Discovering Details Using the Object Inspector on the Home Page :: SAS(R) Visual Analytics 6.2: User's Guide

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, exploration, stored process, table, query, folder, or collection; the location of the selected object; the author; and when the object was modified. A small toolbar lets you add the object to your favorites or set it as your initial screen. When you set a favorite or specify that an object should be set as your initial screen, the not selected favorite icon

icon turns yellow ( selected favorite icon

).

Your role and capabilities determine the availability of 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.

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 the viewer by clicking Open.

If you have the Visual Analytics: Analysis, Visual Analytics: Data Building, or Visual Analytics: Administration role and the Create Report capability, Explore Data capability, or both, then the toolbar in the object inspector enables you to do the following:

Edit a report, which opens the report in the designer so that you can edit or change the objects in the report.
View a report, which opens the report in the viewer.
Open an exploration, which displays the explorer. The Open link is also available for stored processes, queries, and folders.
Create Report for a table, which displays the designer.
Explore Data for a table, which displays the explorer.
Click Collections to select an existing collection or to create a new collection. For more information, see Managing Collections.
Click to add the object to your list of favorites. When the star icon is yellow, click to remove the object from your list of favorites.
Click to set the report or exploration as the initial screen when you start SAS Visual Analytics. There is a yellow box around the to indicate when the object is set as the initial screen. Click the icon to remove the initial screen setting.

Any user who has the Add or View Comments capability can add comments to any report, exploration, stored process, table, or query. They view existing comments about any report, exploration, stored process, table, or query using the Comments link in the lower right of the object inspector. You cannot comment on folders, favorite groups, or collections.

For more information, see Adding Comments to Objects on the Home Page.