SAS BI Portlets

SAS BI Portlets, which are based on JSR 168, are available with the SAS Enterprise BI Server offering. These portlets are seamlessly integrated into the SAS Information Delivery Portal that runs on JBoss, WebLogic, or WebSphere Web application servers. SAS BI Portlets enable users to access, view, or work with content items that reside in either the SAS metadata server or the SAS Content Server.

SAS 9.3 supports SAS BI Portlets 4.31 on the WebSphere Application Server 7 with the WebSphere Portal Server 7. Use of SAS BI Portlets with the WebSphere Portal requires the completion of additional configuration and deployment steps before these portlets can be accessed within the WebSphere Portal. See SAS BI Portlets for WebSphere 7.

The suite of SAS BI portlets that are compliant with JSR 168 include the following:

If SAS Information Delivery Portal 4.31 runs on a JBoss Web application server, and Secure Sockets Layer is configured in your environment, you should edit the server.xml file to ensure that SAS BI Portlets function properly. For more information, see SAS BI Portlets on JBoss.

For information about developing JSR-168-compliant portlets for the SAS Information Delivery Portal 4.31, see Developing JSR-168-Compliant Portlets for the SAS Information Delivery Portal.

The SAS Collection portlet enables users to create a list of heterogeneous SAS content items that can be accessed by launching a content viewer. The content items are a subset of items supported by the SAS Information Delivery Portal. Portlets, pages, and page templates are not supported. Publication Framework packages are not supported directly. However, users can display packages indirectly by using a channel. A federated search interface enables users to remove or add items.

The SAS Navigator Portlet enables users to navigate repository folders in the metadata server and locate SAS content items such as reports and stored processes. Users can also access WebDAV folders and their contents available on the SAS Content Server. In an Edit mode, users can customize the folder location in the tree, and control the types of content items displayed in this portlet.

The SAS Report Portlet allows users to display SAS reports in static HTML format. Using this portlet, users can drill within SAS Web Report Studio to take advantage of all reporting capabilities such as editing, sorting, and linking reports.

The SAS Stored Process Portlet enables users to display stored process output. In the Edit mode, users can manage parameters that are used when running the stored process.

The SAS Dashboard Portlet enables users to access the SAS BI Dashboard. This portlet allows users to display a dashboard that is created with the SAS BI Dashboard.

Beginning with SAS BI Dashboard 4.31, the SAS BI Dashboard portlet is installed along with the other SAS BI Portlets. However, this portlet cannot be configured for HTML or Flash interface via the SAS Deployment Wizard or Configuration Manager in SAS Management Console.

The interface for the SAS BI Dashboard portlet follows these rules:

SAS Information Delivery Portal 4.31 includes the Diagnostics Portlet. This portlet enables administrators to determine the current state of the portal's environment. Depending on their privileges, users might be able to view a subset of the information that is available to administrators.

Here are some examples of the types of status information that can be obtained from this portlet: