About the SAS Content Server

What Is the SAS Content Server?

The SAS Content Server, a Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) server, is a content repository that stores digital content (such as documents, reports, and images) that is created and used by several SAS client applications. SAS IT Resource Management, and other SAS products such as SAS Web Report Studio and SAS Information Delivery Portal, use SAS Content Server for storage of their reports and supporting files.

How Does SAS IT Resource Management Use the SAS Content Server?

SAS IT Resource Management uses the SAS Content Server to store reports and report metadata that is the output of report jobs.
SAS IT Resource Management enables you to create report jobs with the Adapter Setup wizard or manually. These report jobs include Gallery transformations that specify the repository folder path, relative to the SAS Content Server, in which to store the reports. When these report jobs run, the resulting report outputs are considered batch reports. These reports are generated and stored on the SAS Content Server in corresponding subfolders of the sasdav/ITRM folder.
The default folder path that SAS IT Resource Management uses to store the report output corresponds to the project name, process flow name, and ITRM Gallery task name that are associated with the report. For example, the Adapter Setup wizard stores reports in the following standard location on the SAS Content Server: sasdav/ITRM/<SAS Enterprise Guide project name>_<process flow name>/<ITRM Gallery task name (which is also the name of the report definition)>. Thus, you can easily navigate to a report on the SAS Content Server if you know the project name, process flow name, and ITRM Gallery task name that is associated with the report.
Note: Meaningful and unique names for SAS Enterprise Guide projects, process flows, and ITRM Gallery tasks enable you to easily identify the reports and their components in the SAS Content Server. For best results, use the same naming conventions that SAS IT Resource Management uses. These conventions maintain consistency among your SAS IT Resource Management reports and provide a clear structure for storing and navigating report folders in the SAS Content Server. For more information, see Naming Standards and Location of Objects.

How Gallery Manager Uses the SAS Content Server

Gallery Manager reads the IT reports that are stored in the SAS Content Server, enabling you to view and manage all of the reports that are stored within the ITRM folder. Gallery Manager connects to the ITRM folder on the SAS Content Server and stores each of the reports within that folder in a cache memory for easy retrieval. When you use the Gallery Manager to create a gallery or view available reports, the Gallery Manager enables you to view and work with all of the reports within the ITRM folder.