Using SAS Lineage :: SAS® Data Integration Studio 4.902: User's Guide

Overview

SAS Lineage is a web client that enables you to view the lineage of sources and targets in a job. If the SAS Relationship Content Service has been enabled, metadata from SAS Data Integration Studio will be retrieved by the service, where it can be accessed by SAS Lineage. For example, you could use SAS Lineage to display lineage for a table or external file that is used in a SAS Data Integration Studio job.

Alternatively, you could right-click a table or external file in SAS Data Integration Studio and select the Analyze in Web Viewer option. This option enables you to log on to SAS Lineage and view lineage information for that table or file. For more information about SAS Lineage, see its documentation page: http://support.sas.com/documentation/onlinedoc/dmlin.

Prerequisites

In order to use SAS Lineage, the following prerequisites must be met:

The SAS Relationship Content Service must be loaded automatically. The automatic relationship loading option is off by default. For more information about configuring automatic loading, see the "Configuring Automatic Relationship Loading" topic in the SAS Intelligence Platform: System Administration Guide. This book is available from the following page: http://support.sas.com/documentation/onlinedoc/intellplatform/tabs/admin94.html.
Both SAS Data Integration Studio and SAS Lineage must be connected to the same SAS Metadata Server.
You must have a login ID and password for a SAS Lineage user as defined in the SAS Metadata Server.

In order to use the Analyze in Web Viewer option, the following additional prerequisites must be met:

The URL for SAS Lineage must be specified in the Impact Analysis web viewer URL field on the ToolsOptionsGeneral tab in SAS Data Integration Studio. The URL must be in the following format: http://server-name:port-number/SASLineage/. The port-number value can be omitted only if the mid-tier server is configured with the default port of 80. This URL supports the Analyze in Web Viewer option for tables and external files.
The computer on which you are running SAS Data Integration Studio must have Adobe Flash Player version 11.1.0 or later.

Note: Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 cannot be used to access SAS Lineage.

Use the Analyze in Web Viewer Option for Tables and External Files

Right-click a table or an external file in the Folders tree or the Inventory tree, and then select Analyze in Web Viewer. A web browser opens. You are prompted to log on to SAS Lineage. Provide the login ID and password for a SAS Lineage user. You can then view lineage information for the selected table or file.