Introduction to SAS Web Report Studio

SAS Web Report Studio is a Web application that anyone can use to view, interact with, create, and distribute public and private reports. Simply open an existing report and interact with the information based on your current needs. For example, you can view, reply to, or add comments to a report. Report authors can easily point and click to query central sources of data. Alternatively, you can add prompts and design the layout of tables, graphs, and text using drag and drop to create a well-formatted report. All this is accomplished by using a Web browser. You do not need to understand a programming language. Periodic reports can be scheduled to process unattended on a recurring basis and then distributed using e-mail.

In addition, powerful SAS analytical results can be used by business professionals across an organization through their Web browsers by leveraging SAS stored processes in SAS Web Report Studio. Stored processes are SAS programs, created by business analysts who are proficient in SAS, that contain instructions for calculating analytical results that are rendered as part of a report or as a complete report. Stored processes typically include queries, prompted filters, titles, images, and statistical analyses to deliver predictive analytics to a large audience. SAS Web Report Studio combines query, reporting, and analytical capabilities in a single Web-based tool that everyone can use to meet a broad set of information needs.

The Report Wizard enables novice users to quickly create and distribute basic queries and reports based on either relational or multidimensional data sources in five easy steps. More advanced users can use additional layout and query capabilities that are available, including the ability to define custom calculations and complex filter combinations, multiple queries, and SAS analytical results into a single document. A gallery of predefined layout choices expedites the report creation process, and an extensive range of advance report components enable users to create and interact with reports from their Web browsers. Reports and the application can be branded to match a corporate style.

Reports can be shared with others or kept in private folders based on security settings. Certain pages of reports can be distributed to authorized users via e-mail or a subscription channel.

SAS Web Report Studio runs within a Web application server such as JBoss, Oracle WebLogic, or IBM WebSphere, and requires the SAS BI Reports Service Workspace. It can be invoked from within SAS Information Delivery Portal.

SAS Web Application Themes contain definitions for themes that are used by several SAS Web applications including the SAS Web Report Studio. Themes enable you to create and apply consistent, visual customization and company branding that is applied to all theme-enabled SAS Web applications. In SAS Web Report Studio, themes apply to the user interface, including the dialog boxes that are used to view, create, edit, and share reports.

SAS Web Report Studio requires the following:

The following figure shows SAS Web Report Studio 4.31.