Overview of the Components

Whether you deploy a repository internally or use a web-hosting service, the structure and contents of the repository are the same. A repository can contain multiple file types, such as graphics, data files, and PDF files. However, all repositories must contain these XML files:
  • the repository.xml file, which contains the repository definition.
  • a tasks.xml or a snippets.xml file. You must have at least one of these files in your repository, but you could have both. You also could have multiple tasks.xml and snippets.xml files. These files create the task definitions and the snippet definitions for the categories that you defined in the repository.xml file.
  • the repository.html file. You use this file to access the repository outside of SAS Studio. Open this HTML file in a web browser to validate and test your repository.
Note: To comply with the same-origin policy, all files must be saved in the same domain. You cannot have resources in multiple domains. For example, you cannot create a repository where some of the XML files are in a network directory and some of the files are in Github.