Converting SAS/IntrNet Programs to SAS Stored Processes

Overview

To fully use the capabilities of the SAS^®9 Enterprise Intelligence Platform, you can convert existing SAS/IntrNet applications into SAS Stored Processes. Many features are implemented in the SAS Stored Process Server and the SAS Stored Process Web application to minimize the code changes that are required during a conversion. Existing SAS/IntrNet Application Dispatcher programs can usually be converted to streaming stored processes with minimal or no modifications. This appendix explains how to perform such a conversion and discusses some of the differences between Application Dispatcher programs and stored processes.

SAS/IntrNet Application Dispatcher programs execute very much like a stored process Web application. Although Application Dispatcher is only one component of SAS/IntrNet, applications that use Application Dispatcher are the most likely candidates for conversion to stored processes, because these applications execute SAS programs with features that are very similar to stored processes. This appendix focuses only on the conversion of Application Dispatcher programs to stored processes.

SAS/IntrNet will continue to be supported, but the stored process framework is a new architecture designed specifically for the SAS^®9 platform.

You should convert SAS/IntrNet applications to use stored processes if you want to use the following features:

SAS programs in other clients, such as SAS Enterprise Guide, SAS Web Report Studio, or Microsoft Office applications
the common security model that is provided by metadata
the centralized administration that is provided by metadata integration and SAS Management Console

Note: This appendix focuses on converting SAS/IntrNet programs to stored processes that run in the SAS Stored Process Web Application. If you want to run these programs in other stored process clients (such as SAS Web Report Studio or the SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office), there might be additional configuration issues. Each client application has its own requirements for stored process behavior. [cautionend]

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