Application
Dispatcher, a
SAS/IntrNet component, is a Web gateway from your Web
browser to the power of SAS processing. This gateway, written by using
the Common Gateway Interface (CGI), provides access to data in combination
with a powerful array of analysis and presentation procedures. SAS
software does not have to be installed on your machine!
To access
and analyze data, a Web user completes an HTML form by selecting items
and filling in fields. When the user selects the option to submit
the information, the Application Dispatcher passes the information
through the CGI program to a waiting SAS session. SAS software processes
the information by using the identified program. Program results return
through the CGI to the Web browser and are displayed to the waiting
user.
You do
not need CGI programming experience to use the Application Dispatcher.
You can create the Web user interface and retrieve SAS data for display
on the Web without having to program a CGI script.