What Are the SAS Web Parts for Microsoft SharePoint?

Web Parts are an integrated set of controls that enable you to provide customized, dynamic content on your website. By using the Microsoft Windows SharePoint Server, you can add SAS content directly to your website.
When you open a web page that contains SAS content, one of the following scenarios occurs:
  • The SAS Content Viewer Web Part displays an up-to-date report or prompts you to specify values for the report. Prompts are often used in stored processes because prompts enable the site visitor to select what content to include in the report. For example, a sales manager in the East can generate a report of sales data for the East region, and a sales manager in the South can generate a report of sales data for the South region.
  • The SAS Central Web Part enables you to access reports that were created using SAS Visual Analytics.
When you use a SAS Web Part, caching is performed by SAS rather than Microsoft SharePoint. SharePoint determines whether you have permission to open a given site or page. The user name that you used in Microsoft SharePoint is passed to SAS. The SAS Metadata Server uses that user name for security and permission checks. If SAS cannot authenticate you, then you can view the SharePoint site, but you cannot view the SAS content.