Example: Creating a Subscriber

Creating an Individual Subscriber

The New Package Subscriber wizard and New Event Subscriber wizard in SAS Management Console guide you through the process of creating, respectively, a new package subscriber and a new event subscriber. (See Managing Subscribers for information about opening the New Package Subscriber wizard and the New Event Subscriber wizard.) In this example, an individual package subscriber is created using the New Package Subscriber wizard.

Note: The process of creating an individual event subscriber is similar, except for the following:

• You cannot specify filters for an individual event subscriber.
• The available delivery transports for individual event subscribers are HTTP and Queue.

To create an individual package subscriber, do the following:

1. Specify a name and a description for this subscriber. The name must be unique within its parent folder. The description is optional.

   
   
   

2. Click Next.

3. Click Select to associate a person with this subscriber.

   
   
   

4. The Search Filter enables you to search the repository for users whose names either contain or are equal to a string that you specify. Enter the string in the text field, select either contains or equals from the drop-down list, and click Search. A list of users whose names meet your search criteria appears in the Available People list.

   
   
   

5. If the desired user does not exist in the repository, then click New User to define that user.

6. Then, select the desired user from the Available People list and click OK.

7. Click Next.

8. Select the subscriber's delivery transport. For this example, Email is selected from the Transport drop-down list. Other options are WebDAV, Queue, and None. For more information about delivery transports, see Delivery Transports.

9. Specify the attributes for the selected delivery transport. For this example, the e-mail format is selected to be HTML, and one of the user's e-mail addresses is selected.

   
   
   

10. Click Next.

11. Specify one or more filters to eliminate content that the subscriber does not want to receive. To add a filter, select the tab that corresponds to the type of filter (Name/Value, Entry, or MIME Type). Select Inclusion or Exclusion and then click Add to specify the filter criteria. See Filters for more information.

    
    
    

12. Click Next.

13. Review the subscriber specifications. Click Back to make any corrections. Click Finish when you are satisfied with your selections.

    
    
    

Creating a Group Subscriber

The New Subscriber Group wizard guides you through the process of creating a subscriber group. (See Managing Subscribers for information about opening the New Subscriber Group wizard.) In this example, a group package subscriber is created. The process of creating a group event subscriber is identical.

To create a group subscriber, do the following:

1. Specify a name and a description for this subscriber group. The name must be unique within its parent folder. The description is optional.

   
   
   

2. Click Next.

3. Associate members with the subscriber group. The Available list comprises all individual and group subscribers for this type of subscription (package or event). Select one or more subscribers from the Available list and click the right arrow to move them to the Selected list. To move all users to the Selected list, click the double-right arrow.

   
   
   

4. Click Next.

5. Optionally, assign an owner to this group. The Owner value is for information purposes only and is not used by the software. Click Select to open the Select Person dialog box. The owner is chosen from among all known users and does not need to be a subscriber.

   
   
   

6. Click Next.

7. Review your specifications. Click Back to make any corrections. Click Finish when you are satisfied with your selections.