The Xplore sample application demonstrates how you can
take your SAS environment into the world of the Web. Xplore is built
using a variety of SAS programming tools including the
SAS/IntrNet
suite of Web tools. Using the Application Dispatcher together with
the Web Publishing Tools, Xplore can dynamically access a variety
of SAS data and file types for reporting, generating graphics, and
performing drill-down analysis on the Web.
You can use Xplore as
is, or if you are an expert user, you can use the Xplore application
as a model for your own applications. All of the source code for Xplore
is included in the WEBSAMP catalog in your
SAS/IntrNet SAMPLIB library
(created when you install the
SAS/IntrNet Server).
The Xplore interface
consists of two HTML frames.
The left frame is a
listing of SAS libraries, catalogs, and their members. From the left
frame, you can
-
expand or collapse one or more
library and catalog lists
-
select the member that you want
to display or work with in the right frame.
Note: When you run Xplore from
an Internet Explorer 4.0 or later Web browser, you can expand and
collapse library and catalog lists more quickly.
The right frame initially
contains overview information about the Xplore application. As you
drill down through the libraries and catalogs in the left frame, the
documentation in the right frame is replaced by output or by dialog
boxes that enable you to
-
specify which variables you want
to include and display
-
specify the order in which to display
variables in a table
-
download data to a local spreadsheet
application
-
drill down on data sets that are
created by the SUMMARY procedure
-
view thin-client graphics that
chart data sets that are created by PROC SUMMARY
-
display the contents of a
SAS/EIS
application database
-
display most catalog entries.