Execute a SAS Stored Process

A stored process is a SAS program that is stored in a central location, and which you can execute from the portal. The results of a stored process include the most current available data. When you execute a stored process from the portal, the portal might display an input form so that you can customize the report contents.

Some stored processes display streamed output that is displayed directly in the portal. Other stored processes produce results packages that contain output which you can view. If a stored process produces a results package, then a message appears in your Stored Process Alerts portlet when the stored process is finished executing. You can then click the alert message to see the results.

To run a stored process from the portal:

Navigate to a collection portlet or a navigator portlet that contains a stored process. Stored processes are identified by the icon.

Note: If your portal does not list the stored process that you want, then you can use the search tool to find it.
Click the name of the stored process.
If an input form is displayed, then make entries in the fields to specify the information that you want.
Click the appropriate button to execute the stored process.
Depending on how the stored process was defined, the results are displayed as follows:
- If the stored process was set up to stream results directly to the portal, then the results immediately appear in the viewer.
- If the stored process was set up to send its results to a permanent or transient package, then the result package appears in the package viewer. A message also appears in your Stored Process Alerts portlet to indicate that the stored process is finished executing. You can click on the alert message to display the package viewer.
  
  The package viewer displays a list of the package contents in the left frame and information about the package in the right frame. To view one of the items in the package, click its name in the left frame.
  
  The item appears in the viewer.
From the viewer, you can take the following actions:
- To create a bookmark for the stored process and put it in your Bookmarks portlet, click Bookmark in the toolbar. For more information, see About Bookmarks.
- To create an e-mail that contains the stored process's URL address, click E-mail in the toolbar. For more information, see E-mail a Reference to Portal Content.
- To publish the stored process to a publication channel or a WebDAV repository, click Publish in the viewer toolbar. For more information, see Publish Content.
- To return to the search results, click Search in the banner. To return to the portal page that was displayed most recently, click Portal Page in the banner. (For best results, always use these banner links instead of the browser's Back button.)