Overview of Adding Content

Introduction to Adding Content

The SAS Information Delivery Portal enables you to aggregate data from a variety of sources and present the data in a Web browser. The Web browser content might include the output of SAS Stored Processes, links to Web addresses, documents, syndicated content from information providers, SAS Information Maps, SAS Reports, and Web applications. Depending on the software that your organization has installed, you can make some or all of these types of content available to portal users. For a list of the content that is available based on your software configuration, see Understanding the Components of SAS Information Delivery Portal.

The SAS Information Delivery Portal also provides a secure environment for sharing information with users. This chapter provides instructions for adding content to the portal and for controlling access to that content.

SAS Application Server Requirements

To add particular SAS content items, you must ensure that the appropriate servers for that content are already defined and deployed. SAS Application Servers are required for the following SAS content:

packages
publication channels
stored processes
information maps
reports

Metadata Requirements

All content requires the addition of metadata to the SAS Metadata Repository. The SAS Information Delivery Portal stores its metadata in the Foundation repository. This metadata consists of the following:

content metadata, or metadata that describes the particular content
authorization metadata, or metadata that specifies which SAS users and groups are authorized to access the content

The metadata for SAS Information Delivery Portal content can be categorized as follows:

For some types of content, such as SAS Publication Channels, you administer both content and authorization metadata.
For content that is created in the portal, such as links and pages, the portal administers both content and authorization metadata.
For WebDAV content, when you add the content to the SAS Content Server repository, the content metadata becomes available to the portal. You administer authorization metadata separately.
For SAS content, such as information maps and reports, content and authorization metadata are administered in the SAS Information Map Studio or SAS Web Report Studio application.

For a summary of the methods that are used to add metadata for portal content, see Content That Can Be Added to the Portal.