Storage folders for SAS BI Dashboard
4.31 exist in both the foundation SAS Metadata Repository and the
SAS Content Server. The
SAS Folders/System/Applications/BI
Dashboard/SASBIDashboard4.3 folder in the metadata
repository corresponds to the
sasfolders/System/Applications/SAS
BI Dashboard/SASBIDashboard 4.3 directory in the SAS
Content Server. These top-level folders are created during installation,
configuration, and deployment.
The parallel storage
structures are necessary because SAS BI Dashboard objects have both
a metadata component and a content component. For example, for each
dashboard object that is saved in SAS BI Dashboard, two objects are
stored:
-
A metadata object that describes
the dashboard object that is stored in your metadata repository. The
dashboard object metadata object contains information such as timestamps,
authorship, access controls that provide security for the report,
and other object-specific and application-specific properties.
-
A dashboard object definition file
is stored in your content server. The dashboard object definition
file is an XML file that contains information about how the dashboard
object is presented.
In order to display
a dashboard object, SAS BI Dashboard retrieves both components. The
parallel storage structures in the metadata repository and the content
server facilitate this two-part retrieval.
SAS Management Console
preserves the necessary synchronization between the folders in the
metadata repository and the content server. For details about how
to keep dashboard object files synchronized with their corresponding
metadata objects, see “Best Practices for Managing SAS Folders”
in the
SAS Intelligence Platform: System Administration Guide.
CAUTION:
Dashboard
objects have interdependencies and associations. Therefore, you should
not move the contents of these folders into different folders. To
ensure that the dashboard-related content is functional and synchronized
with the SAS Content Server, do not rename the folders that contain
the dashboard content, or save the dashboard content to different
folders.
Dashboard objects have
interdependencies. Dashboards depend on indicators, indicators depend
on indicator models, and indicator models depend on data and ranges.
Therefore, any changes to the existing folder structure, its contents,
or folder names must be avoided to ensure that the interdependencies
between the dashboard content objects are maintained.
You have the flexibility
to choose the location of the SAS BI Dashboard user folders anywhere
within the
SAS Folders directory on
the
Folders tab of SAS Management Console.
For example, you can create a folder called Shared and ensure that
users' dashboard objects are stored in this folder.
The following table
provides descriptions of SAS BI Dashboard 4.31 folders and their contents.
SAS BI Dashboard 4.31 Folders
SAS BI Dashboard 4.31
Folders
|
Description of the Folder
and Its Contents
|
SAS Folders/Products/BI
Dashboard 4.3/DashboardConfigs |
Created when SAS BI
Dashboard 4.31 is installed. If you upgrade from a previous release
of SAS BI Dashboard, the existing dashboard metadata objects are moved
to this folder.
|
SAS Folders/Products/BI
Dashboard 4.3/DashboardDisplayConfigs |
This folder is not used
by SAS BI Dashboard 4.31. It might contain content that was migrated
from previous releases.
|
SAS
Folders/Products/BI Dashboard 4.3/IndicatorDefinitions |
Created when SAS BI
Dashboard 4.31 is installed. If you upgrade from a previous release
of SAS BI Dashboard, the existing indicator definition metadata objects
are moved to this folder.
|
SAS Folders/Products/BI
Dashboard 4.3/ModelConfigs |
Created when SAS BI
Dashboard 4.31 is installed. If you upgrade from a previous release
of SAS BI Dashboard, the existing data model (referred to as indicator
data in SAS BI Dashboard 4.31) metadata objects are moved to this
folder.
|
SAS Folders/Products/BI
Dashboard 4.3/RangeDefinitions |
Created when SAS BI
Dashboard 4.31 is installed. If you upgrade from a previous release
of SAS BI Dashboard, the existing range metadata objects are moved
to this folder.
|
SAS Folders/System/Applications/SAS
BI Dashboard/BI Dashboard 4.3/IndicatorConfigs |
Created when the first
indicator is created. The indicator configuration metadata objects
are saved in this folder.
|
SAS Folders/Products/BI
Dashboard 4.3/Identifiers |
This folder is reserved
for future use. It is not used by SAS BI Dashboard 4.31.
|
SAS Folders/System/Applications/SAS
BI Dashboard/BI Dashboard 4.3/PromptContent |
The dynamic prompt content
metadata object is saved to the folder.
|