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Like other portals on the market, the SAS Information Delivery Portal gives knowledge workers single-click access to data and applications. However, it differs from other portals in that it is backed by the state-of-the-art analytical and reporting capabilities of the SAS software. This combination of functionality is perhaps one of the biggest advantages of using the SAS Information Delivery Portal.
Here are just a few of the capabilities of SAS that you can leverage through the portal.
The SAS Information Delivery Portal is tightly integrated with the SAS Intelligent Warehousing Solution. This integration enables a user to navigate through data warehouses from the portal to find the object he or she is interested in. Once located, objects can be accessed with relational and OLAP data viewers, custom viewers, reports, and applications.
You can export metadata about objects in the warehouse to the enterprise directory and apply access controls during the export process in order to protect sensitive data. The metadata for server connections and authentication linkages is maintained during the export process to provide seamless access by the portal to these objects.
Through SAS/ACCESS software, the portal has a comprehensive set of enterprise data source connectors available, including the following:
Many business decisions are based on static information that does not accurately reflect the current situation. To make good business decisions in a fast-paced marketplace, knowledge workers need access to information in real time. The SAS Information Delivery Portal provides access to real-time reports through the use of the SAS stored process facility. For more information on this functionality, refer to the Stored Processes topic on the SAS Integration Technologies Web site.
A stored process is a SAS program that resides on a server and is available to be executed on a per request basis. When you run a stored process from the portal, you are presented with an input form that enables you to customize the report contents. You can also choose to display the report results dynamically, or you can choose to view the results later.
Like other resources that are accessible through the SAS Information Delivery Portal, reports are protected with access controls in the enterprise directory.
As discussed in Single Access Point to Enterprise Information, the SAS Information Delivery Portal leverages the capabilities of the SAS Publishing Framework. The Publishing Framework is a key component of the SAS strategy for delivering the right information to the right people at the right time. Capabilities like event-based publication to users who are subscribed to channels and name/value pair filtering on published content enable you to manage effectively the information that your organization produces.
The SAS Information Delivery Portal can provide access to interactive JSPs that you create using the webEIS thin-client reporting solution. This webEIS software is part of SAS AppDev Studio, which is delivered with the SAS Information Delivery Portal Development Environment.
JSPs that you create in webEIS provide point-and-click access to live data from enterprise databases that can be centrally located on SAS servers. The data is presented in the form of charts, tables, and images. Users can drill into the data, create subsets, highlight exceptions, and create new computations. Like other resources that are accessible through the SAS Information Delivery Portal, webEIS documents are protected with access controls in the enterprise directory.
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SAS Information Delivery Portal 1.1 |
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