topic Re: Is there a way of removing the timeout of a user's session, or setting a report so that it automatically flicks through each tab? in SAS Visual Analytics

Is there a way of removing the timeout of a user's session, or setting a report so that it automatically flicks through each tab?

AleCla — Wed, 30 Apr 2014 16:48:04 GMT

Hi All,

We currently have SAS VA 6.2 installed, and are looking to present a specific report on a large display. The report consists of several different sections/tabs, and we are looking to see if there is a function to show this as a presentation, i.e. it slides from section to section say every 30 seconds. Also, we wanted to see if there is way to restrict this report from timing out as with other SAS VA users sessions.

Are either of these functions currently available or configurable?

Kind regards,

Alex

Re: Is there a way of removing the timeout of a user's session, or setting a report so that it automatically flicks through each tab?

sat_lr — Thu, 01 May 2014 07:57:29 GMT

I don't think sliding through different sections is possible to view it like a slide show.

You could configure session timeout from management console. In this case, SAS support could do that for you.

regards

Re: Is there a way of removing the timeout of a user's session, or setting a report so that it automatically flicks through each tab?

MarkJones — Thu, 01 May 2014 08:15:13 GMT

Hi Alex

Yes it is possible to change the timeouts for the SAS Web Applications, including VA. This is documented in the Middle-Tier Administration Guide here. It is not clear from the Guide whether it is possible to change the timeouts for the individual bits of VA (Hub, Explorer, Data Builder, Report Viewer etc.) independently (i.e. to be different) or whether they all have to be set to the same value, some experimentation would answer this. Unfortunately it's not a simple change, it involves rebuilding and redeploying the Web application.

As far as we are aware there is no "presentation mode" available in the VA Report Viewer - it is a nice idea though.

Cheers,

Mark

Re: Is there a way of removing the timeout of a user's session, or setting a report so that it automatically flicks through each tab?

MarkJones — Thu, 01 May 2014 08:36:39 GMT

I've just remembered that the newest version of the SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office (6.1) has introduced the ability to open VA (6.2 and 6.3 only at present) reports from within Office applications, including PowerPoint. This could be an alternative method of displaying your VA reports, and you wouldn't need to worry about timeouts either.

Cheers,

Mark

Re: Is there a way of removing the timeout of a user's session, or setting a report so that it automatically flicks through each tab?

MichelleHomes — Thu, 01 May 2014 09:31:50 GMT

As Mark mentioned there is the capability to open up SAS Visual Analytics Reports within the SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office 6.1 and also Enterprise Guide as outlined in a recent SAS Global Forum paper, http://support.sas.com/resources/papers/proceedings14/SAS274-2014.pdf However time-outs may occur if the report is large as in the support note, 52677 - The SAS® Add-In for Microsoft Office and SAS® Enterprise Guide® might time-out when you attempt to open long-running SAS® Visual Analytics reports

FYI, there is also a recent Usage Note that outlines the version compatibilities between SAS Visual Analytics and SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office & SAS Enterprise Guide that may be useful 52813 - Support for SAS® Visual Analytics reports in the SAS® Add-In for Microsoft Office and in SAS® Enterprise Guide®

Cheers,

Michelle