SAS Intelligence Platform clients include desktop applications and
Web-based applications. The following table lists the clients by type:
SAS Intelligence Platform Clients
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Java Applications:
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SAS Data Integration Studio
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SAS Information Map Studio
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Windows applications: 1
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SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office
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SAS Help Viewer for the Web
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SAS Information Delivery Portal
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SAS Web Parts for Microsoft SharePoint
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1JMP is also available on
Macintosh and Linux.
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The desktop applications
are supported only on Microsoft Windows systems. The exception is
SAS Management Console, which runs on all platforms except
z/OS.
All of the Java desktop applications require the Java Runtime Environment
(JRE), which includes a Java Virtual Machine (JVM) that executes the
application and a set of standard Java class libraries. If you have
installed the SAS Foundation on a host, the JRE will already be present
on that machine. Otherwise, you can install the JRE that is supplied
by SAS before you install the first Java client.
The Web-based applications
reside and execute on the middle tier (see
Middle-Tier Components of the SAS Intelligence Platform). They require only a Web browser to be installed on each
client machine, with the addition of Adobe Flash Player for SAS BI
Dashboard. The applications run on a Web application server and communicate
with the user by sending data to and receiving data from the user's
browser. For example, an application of this type displays its user
interface by sending an HTML document to the user's browser. The user
can submit input to the application by sending it an HTTP response—usually
by clicking a link or submitting an HTML form.