SAS/CONNECT software provides the essential
tools for sharing data and processing power across multiple computing
environments. SAS code uses these tools to perform tasks such as the
following:
-
dividing time-consuming tasks into
multiple units of work and executing these units in parallel
-
moving data from a client machine
to a server machine, or vice versa, so that the data is on the same
machine as the code processing it
Any code that your company writes for use with the
SAS Intelligence Platform, such as stored processes, can use these
SAS/CONNECT features. For more
information about the general capabilities of
SAS/CONNECT, see
Introduction to SAS/CONNECT or the
SAS/CONNECT User's Guide.
In addition,
SAS/CONNECT plays some special roles in the
SAS Intelligence Platform. For example, in a properly configured environment,
some of the platform clients, such as SAS Data Integration Studio
and SAS Enterprise Miner, can generate code that includes
SAS/CONNECT statements. These statements enable
the generated code to perform tasks such as those mentioned in the
previous paragraph. For more information about these special roles,
see
Overview of the Uses of SAS/CONNECT in the SAS Intelligence Platform.
If your environment
contains
SAS/CONNECT, the
SAS Deployment Wizard might have configured the product when your
system was installed. If this configuration did take place, it is
important for you to know what metadata objects and files were created
during installation so that you can manage your environment effectively.
For more information about how the wizard configures
SAS/CONNECT, see
Initial Configuration of the SAS/CONNECT Server.