Who Uses the Application Dispatcher?

You should use the Application Dispatcher if you
  • want to analyze and display information dynamically on the Web and let your Web users immediately retrieve the information that they need.
  • have SAS programming experience but have little or no CGI programming experience. Application Dispatcher enables you to create the Web user interface and retrieve the SAS data for display on the Web without writing a CGI script.
  • want to create applications that provide Web output without investing a lot of programming time.
  • want to create applications that run on a variety of Web browsers.
The Application Dispatcher has several types of users:
  • End users enter information in a form, select a link, or view an inline image that displays in a Web browser.
  • Web-page authors create the HTML forms or pages, which include unique Application Dispatcher fields. These individuals could be SAS application developers.
  • Application Dispatcher program developers create the Application Dispatcher programs that receive information entered on the Web page.
  • System administrators, also known as Webmasters, maintain programs on the Web server or maintain the Application Server(s).