SAS 9.3 Guide to Software Updates

124 Chapter 18 / SAS BI Dashboard
n Configuration files for SAS BI Dashboard 4.31 are stored on the SAS Content
Server. Previously, all files were stored in a file system.
n You can use the SAS Content Server Administration Console to manage SAS BI
Dashboard 4.31 files and WebDAV folders in the SAS Content Server.
n You can enable users to log on, view, and interact with a dashboard by creating
metadata identities for the users.
n You can register a stored process and make it available to SAS BI Dashboard 4.31
users.
n Three types of caching are available: data caching, content caching, and client
caching.
n Data caching was available in SAS BI Dashboard 4.2. Beginning with SAS BI
Dashboard 4.31, files for data caching are stored in the SAS Content Server.
n Content caching, which is a new type of caching, is enabled by default in SAS BI
Dashboard 4.31.
n Client browsers that display dashboards with SAS BI Dashboard 4.31 use Adobe
Flash Player (Version 10.0 or later) in the Rich Internet Application (RIA)
architecture. Client caching is enabled by default.
n Image files are no longer cached.
n SAS BI Dashboard 4.31 supports the SAS Comment Manager. All users that can log
on to the application can view and add comments. To edit and delete comments,
users or administrators must belong to the Comments:Administrator role.
n DSX files are stored in the SAS Content Server.
n DSX files are modified by exporting the DSX file from SAS Management Console,
making necessary changes to the files, and importing the files.
n The SAS BI Dashboard Portlet is installed along with the other SAS BI Portlets. This
portlet enables users to display a dashboard that is created with the SAS BI
Dashboard application. The configuration of this portlet is identical to the
configuration of the SAS BI Portlets for the WebSphere Portal.
n You can specify a session time-out interval for inactive user sessions.