How SAS Publisher Works

You use the SAS Publisher point-and-click interface to:

1. create a package of items
2. deliver the package to one or more specified recipients (persons), or to a destination (for persons or applications to access directly).

Package creation and delivery is known collectively as publishing.

SAS Publisher functions are organized into the following tabs:

What to Publish

defines the package contents

Where to Publish

identifies either the recipients of or the destination for the package delivery

How to Publish

specifies optional package properties, such as archiving, expiration time and date, and options that are specific to the specified delivery type.

Viewers

specifies a particular viewer template file (target viewer or applied viewer) and the reference type of the viewer.

Publish Options

specifies additional options or properties based on the destination type.

Once you specify the required information on all tabs, the buttons along the right side of the What to Publish tab become available for use. You can either publish the package immediately, or you can delay publishing and save the underlying metadata that is generated during your SAS Publisher session so that you can continue editing it.

OK (Publish Package)

publishes the package and saves the metadata that defines the package. If you use SAS Publisher from SAS/Warehouse Administrator, the OK (Save Metadata) button replaces the OK (Publish Package) button.

View Publish Code

displays the SAS code that SAS Publisher uses to create the metadata for publishing the package. You can then save the code for later reuse–for example, publishing in a batch job.

Save Package Definition

saves the metadata that defines the package. You can then reuse that metadata by specifying the PUBMETA parameter when starting SAS Publisher. See Starting SAS Publisher for details. All items that you want to include in the package must already exist and be accessible when you publish it.