Configuring the ESRI Map Component

About the ESRI Map Component

The ESRI map component is a SAS feature that enables you to plot your OLAP data onto an interactive geographic map. For example, the following image shows a geographic map in SAS Web Report Studio:

[GIS screen catpture]

The following table lists the SAS products that can use the ESRI map component and documents the software requirements for each product:

Requirements for the ESRI Map Component
SAS Product	Required Third-Party Software
SAS Information Delivery Portal SAS Web Report Studio	ESRI ArcGIS Server 9.2 for the Java platform, with Service Pack 5 or later (the server does not have to run on the same machine as your SAS software).
SAS Enterprise Guide	ESRI ArcGIS 9.2 engine run time, installed on each machine where a participating SAS Enterprise Guide client is running. Each ESRI map document must be specified in ArcGIS as a network location that SAS Enterprise Guide can access.

	Create an ESRI ArcGIS Server Definition
	Facilitate Authentication to the ESRI ArcGIS Server
	Creating Geographic Map Services
	Including Geographic Information in Cubes