Administrative Tasks Using the SAS Content Server Admin Console

Overview of the SAS Content Server

The SAS Content Server is a web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) server. It 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 the SAS Content Server to store 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 are output from Performance Report and Exception transformations.

The jobs that include these transformations must specify the repository folder path, relative to the SAS Content Server, in which to store the reports.

Performance reports and exception reports are stored on the SAS Content Server in corresponding subfolders of the SASContentServer/repository/default/sasdav/<root_location> folder.

The reports are stored in the following locations on the SAS Content Server:

Performance reports: SASContentServer/repository/default/sasdav/<root-location>/<IT data mart name>_<job name>/<report definition name>
Exception reports: SASContentServer/repository/default/sasdav/<root-location>/<IT data mart name>_<job name>/<Exception transformation name>

Note: The default value of the root-location is ITRM. However, if you have administrator privileges, you can add additional root locations to the SAS Content Server. For more information, see How to Create and Assign Access to a SAS Content Server Location Using ITRM Report Center.

How to Delete Reports Manually from the SAS Content Server

SAS IT Resource Management is installed with 34 sample reports. These sample reports provide examples of the type of reports that SAS IT Resource Management generates. The reports are located in a folder called sasdav\ITRM\SampleReports in the SAS Content Server.

After you have worked with the sample reports that SAS IT Resource Management provides, you might want to delete them from your SAS Content Server. In addition, you might want to delete other reports from your SAS Content Server.

Tip

The preferred method of purging reports is by using the expiration date in the report job. Alternatively, you can purge reports from the Administration workspace of ITRM Report Center. However, in some rare cases, you might use this method to delete reports manually.

To delete reports, sign in to the SAS Content Server Administration Console with the SAS metadata-based Metadata Server: Unrestricted role. Then perform the following steps:

Navigate to http://<your-Middle-Tier-name>:<port-number>/SASContentServer/dircontents.jsp?path=/sasdav/ITRM_prod. As shown in the following display, the reports are in a folder called DTPerfSentryReports_System_Daily_Reporting.

The sasdav/ITRM_prod Location in SAS Content Server
Select the reports that you want to delete. In the example shown, the DTPerfSentryReports_System_Daily_Reporting is selected from the list of items.
Click Delete.

CAUTION:

Exercise caution when clicking Delete.

As soon as you click Delete, the selected objects are deleted.

Note: Delete reports only at the package level. Do not delete individual reports. If you do so, the metadata for those reports is not deleted, and a link to the report is displayed as broken.

Refresh the cache for the appropriate root location after the deletion. You can perform this action from the Administration workspace on ITRM Report Center. Deleting reports and refreshing the cache while users are signed in to ITRM Report Center can cause temporary unexpected results for users.

When the refresh is initiated by the administrator, the following message is displayed at the bottom of the ITRM Report Center UI to all users who are signed in: “Administrator has initiated refresh cache at location: /SASContentServer/repository/default/sasdav/<root-location>”. When the refresh action has completed, this message is displayed to all users who are signed in: “Refresh cache at location /SASContentServer/repository/default/sasdav/<root-location> is finished”.

Note: For more information, see Chapter 10, “Administering the SAS Content Server,” in the SAS 9.4 Intelligence Platform: Middle-Tier Administration Guide.