A SAS Stored Process is
a specialized SAS program that is stored in a central location and
can be executed from the SAS BI Dashboard at your request. Stored
processes give dashboard users the ability to run SAS reports dynamically
in order to obtain the most current available data. The benefits of
stored processes include centralized code management, increased security,
and ad hoc reporting capabilities. For details about creating stored
processes, see the
SAS Stored Processes: Developer's Guide.
The
stp.dsx
file
is installed on the SAS Content Server in the
SAS Folders/System/Applications/BI
Dashboard/BI Dashboard 4.3/DataSourceDefinitions
directory.
This file enables users to create indicator data from the output of
stored processes. The stored process must produce a result package
as its output, and not a stream.
SAS BI Dashboard 4.31
enables you to make stored processes available to be executed from
the dashboard without the need for additional programming. You can
use SAS BI Dashboard to execute stored processes and to include stored
processes or stored process results in a dashboard. When a dashboard
has an indicator that was configured with stored process indicator
data, users can see output from that stored process if it belongs
to the displayed dashboard. Users might first have to search for a
stored process before they can run it.
The developer who creates
a stored process designates the server on which the stored process
runs, registers the stored process in metadata, and assigns access
permissions for the stored process. Check with the developer to obtain
information about the stored process. For example, if you plan to
share the stored process with dashboard users, you need to know which
group to share it with. You might also want to know the purpose of
the stored process and what type of output it produces. If the stored
process publishes a package to the WebDAV repository in the SAS Content
Server, users and groups should be provided with access to the package.
SAS BI Dashboard 4.31
consumes two types of stored process output:
-
data in the form of a data set
contained in a package
-
visualizations in the form of images
in common image formats (.png, jpg, gif)