SAS BI Server without mid tier

[Sajid01]

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.

[ronf_sas · Accepted solution]

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.

[AllanBowe]

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).