Setting Global Properties for SAS Applications Using SAS Application Infrastructure Properties

Purpose of the SAS Application Infrastructure Properties

The Configuration Manager plug-in within SAS Management Console enables you to configure properties that apply to all SAS applications that inherit their settings from SAS Application Infrastructure. Most SAS Application Infrastructure settings are locked, and the lock prevents individual SAS applications from overriding the settings. When you unlock a SAS Application Infrastructure setting, the setting can be overridden by individual applications. When you lock a SAS Application Infrastructure setting again, all applications inherit that setting from the SAS Application Infrastructure.

The following display shows the settings that can be set for SAS Application Infrastructure.

Settings Tab for SAS Application Infrastructure Properties

The locked icon

indicates that a field is locked. When a field has a locked icon, the value or setting for that particular field cannot be overridden on the Settings tab for other SAS applications that inherit the setting. By default, all fields on the Settings tab of the SAS Application Infrastructure Properties dialog box are locked.

Changing a SAS Application Infrastructure Property

Log on to SAS Management Console as an administrator.
On the Plug-ins tab, navigate to Application ManagementConfiguration ManagerSAS Application Infrastructure.
Right-click SAS Application Infrastructure and select Properties.
Click the Settings tab.
Select the property to change from the left panel. Use the menus or text fields to set the property.
Click OK.

Settings are not applied and activated automatically. You must restart the SAS Web Infrastructure Platform Services and the applications that use the changed property. If unsure, restart the Web application server.

SAS Application Infrastructure Property Descriptions

The following table identifies the settings that are available for the SAS Application Infrastructure.

SAS Application Infrastructure Settings
Setting		Default Value	Description
Application > User Interface
	Default theme	SAS Default	This setting controls the default theme that is used by the SAS Web applications. For information about creating an alternative theme, see Administering SAS Web Application Themes.
	Display Quick Help Tips	Off
	Default Logon Target	none	Use the menu to select the application to which default URL requests are directed upon successful authentication. In this way, a site can be configured to direct users to SAS Web Report Studio, SAS Information Delivery Portal, or some solution, as a default target depending on requirements. The typical choices are identified in the following list: AdminHome — SAS Web Administration Console WRSLogon — SAS Web Report Studio PortalLogon — SAS Information Delivery Portal DisplayDashboard — SAS BI Dashboard MobileAdmin — SAS BI Dashboard Mobile Device Administration
Application > Regional Settings
	Default locale	varies	Use the menu to select the default locale.
Application > Pooling
	Activate client-side pooling	No	For information about the advantages and disadvantages, see Choices in Workspace Server Pooling in SAS Intelligence Platform: Security Administration Guide.For information about configuring client-side pooling, see Configuring Client-side Pooling in SAS Intelligence Platform: Application Server Administration Guide.
Notifications > General Configuration
	Alert notifications type	Portal	Use the menu to select the default notification types. For information about using the SMS setting, see Using the SMS Alert Notification Type.
	Character set for e-mail messages	UTF-8
	Allow multi-part e-mail messages	Yes
	Alert prefix type	Default
	Alert prefix
	E-mail digest frequency
Notifications > Administrative and Error Messages
	Sender of messages	noreply@smtpserver	Used as the sender e-mail address for administrative messages.
	Recipient of administrative messages	varies	Administrative and error messages are sent to all e-mail addresses in the list.
Formats > Formats
	Short date format	varies	Use the menu to set the default format for date, time, and datetime values.
	Time format
	Long date format
	Time/Date format
Formats > Currency Formats
	Currency display format	varies	Use the menu to set the default format for currency values.
	Currency number format	varies	Use the menu to set the default format for currency values.
	Policies		For information about policies, see Configuring Middle Tier Security Policies.

Using the SMS Alert Notification Type

The alert notification service can send alerts though Short Message Service (SMS) text messages, in addition to sending alert notifications through e-mail and displaying them in a portal. In order to use the SMS setting, the users that are to receive the messages must have an e-mail address that is specifically for the SMS messages. The following display shows an example of the User Manager plug-in to SAS Management Console. In the display, a user has an e-mail address with the type set to sms and the address is provided in an SMS format.

SMS E-mail Address

Make sure that you know the SMS E-mail gateway for the provider. Some SMS E-mail gateways for providers in the North American market are as follows:

Verizon: phonenumber@vtext.com
AT&T: phonenumber@txt.att.net
Sprint: phonenumber@messaging.sprintpcs.com
T-Mobile: phonenumber@tmomail.net

In addition to making sure that recipients of the SMS messages have a SMS-style e-mail address, you might need to set two properties related to SMS.

Advanced Properties for SMS Messages
Property Name	Default Value	Description
Notifications.SMSMessageLength	120 characters	Modify this value as needed to increase or decrease the size of SMS messages that SAS software sends to the mail server.
Policy.EnforceSMSMessageLength	false	If set to true, then messages are truncated to the length of the previous property.