Tips and Techniques for Analytic Web Services

SAS BI Web services enable SAS programmers to write analytical routines and make them available to other applications through an open standard interface. When one creates a SAS program to be used in a Web service, one can use some techniques that make the SAS code easier to write and easier for client applications to use. Techniques are also available for client applications when they call analytic Web services. These techniques address issues in the following areas: working with missing values, accommodating long-running routines in a Web service, customizing the contract that defines the service interface, dealing with large amounts of data, and working in a stateless protocol. An examination of each potential issue, along with tips on overcoming these issues, is included.