Using Configuration Manager

Overview of Configuration Manager

Configuration Manager is a plug-in available in SAS Management Console. Using the Configuration Manager, you can perform various administrative tasks such configuring properties and values and specifying settings for the SAS Web applications.

Configuration Manager offers a consistent interface to set properties for all SAS Web applications. Each SAS Web application has its own properties window with tabs. For example, the following display shows the Settings tab of the Web Report Studio 4.3 Properties dialog box.

Here is a brief description of the five tabs available in the properties dialog box associated with a SAS application:

Note: For more information about using these tabs, see the online Help for the Configuration Manager plug-in in SAS Management Console.

The General tab provides basic information about the application.
The Connection tab enables you to modify the parameters for connections to SAS Web applications. For more information, see Specifying Connection Parameters for HTTP and HTTPS Sessions.
The Settings tab offers default values for settings that can be modified. For modifying values in the Settings tab, and to understand how the lock and unlock icons function, see Setting Global Properties for SAS Applications Using SAS Application Infrastructure Properties.
The Advanced tab includes a limited number of default property names and values. You can modify existing properties and their values, or add custom properties and values for SAS Web applications.
The Authorization tab enables you to specify permissions for users and groups and apply Access Control Templates.

Although certain XML configuration files (for example, LocalProperties.xml file for SAS Web Report Studio) are available and supported for SAS Web applications, it is recommended that you use the Configuration Manager to configure and set properties.

Summary of Steps for Using Configuration Manager

Here are the main steps for using Configuration Manager:

To access Configuration Manager, in SAS Management Console, navigate to Plug-insApplication ManagementConfiguration ManagerSAS Application Infrastructure.
To access the properties for an application, right-click the application's node and select Properties.
Add or modify properties as needed. You might need to unlock particular properties before you can change them. See Setting Global Properties for SAS Applications Using SAS Application Infrastructure Properties.
Changes to properties do not take effect immediately on the run-time system. To apply these changes, you must perform one of the following tasks:
- Stop and then restart the Web applications whose properties you changed.
- Use the application's JMX management bean to reload the configuration (if the application supports JMX beans). For more information about JMX, see Using JMX Tools to Manage SAS Resources .
- Alternatively, stop and then restart SAS Services Application and the Web application server.

Example: Configure a Property for SAS Web Report Studio

Suppose that you want to add the property, wrs.ReportViewPrefs.LeftPanelOpenState for SAS Web Report Studio 4.3, and specify the value for this property. To configure this property and its value, follow these steps:

Log on to SAS Management Console.
In SAS Management Console, navigate to Plug-insApplication ManagementConfiguration ManagerApplication ManagementWeb Report Studio 4.3. Right-click and select Properties to display the Web Report Studio 4.3 Properties dialog box.
Click the Advanced tab.
Click Add to display the Define New Property dialog box.
Enter the property name as shown and specify the property value:

Property Name: wrs.ReportViewPrefs.LeftPanelOpenState

Property Value: user
Click OK to exit the Define New Property dialog box.
Click OK to exit the Web Report Studio 4.3 Properties dialog box.

Changes to properties do not take effect immediately on the run-time system. For details, see Summary of Steps for Using Configuration Manager.

The following display shows the property name, wrs.ReportViewPrefs.LeftPanelOpenState, and its property value specified on the Advanced tab.

Advanced Tab for SAS Web Report Studio 4.3 Properties

SAS Web Report Studio Properties panel, Advanced tab

The dimmed fields indicate that the values are inherited from the SAS Application Infrastructure, and these values are shared with other Web applications. The values in the dimmed fields can be changed only in the SAS Application Infrastructure properties.