About This Book

Audience

SAS Web Report Studio is designed for the following users:

Persons responsible for designing and creating web-based reports for their enterprise.
Persons responsible for analyzing report data and making decisions based on that data.
Persons needing to explore data in support of ad hoc business questions.

You might be assigned to a specific role, which determines the tasks that you can perform. For more information, see Access to SAS Web Report Studio Capabilities.

SAS Web Report Studio enables you to view reports that are created by using a variety of other SAS products. This documentation focuses on tasks that you can perform on reports that were created by using SAS Web Report Studio.

Prerequisites

Here are the prerequisites for using SAS Web Report Studio:

A user ID and password for logging on to SAS Web Report Studio.
A supported browser installed on your desktop client.
Access to data sources or stored processes that can be used to obtain data for reports. (These items are created in SAS applications other than SAS Web Report Studio.)

If you have questions about whether you are ready to use SAS Web Report Studio, contact your system administrator.