Adding SAS Reports :: SAS(R) 9.3 Intelligence Platform: Web Application Administration Guide, Third Edition

Overview of Adding SAS Reports

If you have installed the appropriate software, you can view SAS Reports in the SAS Information Delivery Portal.

A SAS Report is a visual representation of data models and the results of analysis and summarization of the data from SAS procedural output. A SAS report is stored in the SAS Report Model format. The SAS Information Delivery Portal enables authorized users to search for and view SAS Reports that exist in the SAS Metadata Repository.

When users view a report in the portal, the portal uses either the SAS Web Report Studio interface or the SAS Web Report Viewer to display the report.

Reports that exist in the SAS Metadata Repository have already been created and administered by a report administrator. SAS Web Report Studio enables the report administrator to create reports in the SAS Report model format. SAS updates the metadata repository with the metadata for the report.

The following sections explain how to add a SAS Report to the portal environment.

Step 1: Control Access to the SAS Report

Determine who is authorized to access the SAS report in order to determine which SAS users or groups are allowed to view the SAS report from the SAS Information Delivery portal. Take any necessary steps to implement additional authorization (access control) for the page (that will contain the portlet with the SAS report). For information about access control, see “Access Management” in the SAS Intelligence Platform: Security Administration Guide.

Step 2: Make the SAS Report Available to Portal Users

You can use one of several methods to make the SAS report appear in the SAS Information Delivery portal. These methods include the following:

The portal administrator or a group content administrator can edit a collection portlet in order to add a report to the portlet. The portal administrator can share the portlet with a group, including the PUBLIC group. Group content administrators can share the portlet with the group for which they are an administrator. Group members can search for and add the portlet to their pages.
After adding the report to a Collection portlet, the portal administrator or a group content administrator can add the portlet to a page that has been shared or that you intend to share with a group. Depending on the page's share type, group members will either see the page the next time they log on, or group members can search for and add the page.

For more information, see the portal's online Help.