Change

Description

Packaging

The new package name for the API services is com.sas.lsaf instead of

com.sas.hls in the prior release.

Simplified login

This release introduces the LsafClient class, which provides a static logon and

static access to services such as the RepositoryService.

Contexts and capabilities

A context is a container type within the repository that is not a folder.

Contexts in the prior release were organization, project, and analysis. These

services and classes have been removed. Contexts are now managed by the

RepositoryService. Contexts are assigned capabilities, as determined by the

customer, and deployed as part of the type system. A capability describes the

features or functionality that are available to a context. Here are examples of

capabilities:

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Top

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Membership

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Workflow

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Study

Note: the TypeService now has the methods getContextTypes() and

getTopLevelTypes(). From these context types, you can get the capabilities.

Job Metrics

From a manifest file that is created by a job submission, you can access

metrics that include how many files were synchronized, the size of the files,

and the time required to synchronize those files. In addition, you get the

number of input files that were referenced by the SAS programs in the job.

For each program, execution time is also provided.

RoleService

The role services, RoleDefinitionService and RoleAssignmentService, have

consolidation

been consolidated and simplified into a single service – RoleService. A