Publish Content

The portal's publish and subscribe features enable you to publish information to other authorized users who want to receive the information.
From the portal, you can publish the following items to a publication channel or a WebDAV repository:
  • files
  • links
  • SAS Stored Processes
  • SAS Information Maps
Note: You cannot publish SAS Reports.
A publication channel is a virtual communication path that is identified with a particular topic, organizational group, user audience, or other category. A publication channel is similar to a radio channel that is identified with a particular frequency. For more information, see About Channels and Subscriptions.
You must be granted permission to publish content. To determine whether you have the necessary permission, contact your site administrator.
To publish portal content to a publication channel or to a WebDAV repository:
  1. Locate the items that you want to publish and place them in a package. You can use either of the following methods:
    • Use the toolbar to create a package that contains only one content item. Follow these steps:
      1. Display the content item that you want to publish. For details, see About Viewing Content.
      2. From the viewer, click Publish in the toolbar. The Publish page appears.
    • Use your Bookmarks portlet to create a package that includes one or more content items. Follow these steps:
      1. Use the search tool to find the content item(s) that you want to publish, and bookmark these items. For details, see Create a Bookmark.
      2. Navigate to the page that contains your Bookmarks portlet.
      3. In the Bookmarks portlet, select the check box for each content item you want to publish. Select only those items that can be published, as listed previously.
      4. Click Publish. The Publish page appears.
  2. On the Publish page, enter the package information as follows:
    Name
    Enter a name for the package.
    Description
    Enter brief text that describes the contents of the package.
    Publish To
    To publish the package to a publication channel, select Channel from the drop-down box.
    To publish the package to a WebDAV repository, select WebDav from the drop-down box.
    Expiration
    From the drop-down box, select the length of time that the package should remain available in the channel or in the WebDAV repository.
    Note: Expired packages do not appear when the channel is displayed or when packages are searched. However, expired packages are not automatically deleted from the channel or from the WebDAV repository.
    Name/Value pairs:
    You can specify name/value pairs that describe the contents of the package. Use the format name=value, and place a comma between each entry, as in the following examples:
    • region=east,content=sales,year=2003
    • market=europe,content=customers,priority=high
    The publish process compares your entries with name/value pairs that are specified in subscribers' profiles to determine which subscribers should receive the package. (Subscribers whose profiles do not specify name/value pairs automatically receive the package.)
    Note: Name/value pairs work only if the publishers of packages use the same name/value pairs that subscribers use in their profiles. Users in your organization should develop conventions for name/value pairs and publicize them throughout the enterprise.
    Items
    If the package contains multiple items, then you can change the order of items in the package. Click an item name, and then click the up or down arrow to move the item to a different position.
  3. Click Next.
  4. If you are publishing to a channel, the Select one or more channels step appears on the Publish page. This step lists all of the publication channels to which you are authorized to publish. Do the following:
    1. Click on one or more channel names.
      Note: To select multiple channels, press the CTRL key on your keyboard while you are making your selections.
      The package is made available to all of the channels' subscribers via the delivery method that is defined in each subscriber's profile.
    2. Click Finish.
  5. If you are publishing to a WebDAV repository, the Publish to WebDAV Server step appears on the Publish page. Do the following:
    1. At WebDAV URL, enter the URL of the location on the WebDAV server that you want to publish to. Be sure to include the complete URL, including http://. The URL must include a valid base path that has been configured by your site administrator.
      Here is an example of a URL:
      http://myHost:8080/SASContentServer/repository/default/sasdav/Users/sasdemo/
    2. Select a URL type. If you select Parent as the URL type, then you can select the check box to specify Publish as a binary archive. The options are as follows:
      Collection
      The published items are stored as a WebDAV collection that has exactly the same name that you specified in the path. The published collection replaces any files and nested directories that already exist in that path.
      Parent without the binary archive option
      A new WebDAV collection (directory) is created underneath the specified path. The new directory has a unique, automatically generated name, and the published items appear under the new directory.
      Parent with the binary archive option
      An archive file that contains the published items is created and appears underneath the specified path. The archive file has a unique, automatically generated name.
      For example, suppose you publish an information map, a link, and the file sales.doc to the URL http://myHost:8080/SASContentServer/repository/default/sasdav/sales. The published files would appear in the WebDAV repository as described below:
      Collection
      The files sas001.ref, sas002.ref, sas003.ref, and sales.doc would be placed in the sales subdirectory under SASContentServer\repository\default\sasdav. This cautionary message is displayed:
      The COLLECTION_URL option causes any files and subdirectories in this location to be deleted and replaced with the new collection. Do you want to continue with this option?
      Choose OK or Cancel.
      Parent URL without the binary archive option
      A subdirectory such as \sales\s4063982 would be created under SASContentServer\repository\default\sasdav. The following files would be placed in the directory: sas001.ref, sas002.ref, sas003.ref, and sales.doc.
      Parent URL with the binary archive option
      An archive file with a name such as s4067332.spk would be created. The file would be placed in the sales subdirectory.
    3. Click Finish.
      The published information is written to the repository that you specified.

See Also

About Channels and Subscriptions
Managing Your Subscriber Profiles
Managing Your Subscriptions