Discovering Details Using the Object Inspector on the Home Page

The home page provides an object inspector that enables you to quickly find more information about an object when you click it. You can see a description of the report or exploration, where the report or exploration is saved, who the author is, and when the report or exploration was modified. A small toolbar lets you add the report or exploration to your favorites or set it as your preferred starting page. Note that when you set a favorite, the icon turns yellow (yellow favorites icon).
Your role and capabilities determine the availability of other actions on the toolbar (such as viewing, editing, or opening) in the object inspector. For more information about roles and capabilities, see the SAS Visual Analytics: Administration Guide.
Here is an example of what you might see for a report when generic thumbnails are used
The Object Inspector on the Home Page
The Object Inspector on the Home Page
If you have the Report Viewing role and the View Report and Stored Process capability, then the toolbar enables you to open a report in SAS Visual Analytics Viewer by clicking Open.
If you have the Analysis, Data Building, or Administration role and the Create Report and Explore Data capabilities, then the toolbar in the object inspector enables you to do the following:
  • Edit a report, which opens the report in SAS Visual Analytics Designer so that you can edit or change the objects in the report.
  • View a report or stored process, which opens the report in SAS Visual Analytics Viewer.
  • Open for an exploration, which displays SAS Visual Analytics Explorer.
  • Click favorite icon to add the report, exploration, or stored process to your list of favorites. When the icon is yellow (yellow favorites icon), click to remove the object from your list of favorites.
  • Click set initial screen icon to set (or clear) the report, exploration, or stored process as the initial screen when you start SAS Visual Analytics.
All users who have the Add Comments capability can add Comments to any content type or view existing comments about the content type using the link in the lower right of the object inspector. You cannot comment on folders or favorite groups.
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