Overview of SAS Web Report Studio

About SAS Web Report Studio

SAS Web Report Studio is a Web-based query and reporting application that is provided by the business intelligence components of the SAS Intelligence Platform. It is designed for users who want to generate reports, view them, and share them with others on the Web. The application provides several ways to create reports by using a wizard and templates. It can also execute stored processes.

SAS Web Report Studio uses as its reporting data source information maps that translate technical data structures into user-friendly business terminology. Specific to SAS IT Resource Management, information maps are supplied for most aggregated tables and can be created for any other tables available in the IT data mart. Information maps can be created through the SAS IT Resource Management Information Map transformation that is available from the SAS IT Resource Management client or directly through SAS Information Map Studio.

Log On to SAS Web Report Studio as a Registered User

To log on to SAS Web Report Studio, perform the following steps:

To display the SAS Web Report Studio logon window, click on the URL that is supplied by your system administrator or paste it into the address field of your browser. For example, you might enter http://server01.abc.com:8080/SASWebReportStudio. The following window appears.

SAS Web Report Studio Log On Window
In the User name field, type your user ID.

In the Password field, type the password for the user ID that you just entered.

Note: Your password is case-sensitive. Your user ID might be case-sensitive, depending on the operating system that is used to host the Web application server. If you need assistance, contact your system administrator.
Click Log On.

The following display shows the SAS Web Report Studio window that appears after you log on.

The Welcome Window

First Look at the Web Report Studio Interface

The following actions, which correspond to the numbers on the preceding display, can be invoked from this window:

1	Click Log Off to exit SAS Web Report Studio. When you select log off, you are logged off all environments, including the SAS OLAP server and other Web environments.
2	Click Preferences to personalize your use of SAS Web Report Studio.
3	Select the Help menu to get help on using SAS Web Report Studio.
4	Click New report to create a new report using the Edit tab.
5	Click New using Report Wizard to access the Report Wizard. The wizard guides you in defining a query; selecting a table and graph for the layout; and adding optional features such as group breaks, a header, and a footer.
6	Click New using Template to access the Select a Template dialog box. When you select a template, you start creating your report with a predefined layout.
7	Click More Reports to access the Open dialog box. The Open dialog box enables you to search for reports, and it lists reports, stored processes, folders, and information maps.
8	Click Open to access the Open dialog box. The Open dialog box enables you to search for reports, and it lists reports, stored processes, and folders.
9	Click New to create a new report using the Edit tab.
10	Select the File menu to access task options, such as Open and Manage Files.

Note: For more information about these actions, see the SAS Web Report Studio: User’s Guide.