topic SAS BI Server without mid tier in Administration and Deployment

SAS BI Server without mid tier

Sajid01 — Fri, 25 Feb 2022 19:49:24 GMT

Hello
I have a use case where users connect to the server using SAS EG and SAS studio is not used. I don't see any stored processes running. A simple use case scenario. basic reporting , statistical analysis and forecasting.
SAS management console is used for administration.
Wondering if we can have a SAS BI Server without mid tier.

Re: SAS BI Server without mid tier

ronf_sas — Fri, 25 Feb 2022 19:55:03 GMT

Hi. Yes, it is possible to deploy SAS BI Server without deploying the middle-tier. The metadata and compute tiers do not require the middle-tier. You might want to discuss your use cases and business requirements with your SAS account team to learn what products meet your needs.

Re: SAS BI Server without mid tier

AllanBowe — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 11:15:04 GMT

It is also possible to launch SAS programs directly from a NodeJS server, bypassing the metadata / object spawner completely.

We're working on an open-source tool for this, we call it sasjs/server - https://github.com/sasjs/server

Just download (from the releases page), double click, provide the path to your SAS executable - and you're off! It provides a full REST API for talking directly to SAS. This will work on any SAS server (that has a SAS executable).