(`DEFAULT_HOT_LICENCE_KEY` in `client/src/app/services/licence.service.ts`), so there is nothing to
configure in `index.html` for this.
```
<sasjs
...
hotLicenceKey="LICENCE-GOES-HERE"
>
</sasjs>
```
## Development
Update `client/src/index.html` so that it points to your SAS9, SASVIYA or SASJS backend.
Be aware that VIYA can be configured in such way that it would not work with cross origin frontend.
@@ -39,6 +68,71 @@ cd client
npm start
```
## Mocked backend (frontend development without SAS)
Data Controller ships a full set of JS mock services under `sas/mocks/sasjs/` that mimic the SAS backend using [SASjs Server](https://server.sasjs.io) in JS-only mode. This lets you run the entire frontend (editor grid, approvals, viewer, admin, Excel maps, etc.) without a SAS licence or SAS server. The Cypress E2E tests and Lighthouse CI both run against this setup.
### Prerequisites
- Node.js (same version used for the frontend build)
- The frontend dependencies installed (`cd client && npm ci` after decrypting sheet-crypto as described above)
### 1. Start SASjs Server
Download the latest Linux (or macOS/Windows) binary from [SASjs Server releases](https://github.com/sasjs/server/releases), unzip it, and create a `.env` file alongside the executable:
```
RUN_TIMES=js
NODE_PATH=node
CORS=enable
WHITELIST=http://localhost:4200
```
`RUN_TIMES=js` means the server executes `.js` files as Stored Programs (no SAS binary needed). `CORS=enable` plus `WHITELIST` allows the Angular dev server on port 4200 to call the mock services on port 5000. Start the server:
```
./api-linux # or api-macos / api-win.exe depending on your platform
```
The server runs in desktop mode (no auth) on `http://localhost:5000` by default.
### 2. Deploy the mock services and streaming frontend
From `sas/mocks/sasjs/`:
```
npm ci
sasjs cbd -t server-ci
```
This compiles, builds, and deploys the JS mock services plus the Angular frontend (as a streaming app) to the SASjs Server. The `server-ci` target in `sas/mocks/sasjs/sasjsconfig.json` points to `http://localhost:5000` with appLoc `/Public/app/dc` and stream service name `clickme`.
After deploy, the streamed app is available at: `http://localhost:5000/AppStream/clickme/`
### 3. Run the Angular dev server (optional, for hot reload)
For frontend development with live reload, point `client/src/index.html` at the local SASjs Server and start the dev server:
```
cd client
# Edit src/index.html: set serverUrl="http://localhost:5000", appLoc="/Public/app/dc", serverType="SASJS"
npm start
```
The app will be at `http://localhost:4200`. It calls the JS mock services on port 5000 via the SASjs adapter (CORS is enabled by the `.env` above).
### How the mocks work
Each `.js` file in `sas/mocks/sasjs/services/` corresponds to a real SAS service (e.g. `public/startupservice.js` mimics `services/public/startupservice.sas`). The JS runtime predeclares `fs` and `_webout`; the mock assigns a JSON string to `_webout` that matches the structure the real SAS service would return. Some mocks are stateful: they persist data to a `mock-storage/` folder on the SASjs Drive (e.g. `licence.json`, `users.json`, `filter.txt`) using the predeclared `fs` module.
The mock data includes sample tables (`DC996664.MPE_X_TEST`, `MPE_X_NEW`, `MPE_X_FORMULA_TEST`, etc.) with realistic columns, validation rules (HARDREGEX, SOFTREGEX, HARDSELECT, READONLY, HIDDEN, ROUND, NUMBER_FORMAT), and dropdown values. This is sufficient to exercise the full editor grid, approval workflow, viewer, and admin screens.
There is also a SAS 9 mock variant under `sas/mocks/sas9/` (target `sas9-mocks`) that mimics SAS 9 stored processes with the same JS approach but a different appLoc (`/User Folders/sasdemo/`).
### Re-deploying after changes
After changing mock services, re-run `sasjs cbd -t server-ci` from `sas/mocks/sasjs/`. After changing the frontend, rebuild (`cd client && npm run build`) then re-deploy so the streaming app picks up the new `client/dist/`. If you are using `ng serve` (step 3), only the mock services need re-deploying; the frontend hot-reloads automatically.
## GUI Elements
For documentation on the Clarity Design System, including a list of components and example usage, see [our website](https://vmware.github.io/clarity).
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# Troubleshooting
## `npm i` fails with ENOENT on `sheet-crypto.tgz`
If `npm i`/`npm ci` in `client` fails with:
```
npm error enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '.../client/libraries/sheet-crypto.tgz'
```
it means the encrypted `sheet-crypto.tgz.gpg` hasn't been decrypted yet. See
[Dependencies that requires licences](#dependencies-that-requires-licences) above for how to decrypt it.
## Makedata service "could not create directory" error
The dcpath folder should have its permissions set so that the system account (SYSUSERID) can both read and write to it.
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