SAS/MDDB Server Administrator's Guide

How Can I Use MDDBs?

Once you have created the MDDBs that are required to meet the needs of your organization's users, you can create applications that access the MDDBs by using SAS/EIS software or SAS/AF software. Alternatively, you can give users access to MDDBs via your organization's intranet by deploying the MDDB Report Viewer application.

SAS/EIS software provides a host of MDDB-enabled objects for use in creating multidimensional reports. These reporting objects, which provide a choice of styles for dynamic display and interactive analysis, include a variety of charts, maps, and tables. The objects have multiple levels with built-in drill-down capabilities for fast navigation through data. With these customizable viewers, users can

navigate through the data
perform analyses by adding calculations at run time
dynamically reach through to detail data anywhere on the network.

For details on using an MDDB with SAS/EIS objects, refer to Using an MDDB with SAS/EIS Software, or Getting Started with SAS/EIS Software.

It is also possible to use an MDDB in a SAS/AF application. However, if you want to access MDDBs with a SAS/AF application, it is usually best to subclass one of the MDDB-enabled objects from SAS/EIS software. For more details on using an MDDB with SAS/AF software, refer to Using an MDDB with SAS/AF Software.

Finally, if you want to access MDDBs without creating and deploying your own application, you can use the MDDB Report Viewer application, which is available as a component of SAS/IntrNet Application Dispatcher software. The MDDB Report Viewer enables users to generate and view reports and graphs of data that are stored in MDDBs from a remote client. For more information on using an MDDB with the MDDB Report Viewer, refer to Using an MDDB with the MDDB Report Viewer.

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