Administering SAS BI Dashboard

Key Features in the Administration of SAS BI Dashboard 4.3

SAS BI Dashboard 4.3 offers several new features and enhancements that make administration easier, flexible, and convenient. These features and enhancements are as follows:

Storage folders for SAS BI Dashboard now exist in both the foundation SAS Metadata Repository and the SAS Content Server. Configuration files (for example, data source XML files) for SAS BI Dashboard 4.3 are stored on the SAS Content Server. Previously, all files were stored in a file system. DSX files are modified by exporting the files from SAS Management Console, making necessary changes to the files, and importing the files.
Users' folders for SAS BI Dashboard can be located anywhere below the SAS Folders directory in the Folders tab of SAS Management Console. Previously, in SAS BI Dashboard 4.2, you were required to use predefined storage folders. This is no longer the case.
The SAS BI Dashboard Portlet is installed along with the other SAS BI Portlets. This portlet allows users to display a dashboard that is created with the SAS BI Dashboard application. To use the SAS BI Dashboard portlet with WebSphere Portal, you configure it as a SAS BI Portlet.
You can use the SAS Content Server Administration Console to view, create, or delete folders for SAS BI Dashboard 4.3. You can also use this console application to set permissions to files used by SAS BI Dashboard 4.3.
The standard logging facility used by the SAS 9.2 Intelligence Platform is supported. In SAS Management Console, the Logging Service dialog box enables you to manage performance, track security enforcement, and analyze specific situations. Logging is accomplished by using the Logging Service Configuration dialog box within the Configuration Manager in SAS Management Console.
You can enable alerts for users.
You can register a stored process and make it available to SAS BI Dashboard 4.3 users.
Client browsers that display dashboards with SAS BI Dashboard 4.3 use Flash in the Rich Internet Application (RIA) architecture. Client caching enables content objects and data referenced by users to be retained in the browser client under Flash. Client caching is enabled by default.
Image files are not cached.
SAS BI Dashboard 4.3 supports commenting with the SAS Comment Manager.
Partial promotion is supported for SAS BI Dashboard 4.3. However, there are special considerations that apply to the promotion process.
You can enable users to manage alerts by selecting Manage Alerts within SAS BI Dashboard 4.3.
You can specify a session time-out interval for inactive user sessions.
You can alert users by displaying a warning message before they are logged out of their inactive sessions.

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