Adding SAS Information Maps :: SAS(R) 9.3 Intelligence Platform: Web Application Administration Guide, Third Edition

Overview

SAS Information Maps are user-friendly metadata definitions of physical data sources that enable your business users to query a data warehouse to meet specific business needs. The Information Delivery Portal enables authorized users to search for and view SAS Information Maps that exist in the SAS Metadata Repository. When users view a SAS Information Map in SAS Information Delivery Portal 4.3 or later, the portal uses SAS Web Report Studio to display the data associated with the information map. Portal users must have Read and ReadMetadata permissions to the information map.

SAS Information Maps that exist in the SAS Metadata Repository have already been created and administered by an information map administrator.

The following sections describe how to add a SAS Information Map to the portal environment.

Step 1: Control Access the SAS Information Map

Determine who is authorized to access the SAS Information Map in order to determine which SAS users or groups are allowed to view the SAS Information Map from the SAS Information Delivery Portal. Take any necessary steps to implement additional authorization for the page or the portlet that will contain the SAS Information Map. For general information about access control, see Understanding Portal Authorization.

Step 2: Make the SAS Information Map Available in the SAS Information Delivery Portal

Here are some ways to make a SAS Information Map appear in the SAS Information Delivery Portal:

The group content administrator can edit a collection portlet in order to add an information map to the portlet. The portal administrator can share the portlet with any group, including the PUBLIC group. A group content administrator can share the portlet with the group for which he or she is an administrator. The group members can search for and add the portlet to their pages.
After adding the information map to a portlet, the group content administrator can add the portlet to a page that has been shared or that you intend to share with a group. Depending on the page's share type, group members will either see the page the next time they log on, or group members can search for and add the page.
Users can use the portal or SAS Publishing Framework to publish an information map to a SAS publication channel. Authorized users can subscribe to the SAS publication channel and add the Publication Channel Subscriptions portlet to their portal. Users can also add the publication channel to a collection portlet.

For details about any of these methods, see the portal's online Help.