Content That Can Be Added to the Portal

Summary of Content That Can Be Added to the Portal

The following table provides a quick reference for the types of content that can be added to the portal. For each content item, the table shows the administration tools that are used to add the item's metadata (both content and authorization metadata) to the SAS Metadata Repository or to the SAS Content Server repository.

Summary of Portal Content and Metadata

Content Type	Description	Where to Specify Metadata
Content Type	Description	Content Metadata	Authorization Metadata
Web application	A Web-based computer program.	Portal (create feature), or a SAS program	Portal (share feature), or a SAS program
File	A file of any type. Files enable the SAS Information Delivery users (who have access) to view a variety of document types in the portal.	SAS Content Server	SAS Content Server
Link	Content that is addressable using a universal resource locator (URL). Users can create links to sites on the Web or on a local intranet.	Portal (create feature)	Portal (share feature)
Page template	A Web page in the portal that is a template page that contains portlets.	Portal (create feature), or a SAS program	Portal (share feature), or a SAS program
Page	A Web page in the portal that contains portlets.	Portal (create feature)	Portal (share feature)
Custom-developed portlet	A rectangular display component of the portal in which content and links to content are displayed. Administrators can add custom-developed local or remote portlets to the SAS Information Delivery Portal.	Portlet Deploy Mechanism	Portal (share feature)1
Portlet	A rectangular display component of the portal in which content and links to content are displayed. Users can create portlets from template portlets or add predefined portlets to a page in the portal.	Portal (create feature)	Portal (share feature)
Syndication channel	A channel that provides syndicated, continuously updated Web content. For example, Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feed is available in XML format with headlines and content	Portal (create feature), or a SAS program	Portal (share feature), or a SAS program
SAS Publication Channel	A channel created by the SAS Publishing Framework. Publication channels can be used to provide access to archived content published through the SAS Publication Framework.	SAS Management Console	SAS Management Console
Package	A collection of structured and unstructured content that has been published to a publication channel or to SAS Content Server.	The content metadata is part of the metadata for the SAS publication channel or SAS Content Server repository	The authorization metadata is part of the metadata for the SAS publication channel or SAS Content Server repository
SAS Stored Process	A SAS program that is stored in a central location and is available to be executed on a request basis.	SAS Management Console, or SAS application (such as SAS Enterprise Guide)	SAS Management Console, or SAS application (such as SAS Enterprise Guide)
SAS Information Map	Business-oriented view of multidimensional and relational data, which can be used to develop reports. SAS Information Maps are available in the portal if your organization has installed SAS Information Map Studio.	SAS Information Map Studio	SAS Information Map Studio
SAS Report	A visual representation of data models and the results of analysis and summarization of the data from SAS procedural output. A SAS report is stored in the SAS Report Model format.	SAS Web Report Studio, or other SAS application that can create SAS Reports	SAS Web Report Studio, or other SAS application that can create SAS Reports
1Custom-developed portlets can be shared in the portal if the portlet's descriptor file contains settings that enable sharing.