User reports are SAS
programs that you create and import to SAS Model Manager so that you
can customize reports to meet your business requirements. The ad hoc
report enables you to develop, test, and run your report within SAS
Model Manager. The user-defined report can be developed either within
or external to SAS Model Manager. It requires a SAS program and the
associated auxiliary files to be installed in a directory that is
available to SAS Model Manager and is run using the
New
Report window.
Using ad hoc reports,
you modify and submit your code from the SAS Editor within the
Create
Ad Hoc Reports window. Ad hoc reports are defined and
can be run only under the version where it was created.
A user-defined report
is a report that is available for reporting on all models in SAS Model
Manager. The user-defined report requires three files to be installed
in your server's file structure:
-
a SAS program to create the report
-
a report template XML file that
specifies the report requirements, such as report name and the number
of required models to run the report
-
a SAS program file that lists the
SAS Model Manager global macro variables and macros that are used
in your report
After you have these
three files, you use the
SAS Model Manager Template Editor to
upload the files to the SAS Content Server.
The ad hoc report can
be used to develop, test, and debug user-defined reports. When your
ad hoc report is ready for a production environment, you can create
the report template XML file and the macro file, and install the three
files in the user-defined report file structure.