What's New

What's New in SAS 9.2 Integration Technologies

New features for SAS Integration Technologies in SAS 9.2 include a number of general product enhancements and documentation enhancements.

The following enhancements have been added to SAS Integration Technologies:

SAS Stored Processes provides enhancements to the SAS Stored Process Web Application and to stored process metadata, as well as several general enhancements.
SAS 9.2 BI Web Services provide generated Web services, as well as general enhancements.
The Publishing Framework provides enhancements to security and to the support of the HTTPS protocol and IPV6 addresses.
The following software components are obsolete:
- Integration Technologies Administrator (IT Administrator)
- SAS Publisher
- SAS Subscription Manager
The Lightweight Directory Access Portal (LDAP) is no longer supported as a metadata store for SAS applications. For example, using LDAP to configure publication channels, Integrated Object Model (IOM) servers, and SAS Information Delivery Portal is no longer supported. You must use the SAS Metadata Server. The SAS Metadata Server can still use LDAP as an authentication provider, and LDAP connection from SAS is still supported for data loading and extraction.

The following enhancements have been made to the SAS Integration Technologies documentation:

The SAS Integration Technologies: Developer's Guide has been divided into the following books, which are available in the SAS online documentation, as well as in PDF form:
- SAS Stored Processes: Developer's Guide
- SAS BI Web Services: Developer's Guide
- SAS Publishing Framework: Developer's Guide
- Application Messaging with SAS
- SAS Integration Technologies: Java Client Developer's Guide
- SAS Integration Technologies: Windows Client Developer's Guide
- SAS Integration Technologies: Directory Services Reference
The SAS Integration Technologies: Administrator's Guide has been divided. SAS Stored Process and Publishing Framework topics have been incorporated into the SAS Stored Processes: Developer's Guide and SAS Publishing Framework: Developer's Guide, respectively. SAS Foundation Services topics are covered in the SAS Foundation Services: Administrator's Guide.
Information from the SAS Integration Technologies: Server Administrator's Guide has been incorporated into the SAS Intelligence Platform: Application Server Administration Guide.
The SAS Integration Technologies: Administrator's Guide (LDAP Version) has been discontinued.