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Deploy analytic based software with SAS running at the backend?

Asudipta — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 08:49:59 GMT

Is it possible to create an ananlytic software with the SAS libraries running at the backend?

Re: Deploy analytic based software with SAS running at the backend?

Kurt_Bremser — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 09:47:39 GMT

Define "libraries".

Re: Deploy analytic based software with SAS running at the backend?

Asudipta — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 12:03:08 GMT

I meant a software package running on cloud ( SaaS) with applications written in SAS code.

Thank you!

Re: Deploy analytic based software with SAS running at the backend?

Kurt_Bremser — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 12:18:02 GMT

You might want to take a look at stored processes, and how to access them via the /SASStoredProcess path of the application server. A stored process is a SAS program designed to be called over a standardized interface (the SASStoredProcess webapp does this) and which, among others, generates output in html form, so you can build them to navigate from one STP to another.

Re: Deploy analytic based software with SAS running at the backend?

Asudipta — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 16:19:58 GMT

Sure Kurt, can you please confirm that this works in cloud based framework too.Can yu please share a /SASStoredProcess application with me, if you have one.

Thanks.

Re: Deploy analytic based software with SAS running at the backend?

FriedEgg — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 16:45:23 GMT

You can deploy SAS to a private or public cloud, or lease time from SAS on their cloud.

You would be well served with these types of questions to speak with a sales person from SAS.

SAS Cloud, Deploy SAS Software in the Cloud | SAS

SAS(R) 9.4 Stored Processes: Developer's Guide, Second Edition

Re: Deploy analytic based software with SAS running at the backend?

Asudipta — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 17:47:45 GMT

Thank you very much! I would still keep the discussion open for some examples on the Stored processes.

Re: Deploy analytic based software with SAS running at the backend?

FriedEgg — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 17:49:28 GMT

SAS(R) 9.4 Stored Processes: Developer's Guide, Second Edition

Re: Deploy analytic based software with SAS running at the backend?

Asudipta — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 17:56:35 GMT

Thank you very much

Re: Deploy analytic based software with SAS running at the backend?

Kurt_Bremser — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 06:33:52 GMT

I can't simply share an application with you, there's too much confidential business logic in there.

Basically:

Parameters from the URL (?x=value1&y=value2) are supplied to the SAS code as macro variables (so &x = value1 and &y = value2 in the STP).

And you make your STP generate HTML code and write that to _webout (the standard reference for the output handed back to the STP webapp). I prefer to use data _null_ steps and write the HTML "by hand", but you can also use ODS.

To create a webapp, at least basic knowledge about the building of URL's and HTML forms is necessary.

A final URL to call the next STP will then look like

/SASStoredProcess/do?_program=xxxx&value1=x1&value2=x2

This will call the stored process xxxx and supply &value1 and &value2 to it.

Re: Deploy analytic based software with SAS running at the backend?

Asudipta — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 09:05:59 GMT

Yes of course you cannot. I was asking for something that can be available for demo.I am sure you have one !Thanks anyways

Re: Deploy analytic based software with SAS running at the backend?

PaulAThompson — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 12:14:46 GMT

This is basically asking for the ability to run SAS stored procedures based on responses from a form in HTML.

This is very possible. I designed an entire data entry system using this exact logic. Performing specific actions based on web-based choices is quite easy, once you have the basic mechanism of web data handling implemented.

That is done using SAS/IntrNet tools.

SAS/IntrNet tools translate information from the web into SAS macro variables. Once you have a procedure which is designed to work with the SAS MACRO variables, you can do anything that SAS is able to do, with the logic of SAS MACRO control (%if (&yourvalue = 1) %then %do; PROC MEANS;RUN; %end; %else %do; PROC FREQ;RUN;%end;)

Re: Deploy analytic based software with SAS running at the backend?

Asudipta — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 12:28:43 GMT

Hi Paul, Do you have an application which you can share?

Re: Deploy analytic based software with SAS running at the backend?

PaulAThompson — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 12:51:19 GMT

Do you have access to SAS/IntrNet?

Re: Deploy analytic based software with SAS running at the backend?

Asudipta — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 14:39:21 GMT

Sorry I dont have it. I presume that is not required for an already packaged software service available to the end user. Thanks

Re: Deploy analytic based software with SAS running at the backend?

FriedEgg — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 14:44:11 GMT

I would recommend you take a look at 's blog: Jurassic SAS® in the BI/EBI World

If I recall correctly, he even had some publicly accessible stored processes of the examples he shares.

Message was edited by: FriedEgg --- wrong DonH before.