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Using SAS AppDev Studio to Build Custom Portlets for the SAS Information Delivery Portal (Live Web)

Duration: 2 half-day sessions
Please note the System Requirements below.
Course fee: $725
EPTO units: 1.4
CEUs: 0.6
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This course shows how to use the SAS AppDev Studio Plug-Ins and Eclipse to build custom portlets that can be used in the SAS Information Delivery Portal.

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Who should attend

Experienced Java application developers who want to create custom portlets for the SAS Information Delivery Portal using SAS AppDev Studio Eclipse Plug-Ins

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Prerequisites
Before attending this course, you should have knowledge of object-oriented programming as well as basic HTML, JavaScript, and Java programming experience. Familiarity with the SAS Intelligence Platform is helpful. You can gain the SAS Intelligence Platform knowledge by attending the Introduction to SAS Business Intelligence Applications for Reporting and Analysis course or the Overview of SAS Business Intelligence and Data Integration Applications course. Experience working with the Eclipse application development environment to create SAS Web applications using JavaServer Pages and servlets is helpful. You can gain the SAS Web application development knowledge by completing the Developing Java Web Applications Using SAS AppDev Studio Plug-ins course. To be completely successful in this course, you should be able to perform the following tasks using the Java programming language:
  • use primitive data types to store data within variables
  • use operators, decision constructs, and loop constructs
  • work with elements in an array
  • create and initialize an object
  • invoke a method on an object
  • understand the use of IMPORT statements for library access
Course Contents
Exploring Custom Portlet Development
  • using portlets in the SAS Information Delivery Portal
  • discussing the course scenario
  • using Eclipse and the SAS AppDev Studio plug-ins
  • examining the portlet development steps
Creating an Interactive Form Portlet
  • creating the portlet project
  • constructing the action class
  • developing the presentation page
  • examining the display resources file
  • modifying the portlet deployment descriptor
  • creating the portlet archive file
Executing a Stored Process from a Custom Portlet
  • working with the SAS Stored Process Web Application
  • building a URL with encoded session information
Creating an Editable Portlet
  • doing more with action classes
  • building the display pages
  • completing the portlet deployment steps
Software
This course addresses SAS Intelligence Platform, SAS OLAP Server, AppDev Studio.
Course Materials
Students attend Live Web classes using a Web browser and a telephone and interact with their instructor and fellow classmates in real time. Each student receives an e-mail with instructions on how to join the class three business days before the class begins. The instructions e-mail includes a link to download the course materials. Students need to download and print the course materials prior to class.
System Requirements
For Live Web, you must
  • review and follow the general system requirements.
  • complete the course exercises through our virtual lab. The virtual lab allows you to access the software used in class over the Internet, so that you do not need this software on your local machine.
  • run this test to connect to a virtual lab session. If firewall problems prevent you from connecting to the virtual lab, then you will not be able to participate in the course exercises. Using your organization's BI environment is not an option for completing the course exercises.
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