Chapter 4
Overview of the
SAS® Management Console
Section 4.1
Introduction to the
SAS Management Console
What Is the SAS Management Console?
The SAS Management Console is a Java application
that provides a single point of control for managing
resources that are used throughout the Intelligence
Value Chain.
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What Is the SAS Management Console?
SAS Management Console's single interface can be used
to perform the administrative tasks required to create and
maintain an integrated environment rather than using a
separate administrative interface for each application in
your enterprise intelligence environment.
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Tasks Managed by SAS Management Console
SAS Management Console can be used to manage a
variety of tasks, including
 server definitions
 library definitions
 user definitions
 resource access controls
 metadata repositories
 SAS licenses
 job schedules
 XMLMaps.
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Metadata Definitions
SAS Management Console manages resources and
controls them by creating and maintaining metadata
definitions for each resource or control.
The metadata definitions created
in SAS Management Console are
stored in a repository on a SAS
Metadata Server, where they are
available for other applications
to use.
SAS Metadata Server
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SAS Metadata Server
The SAS Metadata Server is a multiuser server that
surfaces metadata from one or more repositories to
SAS Open Metadata Interface client applications via
the SAS Open Metadata Architecture.
The SAS Open Metadata Architecture enables
 separate applications to exchange metadata
 centralized management of an organization's
metadata resources.
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Section 4.2
How SAS Management
Console Works
How SAS Management Console Works
SAS Management Console works in conjunction with
SAS Metadata Servers.
A metadata server must be set up and started before
work can begin with SAS Management Console.
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Metadata Profile
When SAS Management Console is invoked, a metadata
profile is selected that specifies
 the metadata server to which metadata definitions will
be written
 the active metadata repository
 information required to connect to the metadata
server.
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Connecting to SAS Metadata Servers
Metadata Server “DataServ”
SAS Management Console
Metadata Profile
Metadata server – DataServ
Metadata repository – MainRepos
User ID - sastest
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Metadata
Repository
“MainRepos”
ARepos
BRepos
Metadata Server “DevServ”
...
Connecting to SAS Metadata Servers
Each metadata server can contain multiple repositories,
and the SAS Management Console can be used to store
definitions in any of the repositories.
The active repository is the repository that is currently
selected and is receiving metadata definitions from the
application.
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Repositories
SAS Management Console can be used to set up
a hierarchy of repositories on the metadata server,
consisting of different repository types including:
Foundation specify the parent repository for all other
Repositories repositories on the server. This
repository contains resource definitions
that are used throughout the enterprise.
Project
specify development repositories that
Repositories can be used for change management.
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Metadata and Repositories – Review
Metadata is information about data and computing
resources, or data about data. Metadata definitions are
stored in a repository where they are available for use by
other applications.
The Foundation repository is the parent repository for all
other repositories on the server and includes metadata
objects that describe SAS servers, data libraries, data
tables, and metadata users.
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SAS Servers – Review
The various SAS Servers in the Intelligence Platform are
defined in the metadata. These server definitions include
details on where the process is executing and how to
connect to it.
An individual server definition may be part of an
Application Server context that provides a place to attach
libraries, schemas, directories, and any resources that are
to be available to the SAS servers.
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Metadata Users
Metadata users may have their own metadata identity
and/or belong to a user group. All users who can access
the metadata server implicitly belong to a special group
named PUBLIC.
There are several different types of users in the metadata,
including these:
SAS
Administrator
(sasadm)
an unrestricted user with special
privileges to manage user accounts
and administer the metadata server.
SAS Demo User the account that can be used to
(sasdemo)
access the various client tools.
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...
SAS Management Console Case Study Tasks
In class, you only have one
repository, a foundation
repository named Foundation.
Metadata Server
Within the Foundation
repository, the application
server context is named
SASMain, which holds the
various SAS Servers.
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SASMain
There are several users and
groups defined that will be used
during class, including

PUBLIC (group)

sasadm (unrestricted user)

sasdemo (demo user).
Foundation
Workspace Server
Stored Process Server
PUBLIC
OLAP Server
sasadm
sasdemo
...
Section 4.3
Introduction to
SAS Management Console
Plug-Ins
SAS Management Console Plug-Ins
SAS Management Console plug-ins are Java files that
provide specific administrative functions by creating
specific types of metadata definitions.
SAS Management Console includes a standard set of
plug-ins. Additional plug-ins can be installed to access
and manage other SAS or third-party applications.
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SAS Management Console Plug-Ins
SAS Management Console plug-ins are grouped into
two main categories:
 Environment Management
plug-ins for configuring SAS resources such as
servers, metadata, libraries, and users

Application Management
plug-ins for configuring SAS applications.
When a plug-in is installed, it is added automatically
to the appropriate category.
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SAS Management Console Plug-Ins
Some of the plug-ins provided with SAS Management
Console include:
Authorization defines access rules to control how users
Manager
and groups can access metadata definitions.
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Data Library
Manager
creates definitions for SAS libraries and
database schemas.
Metadata
Manager
provides functions for defining metadata
repositories on the active server, managing
resource templates, and creating jobs to
promote or replicate a metadata repository.
Schedule
Manager
allows you to create schedules for running
jobs created in SAS ETL Studio.
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Plug-In Information
Because each plug-in has its own functions, the
SAS Management Console menu bar and toolbar change
whenever you select a node within the navigation tree.
Different nodes within a single plug-in can activate
different menu items and tools.
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Section 4.4
Working with the
User Interface
SAS Management Console User Interface
The SAS Management Console user interface consists
of six major parts:
 Menu bar
 Toolbar
 Context bar
 Navigation tree
 Display area
 Status line.
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SAS Management Console User Interface
Menu Bar
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...
SAS Management Console User Interface
Toolbar
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...
SAS Management Console User Interface
Context Bar
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...
SAS Management Console User Interface
Navigation Tree
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...
SAS Management Console User Interface
Display
Area
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...
SAS Management Console User Interface
Status Line
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Assigning a SAS Data Library
This demonstration shows how to assign a SAS
data library using the SAS Management Console.
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Define
Data Libraries
Create
Stored Processes
Register
Source Tables
View and Analyze
Data
Define
Target Tables
Create
Information Maps
Metadata
Create
ETL Jobs
Create Reports
Create
OLAP Cubes
Use the Information
Delivery Portal
Register Metadata for Existing Tables
When you create metadata to define a library in the SAS
Management Console, you define the library only and not
any tables that it contains.
To import metadata to define an existing data source, use
the Source Designer.
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Source Designer
The Source Designer is a wizard-driven
interface that enables you to define the
physical layout of existing tables using a
data dictionary or metadata information
from the source system.
The result of running the Source Designer
successfully is a metadata registration
that describes the data source.
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Register Metadata for
Existing Tables
This demonstration shows how to register the metadata
for the tables in the Source Tables Library.
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Define
Data Libraries
Create
Stored Processes
Register
Source Tables
View and Analyze
Data
Define
Target Tables
Create
Information Maps
Metadata
Create
ETL Jobs
Create Reports
Create
OLAP Cubes
Use the Information
Delivery Portal