The SAS BI
Dashboard
indicator data object defines the data source and the query that retrieves data for an indicator.
Note: Previously, indicator data was referred
to as the data model.
The core object is the indicator; a dashboard is just a collection of indicators. An indicator never has more than one set
of indicator data (and is rarely
used without indicator data). SAS BI Dashboard supports the use of four types of data sources:
-
SAS Information Maps, which can access relational data
and OLAP cubes
-
SAS Stored Processes, which can access various types
of data
Note: SAS BI Dashboard uses a specific
type of stored process that generates and publishes WORK data sets
to an Archive (.SPK package).
-
SQL queries, which can access relational data
-
tables, which can access data in a
SAS data set that is registered in SAS metadata
Note: The
SAS BI Dashboard administrator can add access to other data sources.