topic Re: Visual Analytics LASR vs Visual Analytics Public LASR - How do you know when to use each? in SAS Visual Analytics

Visual Analytics LASR vs Visual Analytics Public LASR - How do you know when to use each?

rgreen33 — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 13:30:50 GMT

I am new to SAS and I am trying to get my environment setup for our end users. I attend a couple admin classes back some time ago, before our system install was actually complete - so, I didn't really know what questions to ask at the time. Looking at our system, I see that we have the following Data Libraries - Visual Analytics LASR and Visual Analytics Public LASR (and we have similar for HDFS). My question is...which one do you use and under what circumstances?

Thanks,

Ricky

Re: Visual Analytics LASR vs Visual Analytics Public LASR - How do you know when to use each?

rogerjdeangelis — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 14:24:52 GMT

Hi Ricky

You may want to get some user requirements. If you can provide what the users need we may be able to help.

1. Are your users non-programmers

2. Development programmers who can use a local power workstation/laptop for development

3. Ahhoc or development and not Big Data(single table temp or perm>1TB) or Big Computation (8hr jobs requireing 32+ cores)

My understanding is that VA is not Big Data in memory (>1TB)

Re: Visual Analytics LASR vs Visual Analytics Public LASR - How do you know when to use each?

rgreen33 — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 14:49:06 GMT

Most of my Report/Dashboard designers will be using DataBuilder, EG, and VA Designer. Then, I will have users (non- designers/developers) consuming the Reports/Dashboards. We may expose some Reports/Dashboards via the web, allowing anonymous access.

Does that help?

Thanks,

Ricky

Re: Visual Analytics LASR vs Visual Analytics Public LASR - How do you know when to use each?

AhmedAl_Attar — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 14:55:58 GMT

Hi Ricky,

Consider/Use Public Laser for Public/Open data that everybody (Internal & External) can access. Your external consumers could access the VA reports and dashboards via the guest url (http://host/SASVisualAnalyticsHub/guest.jsp).

Your regular LASR would be used for you internal users with their imposed Security Access Controls, permissions, ...etc.

*Just a side note, depending on the size of your installation, if you have RAM >TB cofigured for your installation, you will be able to load Big data into your LASR Analytical Server.

Hope this help,

Ahmed

Re: Visual Analytics LASR vs Visual Analytics Public LASR - How do you know when to use each?

SASKiwi — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 02:21:51 GMT

I suggest reading the VA Admin documentation will aid your understanding especially since it is now publically available:

https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Visual-Analytics/SAS-Visual-Analytics-Administration-Documentation-Now-Publically/m-p/325531#U325531

Re: Visual Analytics LASR vs Visual Analytics Public LASR - How do you know when to use each?

rgreen33 — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 18:20:04 GMT

Great document. Thanks for the suggestion.