Administering SAS BI Web Services

Managing Generated Web Services

Starting with SAS 9.2, you can select a set of stored processes in SAS Management Console and use the Web Service Maker to deploy them as Web services. The Web Service Maker generates a new Web service that contains one operation for each stored process that you selected. For more information about developing Web services, see the SAS BI Web Services: Developer's Guide. For more information about using the Deploy as Web Service Wizard in SAS Management Console, see the product Help.

When you generate a Web service, the Web Service Maker also generates metadata about the new Web service and stores it on the SAS Metadata Server. The Web Service Maker stores information about the URL of the Web service, keywords that are associated with the Web service, and which stored processes are used by the Web service. You can view and update this information, perform impact analysis, and migrate these Web services at a later time by using SAS Management Console and the Configuration Manager in SAS Management Console.

To delete a Web service that was generated by the Web Service Maker, use the Configuration Manager in SAS Management Console. In the Configuration Manager, find and expand SAS BI Web Services for Java or SAS BI Web Services for .NET, depending on your platform. Expand the WebServiceMaker node, right-click the generated Web service, and select Delete. Deleting a generated Web service removes the artifacts on the server and also removes the metadata that is associated with the generated Web service. This operation cannot be undone. For more information about the Configuration Manager, see the product Help.

Note: You must grant permissions on the /System/Services folder to users who want to create SAS BI Web Services. You can also delete a Web service directly from the /System/Services folder. Users need ReadMetadata and WriteMemberMetadata to create and delete Web services. By default, a default group named BI Web Services Users is created, which has these permissions. You can add users to this group to allow them to create and delete Web services, or use your own groups and permission settings. [cautionend]

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