Server Profiles

To avoid repeatedly entering host names, port numbers, and other settings for the numerous servers in a SAS BI Server installation, AppDev Studio 4.4 provides server profiles that you can define and then use to simplify development against a specific BI installation. There are two types of server profiles used by AppDev Studio 4.4: the BI Server Profile, and the Metadata Server Connection Profile.

A BI Server Profile contains only enough information to uniquely identify a BI Server installation. The profile enables AppDev Studio 4.4 to communicate with an installation, and acquire additional information from it. Some tasks in AppDev Studio 4.4, such as adding template content to a project, let you select the BI Server Profile for the BI Server installation that you want to target. When you do this the settings needed to complete the task are obtained from the BI Server Profile, avoiding the need for manual entry.

A Metadata Server Connection Profile is used to log in to the SAS Metadata Server for a particular BI Server installation. The Connection Profile contains credentials for the login and which BI Server Profile to use to connect to the associated Metadata Server. Because both profiles provide information and connection to required servers, you should create these profiles before starting a project.

A BI Server Profile contains information about a particular BI Server installation.

To create a new BI Server Profile, use the “Create a SAS BI Server Profile” cheat sheet:

If the “Create a SAS BI Server Profile” cheat sheet has already been run, reset it by right-clicking the cheat sheet name and selecting Restart all tasks.

Connection Profiles help automate logging in to a SAS Metadata Server by managing the relationship between user credentials and SAS BI Server profile. You can connect via one Connection Profile at a time.

To create a new Connection Profile, use the “Create a Connection Profile” cheat sheet: