Cannot Open Project When Source Data Tables Are Not Loaded

Description

You attempt to open a project and receive this error message:

The project cannot be opened because the required data tables for the 
project are not loaded. Contact your system administrator.

This issue often occurs for projects that are shared as read-only. If the CAS server has been restarted, the source data tables cannot be reloaded for projects that are read-only.

Solution

The project owner can remove the read-only setting from the SAS Model Studio project page and then open the project. The source data tables are reloaded and the read-only setting can then be applied back to the project.

Last updated: March 16, 2026