Cycle for Data from a Server

In SAS Visual Analytics Administrator, set up the suggested display.
If the Public LASR Analytic Server is running, right-click on it, and select Stop.

CAUTION:

Stopping the server unloads all tables.

Stop the server only at a time when other users will not be disrupted.
Import a SAS data set from a server.
1. In the SAS Visual Analytics Administrator banner, click a report to switch to SAS Visual Analytics Designer.
  
  Or, select Report Designer from the drop-down list in the banner.
2. On the Data tab, select Change Data Source from the drop-down list in the toolbar.
  
  Or, click Select a data source.
3. In the Server section of the Import Data panel, click SAS Data Set.
4. In the Import SAS Data Set on a Server window, select cars.sas7bdat. Click OK.
  
  The data set is on the SAS Application Server machine in your equivalent of the following directory:
  
  C:\Program Files\SASHome\SASFoundation\9.4\core\sashelp
5. In the LASR Table section, change the name of the output table to demoservercars. Click OK.
  
  Note: When the import is completed, the Data tab is populated.
Review the results.
1. To switch back to SAS Visual Analytics Administrator, click Manage Environment in the banner.
2. On the LASR Servers tab, select Public LASR Analytic Server, right-click, and select Get Status. Notice that the server is running. The import request triggered the server to start.
3. On the LASR Tables tab, click . Notice that the new table DEMOSERVERCARS is listed.
4. On the LASR Tables tab, make sure that all check boxes are selected, and then click . Notice that any tables that participate in reload-on-start are reloaded.
Here is a depiction of the results:
Examine reload behavior.
1. On the LASR Tables tab, right-click DEMOSERVERCARS, and select Unload.
2. Right-click DEMOSERVERCARS again. Notice that you can reload the table manually. Reload the table.
3. Right-click DEMOSERVERCARS again. Unload the table.
4. On the LASR Servers tab, stop, and then start the Public LASR Analytic Server.
5. On the LASR Tables tab, right-click DEMOSERVERCARS, and select Get Status. Notice that the table did not reload after you restarted the server. To reload a table that was imported from a server, you must perform a manual reload.

Tip

For more information, see "Importing Data from Servers" in the 7.1, 7.2, or 7.3 edition of the SAS Visual Analytics: User's Guide.