Viewing an Information Map

An information map is a collection of data items and filters that provides a business-specific view of physical data. An information map consists of SAS metadata that describes data in terms that users can readily understand. The information map enables business users to query data for specific business needs. An information map can be based on either of the following types of data:
  • OLAP data (multidimensional data on a SAS OLAP Server)
  • relational data (two-dimensional data on a SAS server or in a third-party database)
Information maps are created by using SAS Information Map Studio or by using the INFOMAPS procedure.
When you click on an information map, it opens in SAS Web Report Studio or SAS Web Report Viewer as a SAS report. See Viewing a SAS Report.