SAS 9.1.3 Intelligence Platform: System Administration Guide

290 Glossary
SAS Application Server
in the SAS Intelligence Platform, a logical entity that represents the SAS server tier.
This logical entity contains specific servers (for example, a SAS Workspace Server
and a SAS Stored Process Server) that execute SAS code. A SAS Application Server
has relationships with other metadata objects. For example, a SAS library can be
assigned to an application server. When a client application needs to access that
library, the client submits code to the application server to which the library is
assigned.
SAS catalog
a SAS file that stores many different kinds of information in smaller units called
catalog entries. A single SAS catalog can contain several different types of catalog
entries. See also SAS catalog entry.
SAS data set
a file whose contents are in one of the native SAS file formats. There are two types of
SAS data sets: SAS data files and SAS data views. SAS data files contain data
values in addition to descriptor information that is associated with the data. SAS
data views contain only the descriptor information plus other information that is
required for retrieving data values from other SAS data sets or from files whose
contents are in other software vendors’ file formats. See also descriptor information.
SAS format
a pattern or set of instructions that SAS uses to determine how the values of a
variable (or column) should be written or displayed. SAS provides a set of standard
formats and also enables you to define your own formats.
SAS Foundation Services
a set of core infrastructure services that programmers can use in developing
distributed applications that are integrated with the SAS platform. These services
provide basic underlying functions that are common to many applications. These
functions include making client connections to SAS application servers, dynamic
service discovery, user authentication, profile management, session context
management, metadata and content repository access, activity logging, event
management, information publishing, and stored process execution. See also service.
SAS log
a file that contains a record of the SAS statements that you enter as well as
messages about the execution of your program.
SAS Management Console
a Java application that provides a single user interface for performing SAS
administrative tasks.
SAS Metadata Model
a collection of metadata types that are used for saving information about application
elements.
SAS Metadata Repository
one or more files that store metadata about application elements. Users connect to a
SAS Metadata Server and use the SAS Open Metadata Interface to read metadata
from or write metadata to one or more SAS Metadata Repositories. The metadata
types in a SAS Metadata Repository are defined by the SAS Metadata Model.
SAS Metadata Server
a multi-user server that enables users to read metadata from or write metadata to
one or more SAS Metadata Repositories. The SAS Metadata Server uses the
Integrated Object Model (IOM), which is provided with SAS Integration Technologies,
to communicate with clients and with other servers.