Publish a Report to a Publication Channel

A publication channel is an information repository that has been established by using the SAS Publishing Framework. It can be used to publish information to users and applications. (An administrator creates the publication channels.) If you publish your report to a publication channel, then authorized users and applications can access your report by subscribing to the channel. Users can view the report that is saved as a PDF file, if it is stored in the report repository. You can use the Open dialog box or the File Management window to navigate to the report and open it. For more information, see Viewing Externally Created Reports.

In SAS Web Report Studio 4.2, you can control the life cycle of a published report. You can specify that a report be deleted from the publication channel after a certain number of days. You can set the report's expiration date either in the Save As dialog box or in the Schedule Wizard (Step 1).

To publish a report to a publication channel (if one is available), complete these steps:

Select FileSave As to open the Save As dialog box.
Type the Name that you want to give to this new report. For more information about valid names, see Naming Reports, Folders, and Templates.
For the Type of report, select Static report (.pdf format).

Note: The Publication Channel settings are available only when you set the report type to Static report (.pdf format).
Select the Publication Channel to which you want to publish the report.
(Optional) Enter a number in the Days until expiration field. The default is 90 days.
(Optional) Type a report Description. You cannot use these characters: < > ( ) & # \
(Optional) Type Keywords. Separate each keyword with a comma. You cannot use these characters: < > ( ) & # \

How the Save As Dialog Box Appears with a Publication Channel Specified
Click OK.