The example in this
chapter shows you how to use the INFOMAPS procedure to create a new
information map and then use the Information Maps engine to retrieve
the data associated with the new information map. Once you have the
data, you can use other SAS software products to analyze it.
For the example, suppose
that the management team in the Human Resources (HR) department in
your company wants to analyze some of the employees' salary data.
The HR managers are looking for a report with statistical breakdowns
that can be updated on a regular basis. Based on the output of this
report, they want to be able to create additional Web-based reports
on the same information.
You are part of the
IT team, so you know that the analyses are updated and modified constantly
(to meet the changing demands of the company). You would like to set
up the environment programmatically to support the request from the
HR management team. You decide to build the statistical report on
top of an information map, so the information map can be used later
in SAS Web Report Studio.