Creating Global Repositories

You might have a repository (or multiple repositories) that you want to make available to everyone at your site. Instead of requiring each SAS Studio user to add these repositories through the Preferences window, you can create global repositories. Global repositories are automatically available from the Tasks and Utilities and Snippets sections when you first open SAS Studio.

To create a global repository:

Create a repositories.xml file that lists all the repositories you want to include.

The following repositories.xml file combines the Simple Repository, Snippet Repository, Macro Repository, and Saved Task Repository.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Repositories>
<Repository uri="http://my-repository/Repository/simple" 
   name="Simple Repository" />
<Repository uri="http://my-repository/Repository/snippets" 
   name="Snippet Repository" />
<Repository uri="http://my-repository/Repository/macros" 
   name="Macro Repository" />
<Repository uri="http://my-repository/Repository/tasks" 
   name="Saved Task Repository" />
</Repositories>

Save the repositories.xml file to your global preferences directory. (You specified this directory by using the webdms.globalSettings property in the config.properties file.)

Now, global repositories are available to the SAS Studio users at your site.

Note: Global repositories are not listed in the Repositories section of the Preferences window. SAS Studio users cannot change the contents of a global repository within SAS Studio. To change a global repository, an administrator or developer with Write permission must edit the repositories.xml file in the global preferences directory.

To allow SAS Studio users to add to their own repositories, set the webdms.allowRepositories property to true in the config.properties file. Now, users can add user-defined repositories to their SAS Studio session by using the Preferences window.

For more information about these configuration properties, see SAS Studio: Administrator's Guide.