A SAS Model Manager
project consists of one or more versions. A version is a time-based
container for SAS Model Manager projects. For example, you might have
versions for both 2011 and 2012. The 2011 version contains the champion
home equity model and the 2012 version contains the resources for
developing a new home equity model.
Each version has a life
cycle that is associated with it to track the progress of selecting
a champion model and monitoring the model's performance. The life
cycle contains milestones such as development, test, and production.
Associated with each milestone are tasks that you perform to complete
a milestone. When you create a version, you select a life cycle template
that you want to use for the version life cycle. The life cycle template
for your version must be available to SAS Model Manager before you
create a version.
You use the
SAS
Model Manager Template Editor to create a life cycle
template with milestones and tasks that are specific to your modeling
project. You can create a new life cycle template or start with a
sample life cycle template and modify the template. SAS Model Manager
provides several sample life cycle templates. After the template is
complete, you can use the template in SAS Model Manager by uploading
the template to the SAS Content Server. You can save a backup copy
of the template to a local or network location.
In SAS Model Manager,
you can view life cycle templates from the Life Cycle category view.
Any user-defined template in the Life Cycle category view can be used
as a life cycle when you create a version.
Any users or groups
who need to update the version life cycle status must be assigned
the appropriate life cycle roles using the SAS Management Console
User Manager plug-in:
-
Model Manager: Life Cycle Participant
Usage (participant)
-
Model Manager: Life Cycle Assignee
Usage (assignee)
-
Model Manager: Life Cycle Approval
Usage (approver)
A best practice is to
assign these roles only to groups and not to users. Assigning roles
to groups provides flexibility when you need to add or remove users
who are responsible for life cycle tasks. However, it is possible
to assign these roles to users as well as groups.
When you open the
SAS
Model Manager Template Editor, users or groups that are
assigned to the participant role appear in the
Participants list.
Only those users and groups in the
Participants list
can be considered to be assignees or approvers. When the template
is selected as the life cycle for a version, only those users or groups
can update the milestone and task properties.
This tutorial creates
a Model Manager Tutorial Users group by using SAS Management Console.
After you create the Model Manager Tutorial Users group, you create
a life cycle template that can be used for the SAS Model Manager tutorials.