SAS 9.3 Guide to Software Updates

o The channels to which users subscribe are automatically added to their
Publication Channel Subscriptions portlets only if the related profiles have been
defined with a delivery mechanism of Portal.
n The following changes apply to SAS Information Maps and data explorations:
o Depending on the software that is installed at your site, the portal now uses SAS
Web Report Studio or the SAS Web Report Viewer to display SAS Information
Maps.
o Data explorations are no longer available from the portal. Any data explorations
from earlier version of SAS are converted to reports that can be viewed in SAS
Web Report Studio.
o The Information Map Viewer portlet is no longer available. You can use the new
report portlet to display reports with data from information maps. Any Information
Map Viewer portlets from previous releases of SAS are converted to report
portlets.
o Publishing SAS Information Maps is no longer supported.
Upgrading from the SAS Information Delivery
Portal 4.2
SAS Information Delivery Portal 4.31 213
The SAS Information Delivery Portal 4.2 runs on SAS 9.2. The following considerations
apply to SAS Information Delivery Portal 4.31 customers who are upgrading from the
SAS Information Delivery Portal 4.2.
n Depending on the software that is installed at your site, the portal now uses SAS
Web Report Studio or the SAS Web Report Viewer to display SAS Information
Maps.
n Data explorations are no longer available from the portal. Any data explorations from
earlier version of SAS are converted to reports that can be viewed in SAS Web
Report Studio.
n The Information Map Viewer portlet is no longer available. You can use the new
report portlet to display reports with data from information maps. Any Information
Map Viewer portlets from previous releases of SAS are converted to report portlets.