Getting Started

To utilize the features of SAS Integration Technologies, you must define the appropriate resources on the SAS Metadata Server (SAS Foundation Services, SAS Stored Processes, and SAS Publishing Framework) or in a configuration file (SAS Foundation Services only). You can then access the resource information as required for your implementation. You should have already determined the appropriate authorization (access controls) for the resources that you will define and access. (To understand and implement the Open Metadata Architecture security, refer to the SAS Intelligence Platform: Security Administration Guide).

To set up and access SAS Integration Technologies resources, see the following topics:

• SAS Foundation Services. To implement SAS Foundation Services service deployment configurations, define the service deployment on the SAS Metadata Server (or in an XML file) and then access the service deployment configuration to deploy and access the services:

  • Define Service Deployments. Use the Foundation Services Manager to define service deployments for local and remote SAS Foundation Services. For details, see Service Deployment Configuration.

  • Deploy and Access Service Deployments. Code your applications to retrieve the service deployment configuration from one of the following locations:

    • SAS Metadata Repository on a SAS Metadata Server

    • XML file that contains the service deployment configuration

    Code one application to retrieve the service deployment configuration and deploy and access the services as local services. Code other applications to retrieve the service deployment configuration and access and use the remotely deployed services. For details about local and remote services and coding client applications to deploy and access services, see the SAS Foundation Services chapter in this guide, the SAS Foundation Services topic in the SAS Integration Technologies: Developer's Guide, and the SAS Foundation Services class documentation for com.sas.services.discovery.

• SAS Stored Processes. To implement SAS Stored Process definitions on the SAS Metadata Server, define and then access the stored process definitions:

  • Define Stored Processes. Use the BI Manager in SAS Management Console to define stored processes. For details, see Stored Processes.

  • Access Stored Process Definitions. Access stored process definitions by running applications or stored processes that connect to the SAS Metadata Server and access stored process definitions. For details, see the Stored Processes chapter of the SAS Integration Technologies: Developer's Guide.

• Publication Channels. To implement publication channel definitions on the SAS Metadata Server, define the publication channels and then publish or subscribe to the publication channel.

  • Define Publication Channels. Use the Publishing Framework in SAS Management Console to define publication channels. For details, see Publishing Framework.

  • Publish and Subscribe to Publication Channels. You can access the publication channel definitions on the SAS Metadata Server, and publish and subscribe to the defined publication channels, in two ways:

    • SAS Integration Technologies Publishing Framework. For details, see the Publishing Framework chapter of the SAS Integration Technologies: Developer's Guide.

    • SAS Information Delivery Portal. For details, see the online Help for the SAS Information Delivery Portal.

After you set up your resources, ensure that the appropriate authorization (access control) is specified for the resource definition.