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Requirements for Running the MDDB Report Viewer

Before you begin setting up the MDDB Report Viewer, be sure you have met the following requirements:

  • You have the following SAS software products licensed at your site:

    • Base SAS software (Release 6.12 or later)

    • SAS/EIS software (Release 6.12 or later)

    • SAS/GRAPH software (Release 6.12 or later)

    • Graph Applet Version 1.0, if you want to run thin-client graphics. Otherwise, this applet is not required.

    • SAS/MDDB Server software (Release 6.12 or later)

    • SAS/IntrNet Application Dispatcher software, which is composed of two components: the Application Broker and the Application Server. The MDDB Report Viewer is a Dispatcher application.

    • Note: The MDDB Report Viewer is not supported on the 6.09 Enhanced Release of SAS software and SAS/EIS software. Release 6.12 (or later) of these products is required to use the MDDB Report Viewer.

  • The MDDB you will use to generate reports is created, is registered in a SAS/EIS metabase, and is stored in a location to which you have access. You can create an MDDB using SAS/EIS software or PROC MDDB when SAS/MDDB Server software has been licensed. SAS/EIS software automatically registers the MDDB in the metabase. If you use PROC MDDB to create the MDDB file, you must register the MDDB in a SAS/EIS metabase. See the online documentation for these products for complete instructions on how to create an MDDB. The MDDB Report Viewer can only use MDDB files to create reports. Regular SAS data sets cannot be used.

Enabling Thin-Client Graphics

To enable the MDDB Report Viewer to display thin-client graphics (generated by the Graph Applet Web Publishing Tool), you must set the macro variable _grfaplt to the location of Graph Applet's archive file (GraphApp.jar). To set this variable, you must modify the broker.cfg file that comes with the Application Broker.

  • To set the _grfaplt variable globally, add the following line to broker.cfg: 

    Set _grfaplt http://yoursrv/sasweb/graph/GraphApp.jar

    where yoursrv is the host name of your Web server.

  • To set the variable on a by-service basis, add the following line to broker.cfg, within the definition of the service for which you are setting the variable: 

    ServiceSet _grfaplt http://yoursrv/sasweb/graph/GraphApp.jar

    where yoursrv is the host name of your Web server.


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